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The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.

Doris Humphrey

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Doris Humphrey
Age: 63 †
Born: 1895
Born: October 17
Died: 1958
Died: December 29
Choreographer
Dancer
Oak Park
Illinois
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Art
Choreographers
Cannot
Expressed
Something
Dancer
Believe
Believes
Way
Dancing
Dance
Expression

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