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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.
Martha Graham
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Martha Graham
Age: 96 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 11
Died: 1991
Died: April 1
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Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
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Costume Designer
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Music Pedagogue
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Martha Grehem
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Liberation
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Dancing
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Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths.
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First we have to believe, and then we believe.
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I don't think in art there is ever a precedent each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.
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You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
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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.
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I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover - the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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I believe that we learn by practice.
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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
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'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
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