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The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie. -- Agnes de Mille
Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street performer. -- Denis Lavant
Dance, theatre, etc. as art, will disappear along with the dominating 'expression' of tragedy and harmony: the movement of life itself will become harmonious. -- Piet Mondrian
Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are. -- Rainn Wilson
When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really. -- Jude Law
I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing. -- Alanis Morissette
What I've always loved about gymnastics and one of the many reasons I love watching it now is the combination of skill and freedom it has - the discipline and expression - letting you dance. -- Gwendoline Christie
In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today. -- Lincoln Kirstein
In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun. -- Susanna Hoffs
Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing. -- David Sanborn
I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression. -- Deborah Cox
I wasn't a ballet baby. My first dance class was in an outdoor pavilion when I was three. It was called 'creative movement.' The teacher gave us chiffon scarves in beautiful colors. She turned on some music and said, 'Now go dance.' So for me, dance has always been about self-expression. -- Carrie Ann Inaba
Sometimes I get a little confused because with dancing I can express my emotions with my body. With acting you have to do it with your face and your expressions, and then with animated shows you have to use your voice and use your inflections. So it's definitely a challenge to transfer from each genre of entertainment. -- Alyson Stoner
Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of them. Their natural expression of the best they can possibly be comes out of them because there is no boundary to hold them back... That's the mentality that I'm trying to create, recreate and hold on to forever. -- Pete Carroll
Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual -- Anna Pavlova
Dance is the product of the necessity for pure emotional expression. -- La Meri
Dance, like music, is the expression of the human spirit. Dance is 'visual music'. -- S. Janaki
Yoga, unlike dance or mime, is not an expression of form for others to watch. -- T. K. V. Desikachar
Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think. -- Holly Near
The first expression of religion was the dance, and the first motive of the dance was religion. -- La Meri
Dance, one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, requires only the human body for its realization. -- Igor Youskevitch
The dance lives in all mankind as a necessary motor-rhythmic expression of excess energy and the joy of living. -- Curt Sachs
Dance is one of the most powerful forms of magical ritual...It is an outer expression of the inner spirit. -- Ted Andrews
I also think there's something about dance, music and the arts that transcends all other types of communication and expression. -- Rachele Brooke Smith
There was an expression of intensity in dance that was so compelling to me that I wanted a piece of that action. -- Lisa Yuskavage
I am seeking that dance which might be the divine expression of the human spirit through the medium of the body's movement. -- Isadora Duncan
I remember from when I use to be a dancer, there is an expression among dancers, I had a T-shirt that said: SHUT UP AND DANCE. -- Christopher Walken
As we tap into the deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative art expression,we dance the renewal, recreation, and healing of ourselves and our world. -- Anna Halprin
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I love physical movement. Dance was my favorite thing, and I was a gymnast. I find that expression through movement is easier, in some ways, than expression through words. -- Kristin Kreuk

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