Historically and phenomenologically viewed, dance is the original art. All arts are found within it, in its undivided unity. The image, made dynamic through movement and countermovement, sings and speaks simultaneously... — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
The art of beautiful motion is far and away the oldest. Before man learned how to use any instruments at all, he moved the… — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It is an expression of all the emotions of the spirit, from the lowest to the highest. It accompanies and stimulates all the processes of life, from hunting and farming to war and fertility, from love to death. It… — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share
The surrender of oneself to a stronger power, the unification of one's own movements with the movements of the whole is what makes dance… — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
Historically and phenomenologically viewed, dance is the original art. All arts are found within it, in its undivided unity. The image, made dynamic through… — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
In the dance the boundaries between body and soul are effaced. The body moves itself spiritually, the spirit bodily. — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
