Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that; you're dancing spirit.
Interpretation
Dance transcends physical movement, embodying a deeper expression of spirit and emotion.
In this quote, Judith Jamison emphasizes that dance is not merely a series of physical movements but a profound expression of one's inner self and spirit. The act of dancing goes beyond the constraints of the body, allowing individuals to connect with their emotions and convey a sense of freedom and vitality that resonates bigger than mere physicality.
In practice
In a dance recital, a teacher could quote this to inspire students to express themselves.
As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is on the other foot and I have to trust everyone else - I have to trust the dancer. As I was trusted as a dancer, I trust my dancers.
It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and self-respect. Teach them how to save it and they learn security and self-worth. Teach them how to be generous with it and they learn love.
We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?
I've always felt that complement of opposites: body and soul, solitude and companionship, and in the dance studio, contraction and release, rise and fall.
You wake up white, and you think about certain things every day. You wake up black, and you think about certain things. You wake up Chinese, and you think certain things - but those things aren't major. What's major is that you are good at your craft.
You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio in the first place?
Being a kid with black skin in South Central Los Angeles, in a part of the world where opportunity didn't necessarily knock every day, is what gave me this sensibility and drove me to explore my fascination with art.
It has occurred to me that the superhero really only originates in America. That seems to be the only country that has produced this phenomenon.
I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.
This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.
If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don't censor, don't control. Listen, and write.
The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.
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