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“Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.”

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Martha Graham, born on May 11, 1894, and died on April 1, 1991, was one of the pioneers of modern dance in the United States. Known as the 'Mother of Modern Dance', she was renowned for her unique dance style and profound emotional expression. more

“The ballet. I saw in the fugitive beauty of a dancer's gesture a symbol of life. It was achieved at the cost of unending effort but, with all the forces of gravity against it, a fleeting poise in mid-air, a lovely attitude worthy to be made immortal in a bas-relief, it was lost as soon as it was gained and there remained no more than the memory of an exquisite emotion. So life, lived variously and largely, becomes a work of art only when brought to its beautiful conclusion and is reduced to nothingness in the moment when it arrives at perfection.”

“He [Gene Kelly] once told me dancing was a man's game, as much of a sport as baseball itself. And he made us believe that. He changed our minds and suddenly, all of America wanted to dance just like Gene Kelly.”

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Author:Liza Minnelli

“When the music and dance create with accord...their magic captivates both the heart and the mind.”

Mind Heart Magic Dancing Dance Accord Just Dance Music And Dance

Author:Jean-Georges Noverre

“A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer's leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped.”

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Book:The Maxims of Marcel Proust. Ed. with a Translation by Justin O'Brien

Source: The Maxims of Marcel Proust. Ed. with a Translation by Justin O'Brien

“The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal poesy, embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.”

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Author:Jean Paul

“O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?”

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Author:Walter Scott

“There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.”

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Author:John Selden

“He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he speaks holiday, he smells April and May.”

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Author:William Shakespeare

“She is your treasure, she must have a husband; I must dance bare-foot on her wedding day, And, for your love to her, lead apes in hell.”

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Author:William Shakespeare

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