Thursday, October 11, 2012

Wings

"Our arms start from the back because they were once wings."
-Martha Graham

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Realization

Dance, one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, requires only the human body for its realization.
--Igor Youskevitch

Dancer Problems 865


Dancer Problems 809


Enjoy Each Step

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.
--Wayne Dyer

This is Power

To dance is to be out of yourself: larger, more beautiful, and more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
--Agnes de Mille


Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Access Other Worlds

Dance has always been a way of accessing the other worlds, especially whirling or spinning.
--Caitlin Matthews

Glissade

Glissade: 



A travelling step that creates the illusion of gliding, often used to link other steps. The working foot glides from fifth position outwards and the other foot closes to it, with the dancer landing on a plié.