Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.
From Martha Graham
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
First we have to believe, and then we believe.
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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