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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.


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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.



Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.



The body says what words cannot.

The body says what words cannot.



Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.



I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.



The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.



Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.



Misery is a communicable disease.

Misery is a communicable disease.



Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.



No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.





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The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.

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