Quotes by Graeme Murphy

About Graeme Murphy:

Graeme Lloyd Murphy is an Australian dance choreographer. Together with his fellow dancer (and wife since 2004) Janet Vernon, he has guided Sydney Dance Company to become one of Australia's most successful and well-known dance companies.
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And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Graeme Murphy

I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company.

Graeme Murphy

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

Graeme Murphy

Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.

Graeme Murphy

If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as a full stop and that one can take a big breath afterwards - you can't.

Graeme Murphy

I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to give people a really fulfilling sense that they had seen a white classical ballet - in a very pure form.

Graeme Murphy

I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty British in our entertainment leads.

Graeme Murphy

We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians.

Graeme Murphy

And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.

Graeme Murphy

I'm thrilled at the moment because our audiences, you know, they... the demographic is 50% male.

Graeme Murphy

Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.

Graeme Murphy

We also tour nationally and internationally.

Graeme Murphy

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.

Graeme Murphy

I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too.

Graeme Murphy

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.

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There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company.

Graeme Murphy

I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere.

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It's not a company of exponents of my style.

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No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.

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Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography.

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Author Bio

  • NameGraeme Murphy
  • DescriptionAustralian ballet choreographer
  • BornNovember 2, 1950
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionChoreographer
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of Australia; Centenary Medal