No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.

Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.

But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises. In the same way the lifted leg of an arabesque becomes a wing, and not a mechanical leverage like a raised trap door. This is the precise difference between dancing and acrobatics. The dancer tries to express something; the acrobat merely pulls, raises, stretches and grinds. The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.