The only information we have about the early history of the dance comes to us from the rock paintings created by primitive man tens of thousands of years ago in what is now France. — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
Only the tango has continued to enjoy undiminished favor for more than twenty years in spite of polishing and refinement. To be sure, it is no pure Negro dance and owes its best qualities to the unusual dance talents of… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
The adult who puts his arm around his companion in the ballroom, and the child in the roadway, skipping in a round dance -… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
Rhythmic motion has become the carrier and creator of almost every ecstatic mood of any significance in human life. — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
Wherever there are four walls, consciousness of direction is far keener. — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
It removes the limitations of his body, extinguishes his consciousness, and pours the divine spirit into him. The whirl dance is the purest form… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
In Europe we have the "loss of self" motif clearly illustrated in the whirl dances of the Russians sects of the Molokani in Armenia....All… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
The superhuman power which exhiliration and hypnosis bring to a dancer is shown especially clearly in his almost inconceivable staying powers in a state… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
The dance in which the men form one row, the women another, and dance with and opposite each other in a form of love… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
The dance is the mother of the arts, The dance breaks down the distinction of body & soul. — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
In the earliest cultures any tie between the dancers is slight. In a higher level the choral dancers almost always touch one another and… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time; painting and architecture in space. But the dance lives at… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community. — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
