To know something about trees-about even one tree-is to know something profound about the nature of the world and our place in it.

The circle, or ring, dance was seen as an earthly counterpart of the heavenly dance of the angels, which was itself a celebration of the resurrection.

The new kind of dancing meant liberation not only from the rules of leading and following but from rules of any kind.

By dancing in a socially approved way with their peers, individiuals proclaim their allegiance to society as a whole.

The basic vehicle of the dance is the human body. When and how people dance is determined by their attitudes towards their body.

The one unbreakable rule of couples dancing is that the partners must move inter dependently, as a unit.

To know something about trees-about even one tree-is to know something profound about the nature of the world and our place in it.