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Jamake Highwater, born James Howard Highwater, was an American writer, scholar, and artist. His work spanned various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and drama. Highwater is renowned for his profound understanding and rich depiction of Native American culture, which has had a significant impact on contemporary Native American literature.

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“At the root of all the varied manifestations of dancing, lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize emotional states which we cannot extemalize by rational means.”

Mean States Lying Common Movement Emotional Roots Dancing Dance Various Rational Impulse Manifestation Resorts

Author: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 for generations by primal people.”

People World Stories Vision Generations Events Dancing Dance Western Folks Alternatives Primal Western World

Book:Dance: Rituals of Experience

Source: Dance: Rituals of Experience

“Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation.”

Has Beens Art Conscious Dancing Dance Observation Works Of Art Transformed Motor Rite Discharge Involuntary

Author: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 rituals.”

Mistake Watches Dancing Dance Careful Dancer Making Mistakes Ritual Wounded

Book:Dance: Rituals of Experience

Source: Dance: Rituals of Experience

“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, and to meet their future wives and husbands.”

Social Grace Wife Husband Dancing Dance Sake Routine Nobility Peasants Exhibits Husband And Wife Social Graces Future Wife

Author: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 to dance.”

Wanted America Doors Gay Europe Dancing Dance Establishment Disco

Book:Dance: Rituals of Experience

Source: Dance: Rituals of Experience

“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 dancing on religious grounds.”

Persons Body Black Religious White Behinds Century Performances Dancing Dance Dull Dancer Comparison Astonishing Condemnation Inarticulate

Book:Dance: Rituals of Experience

Source: Dance: Rituals of Experience

“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 religious powers or a corporate expression of societal values.”

Art Form Values Religious Century Expression Dancing Dance Corporate Ritual Avant Garde Avant Garde Art

Book:Dance: Rituals of Experience

Source: Dance: Rituals of Experience

About the Author

Born: February 14, 1931
Died: June 3, 2001
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 19

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