A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.

A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.

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.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.

If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.

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.

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.