Айседора Дункан о внутреннем танце
Нет такой позы, такого движения или жеста, которые были бы прекрасны сами по себе. Всякое движение будет только тогда прекрасным, когда оно правдиво и искренне выражает чувства и мысли. Фраза «красота линий» сама по себе — абсурд. Линия только тогда красива, когда она направлена к прекрасной цели
Bartenieff's quote (via D.Elraz)
Steps in process of change:
1. Notice what you're already doing (breath, yield)
2. Accept what you're doing (yield)
3. Know where you want to go (reach, expansion)
4. Let your whole body be involved into the process
5. Tune it to your emotions
6. Tune in to the space around you
Bartenieff
Dance critic Marcia B. Siegel writes of Bartenieff, "Irmgard thought in global terms, holistic
terms. She thought mind, body and action are one, that the individual is one with the culture, and function with expression, space with energy, art with work with environment with religion. When you spent a lot of time around her you could get pretty confused and have to go sort things out by yourself, but you could never again see the universe as a collection of isolated particles."