One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
AGNES DE MILLEBut all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage.
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The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
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To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
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From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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This is the precise difference between dancing and acrobatics. The dancer tries to express something; the acrobat merely pulls, raises, stretches and grinds.
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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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Living is a form of not being sure, not know what next or how… The artists never entirely knows.
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But all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage.
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Dance in the body you have.
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In the same way the lifted leg of an arabesque becomes a wing, and not a mechanical leverage like a raised trap door.
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Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
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Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
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Ours is an upbeat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything.
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Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they’re afraid that they’ll be forgotten. And in America they’re quite right. They will be.
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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
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