Chimpanzees Quote by 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…

— Curt Sachs

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

It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

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

If people stand in a circle long enough, they'll eventually begin to dance

— George Carlin

A cappella music has always been around. It's such an old form.

— Kevin Olusola

It is a fact that all the ballet's fundamental dance steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe.

— Ninette de Valois

Dancing has been in us, in people, since the Neanderthal age. There's something about moving, something about interpreting yourself to the music, that's attractive,…

— Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Dance, one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, requires only the human body for its realization.

— Igor Youskevitch

Classical dance is a growing and ever-evolving art.

— Shobana

My impression is that a sense of rhythm, which has no analog in language, is unique and that its correlation with movement is unique…

— Oliver Sacks

The circle, or ring, dance was seen as an earthly counterpart of the heavenly dance of the angels, which was itself a celebration of…

— Gerald Jonas