You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being.
In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.