Alwin Nikolais quotes
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“Basic dance--and I should qualify the word basic--is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is concerned with motion. That is so--but he is not concerned with it primarily. His action is a means towards an end beyond motion. In basic dance the motion is its own end--that is, it is concerned with nothing beyond itself.”
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“A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening.”
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“Women should set themselves forth attractively but innocently, like a cat. A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening.”
-- Alwin Nikolais
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“Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.”
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“You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.”
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Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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