“Dancing of late years has been degraded to the narrow limits and low professionalism of mere mechanical proficiency, associated with the most frivolous... phases of the stage. But this day is fading...We are turning our gaze inward, learning to seek there the divine sources of the dance, to the end that it may flower into new and more glorious forms of beauty and wealth” YearsMayHas BeensEndsFormWealthStageDivineFlowerSourceLimitsLateLowsDancingMereGloriousThis DayPhasesInwardProfessionalismFadingFrivolousProficiencyMay Flowers Author:Ruth St. Denis
“Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe.” MenShouldAbleRememberUniverseDivineSignificanceGesturesMiniaturesMicrocosm Author:Ruth St. Denis
“Right here where you and I stand, we shall behold a true and radiant world. In that world, we shall dance only our divine essence.” WorldDivineEssenceRadiant Author:Ruth St. Denis
