If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to read more

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.

But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.

I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator read more

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.