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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I think the Olympics could help us reach more people.

Graeme Murphy

I don't think people we'll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high.

Graeme Murphy

It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest.

Graeme Murphy

I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.

Graeme Murphy

But I also wanted to give them an intelligent emotional journey, without having to suspend reality - to be able to look at those characters and see reasons for the relationships and why what happens happens.

Graeme Murphy

We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with.

Graeme Murphy

For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.

Graeme Murphy

I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them.

Graeme Murphy

Author Bio

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