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“[... Dance] involves every possible feeling (as potential), because it is of the body, which is lived (inescapably) as a body of feeling. Some of these feelings we can name, and some we cannot, since we associate feelings with language only when we name them. The body lives sentience on a preverbal level. Dance exists first on this primordial level, not on an intellectual plane (even though it requires skill and intelligence). Its inmost substance cannot be reasoned, only experienced.”

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Sondra Horton Fraleigh

Sondra Horton Fraleigh (born 1939) is an American dance scholar, author, and educator known for her pioneering work in dance philosophy, dance therapy, and mind-body integration. She was a professor at SUNY Brockport and founded the East-West Dance and Movement Therapy Association. Her books, such as 'Dance and the Lived Body' and 'Dance and the Soul,' have profoundly influenced dance theory, education, and therapy, emphasizing dance as a unified expression of body and mind. more

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