"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...

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.
~ Martha Graham ~












I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that ev...
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