La Meri famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression.
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The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.
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We have come to consider the word technique applicable only to movements that are so showy as to approach acrobatics...
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The first expression of religion was the dance, and the first motive of the dance was religion.
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Dance is the product of the necessity for pure emotional expression.
-- La Meri
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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
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Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
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If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms.
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David Alford technique that does NOT serve expression leads to exibitionism.
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We should leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth, and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war, and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern, and good intentions.
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Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.
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A nation is all the individuals of same blood, forming by their cohesion a natural related collective being with it s own organs and state which are social classes and the State and the same soul, which is nationality.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music
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When a soul is created, so is its mate. In every lifetime those souls find each other. They complete the other's destiny.
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