The Dance Primer

We’ve looked at motivation before. As you know, I dance because I think it’s fun. Recently though, I’ve posted about some struggles I’ve faced in my dancing. Gretchen Rubin, who authors The Happiness Project, has once again posted an article that I think can relate to us as dancers. She titles the post “Six questions […]

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All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.”Martha Graham, 1893-1992
Martha Graham is one of the most influential American dancers in modern history. No matter what style you dance, it’s a good idea to study up […]

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“When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.”
French playwright, Moliere, 1622-1673

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I used to dabble with photography, and captured this shot of my college friend, Kaylene. I was happy to get her at this moment, and all she could do was cringe at her imperfect technique. I read a quote from Voltaire, via The Happiness Project, saying “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the […]

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“There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.”
~Edwin Denby
If you’d like more, you can read this article about Denby as a poet and dance critic. Or read the anaemic wikipedia article. Here are some sound clips of Edwin Denby reading his poetry if you’d like to […]

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