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| • | "The Zippo which she got out of her little bag to ignite her Lucky Strike cigarettes - she smokes out of the corner of her mouth through an emerald cigarette holder - had disco flashing lights", The Guardian (UK), Sep. 19, '98 |
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| • | "She smokes, has wonderful legs, and is the only woman Nureyev thought of marrying...[The cafe] doesn't allow smoking and Sylvie Guillem, like many ballet dancers, is a smoker, albeit a very moderate one. I have always been intrigued to know why ballet dancers smoke. Their work requires huge stamina and athletic prowess, so why do they penalise themselves in this way? This is one of the first questions I ask her when a table finally becomes free and we are able to sit down. 'It is a reaction against the discipline you must have,' she says. But athletes don't smoke, I say. 'We are not considered athletes,' is her reply.... Driving back past the cafe, I notice Sylvie Guillem, all alone, leaning casually against a wall. Hardly anyone gives her a glance as they walk by. She has just popped out for a moment to have a cigarette", Daily Telegraph (UK), Dec. 30, '98 |
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| • | "lighting up a cigarette", You magazine, Mail on Sunday (UK), Jul. 16, '00 |
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| • | "Ballerina At 37, Guillem treats her body like 'a machine that needs to be taken care of. I go to the masseur, the physio. I eat well.' She smokes, but 'I have no need to give up, I only smoke three cigarettes a day.'", Sydney Morning Herald, Jun. 20, '02
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| • | "Ballerina Guillem had wiped her Marguerite make-up clean, let out her long, dark red hair, was smoking a post-performance cigarette in a black holder, and wearing what appeared to be a black plastic raincoat.", Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 14, '05 |
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| • | "Even the world's most celebrated ballerina is a forlorn sight when exiled onto the street for a cigarette...'It is stupid that we can't smoke anywhere. I have five cigarettes a day and I enjoy them'", The First Post (UK), Sep. 21, '06
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| • | "insists on exercising her brain while exercising her body and yet, for an athlete at her peak, she still smokes... a habit that is ingrained within the ballet world and one that she doesn't appear to be agonising over how to give up. 'I smoke just a little bit. About four a day. It's very disciplined'", The Times (UK), Mar. 28, '08
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