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We've reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an audience. My…
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At the root of all the various manifestations of dancing lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize emotional states…
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The story of dance in the Western world is as much an alternative vision of the events of history as is the…
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Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation.
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In the New Hebrides, any dancer making a mistake was assaulted, wounded, and possibly killed by bowmen posted to keep careful watch…
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The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery...peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape the routine…
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Some of the most popular discos in America and Europe were started as gay establishments, which began to open their doors to…
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White performances were always dull in comparison to the astonishing expressiveness of Black dancers. Behind the white person's inarticulate body were centuries…
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Dance in this century has remained primarily a personal ritual operating, like most avant-garde art, as an idiosyncratic form rather than a…
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For the Indian,dance is a personal form of prayer. When the Eagle Dancer puts on his costume,when he begins to dance to…
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We often take for granted the notion that some people are insiders, while others are outsiders. But such a notion is a…
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For Indians, images are a means of celebrating mystery and not a manner of explaining it
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You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet.…
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The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare…
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for…
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The way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you're lying…
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From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.
— Albert Einstein
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Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less…
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It's like everybody's sitting there and they have some kind of veil over their face, and they look at each other through…
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Americans have the mistaken viewpoint that Lady Liberty is only a peacetime luxury who is ill-equipped to fight the nasties. Therefore, they…
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The Civil Rights Commission should never have been brought into existence. It has been most prejudiced in its viewpoint, and has fomented…
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No one can have two viewpoints about terrorism. There is no religion of terrorism. I am often asked my viewpoint on this,…
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