“It's just trying everyday to do the best you can and to enjoy what you have with the mixture of the venue and the sound and the crowd.” TryingEnjoySoundAudienceEverydayCrowdsMixturesDo The BestVenues Author:Keren Ann
“I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.” WantHumansBodyActionHuman BeingsAudienceTreePlanetsFlowerCreaturesBehaviorMiracleDanceEverydayWaveDancerPhenomenonExoticModern Dance Author:Martha Graham
“My kids are my No. 1 priority. Theyre the light in my everyday life. The sunshine. The miracle. Those eyes. Those smiles. At the same time, I have an extended, amazing family that is my audience. All these people have been with me for such a long time. I have these two responsibilities.” PeopleLongHas BeensTwoLightEyeKidsResponsibilityAudienceLong TimeMiracleEverydayPrioritiesSunshineEveryday LifeAmazing Family Author:Thalia
“Design is not the act of amazing an audience with the novelty of forms or materials; it is the originality that repeatedly extracts astounding ideas from the crevices of the very commonness of everyday life.” IdeasFormAudienceDesignMaterialsEverydayOriginalityEveryday LifeNoveltyCrevice Author:Kenya Hara
“The purpose of ritual is to change the mind of the human being. It's a sacred drama in which you are the audience as well as the participant, and the purpose of it is to activate the parts of the mind that are not activated by everyday activity ... 'Magic' becomes the development of techniques that allow communication with hidden portions of the self, and with hidden portions of all other islands in this 'psychic sea.'” MindHumansWellsSelfPurposeHuman BeingsAudienceMagicSeaCommunicationDevelopmentDramaActivitySacredEverydayTechniqueIslandsRitualPortionsPsychicsPaganismParticipantsActivate Author:Margot Adler