Debra McLean Paulette Fennig Bryanna Larson Samantha Luttrell
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul
of the body."
-Martha Graham
of the body."
-Martha Graham
"I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people."
-Katherine Dunham
-Katherine Dunham
"You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive. It is not for unsteady souls."
-Merce Cunningham
-Merce Cunningham
"I believe that dance came from the people and that it should always be delieverd back to the people."
-Alvin Ailey
-Alvin Ailey
People have been dancing since the beginging of exsistance. Originating from ritual dances to present times, with modern hip hop, jazz, ballet etc. Dance is an art form, a way of moving the body to communicate an emotion. Dance is a universal Language. Dance has had numerous purposes, common in celebration but also prevelent in performance.