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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I don’t think people we’ll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high. Graeme Murphy Read Quote
