If I Could Explain, I Wouldn't Need

I Was Born By The Sea, And I Have Noticed That All The Great Events Of My Life Have Taken Place By The Sea. My First Idea Of Movement, Of The Dance, Certainly Came From The Rhythm Of The Waves.

Eleonora Duse Said, "tell Me About Deirdre And Patrick," And Made Me Repeat To Her All Their Little Sayings And Ways, And Show Her Their Photos, Which She Kissed And Cried Over. She Never Said "cease To Grieve", But She Grieved With Me, And, For The First Time Since Their Death, I Felt I Was Not Alone.

No Composer Has Yet Caught This Rhythm Of America - It Is Too Mighty For The Ears Of Most.

I Have Only Danced My Life. As A Child I Danced The Spontaneous Joy Of Growing Things. As An Adolescent, I Danced With Joy Turning To Apprehension Of The First Realisation Of Tragic Undercurrents; Apprehension Of The Pitiless Brutality And Crushing Progress Of Life.

What I Am Interested In Doing Is Finding And Expressing A New Form Of Life