Dance Quotes

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Although the circle dance is known throughout the entire world, the front dance is limited to the cultures of which the rectangular hut is a… — Curt Sachs
Wherever there are four walls, consciousness of direction is far keener. — Curt Sachs
The dance in which the men form one row, the women another, and dance with and opposite each other in a form of love play,… — Curt Sachs
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… — Curt Sachs
Whatever the nature of dance, it needs no onlooker, not even a single witness. — Curt Sachs
The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community. — Curt Sachs
A choral dance: an attempt to impose upon a chance gathering of a few dozen guests a communal feeling. — Curt Sachs
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… — Curt Sachs
At the root of all the various manifestations of dancing lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize emotional states which we cannot… — Jamake Highwater
The story of dance in the Western world is as much an alternative vision of the events of history as is the folk history told… — Jamake Highwater
Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation. — Jamake Highwater
In the New Hebrides, any dancer making a mistake was assaulted, wounded, and possibly killed by bowmen posted to keep careful watch for inaccuracies in… — Jamake Highwater
The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery...peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape the routine of their life,… — Jamake Highwater
Some of the most popular discos in America and Europe were started as gay establishments, which began to open their doors to anyone who wanted… — Jamake Highwater
White performances were always dull in comparison to the astonishing expressiveness of Black dancers. Behind the white person's inarticulate body were centuries of condemnation of… — Jamake Highwater
Dance in this century has remained primarily a personal ritual operating, like most avant-garde art, as an idiosyncratic form rather than a tribal expression of… — Jamake Highwater
The basic vehicle of the dance is the human body. When and how people dance is determined by their attitudes towards their body. — Gerald Jonas
The circle, or ring, dance was seen as an earthly counterpart of the heavenly dance of the angels, which was itself a celebration of the… — Gerald Jonas
Writing, not dancing, is the chosen form of expression of the white man. — Gerald Jonas
Dance, which displays the body in public, is one of the channels of communication used to pass along important social skills from one generation to… — Gerald Jonas

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