First we have to believe, and then we believe.
The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
The center of the stage is where I am.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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.
No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.