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.

Writing, not dancing, is the chosen form of expression of the white man.

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

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

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.

In many parts of the world-including Polynesia, north Africa & the Middle East-public dancing that focused on a physically linked couple would have been unthinkable, a violation of communal propriety.