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Gerald Jonas, born on October 4, 1935, is an accomplished writer whose works span various genres, including novels, poetry, and criticism.

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Famous Gerald Jonas Quotes

“As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises.”

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“To know something about trees-about even one tree-is to know something profound about the nature of the world and our place in it.”

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“The basic vehicle of the dance is the human body. When and how people dance is determined by their attitudes towards their body.”

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“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 resurrection.”

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Book:Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Source: Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

“Writing, not dancing, is the chosen form of expression of the white man.”

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Book:Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Source: Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

“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 the next.”

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Book:Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Source: Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

“In many parts of the world-including Polynesia, north Africa & the Middle East-public dancing that focused on a physically linked couple would have been unthinkable, a violation of communal propriety.”

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Book:Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Source: Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

“The one unbreakable rule of couples dancing is that the partners must move inter dependently, as a unit.”

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Book:Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Source: Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

“By dancing in a socially approved way with their peers, individiuals proclaim their allegiance to society as a whole.”

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“A physician who treated mental cases says that he based his diagnosis on the way his patients moved: "The body never lies" was his maxim.”

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“The new kind of dancing meant liberation not only from the rules of leading and following but from rules of any kind.”

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Book:Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Source: Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

About the Author

Born: October 4, 1935
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 11

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