To Make Up A Dance, I Still

Many Other Women Have Kicked Higher, Balanced Longer, Or Turned Faster. These Are Poor Substitutes For Passion.

Theater People Are Always Pining And Agonizing Because They're Afraid That They'll Be Forgotten. And In America They're Quite Right. They Will Be.

The Practice Mirror Is To Be Used For The Correction Of Faults, Not For A Love Affair, And The Figure You Watch Should Not Become Your Dearest Friend.

But Remember That Intent Is Everything. One Does Not Just Jump, One Lifts Into The Air, One Rises. In The Same Way The Lifted Leg Of An Arabesque Becomes A Wing, And Not A Mechanical Leverage Like A Raised Trap Door. This Is The Precise Difference Between Dancing And Acrobatics. The Dancer Tries To Express Something; The Acrobat Merely Pulls, Raises, Stretches And Grinds. The Acrobat Is Lost In A Web Of Muscles The Dancer Is All But Invisible In Projected Idea.

If You Want To Understand A Nation, Look At Its Dances And Listen To Its Folk Songs - Don't Pay Any Attention To Its Politicians.