Ruth St. Denis

“You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.”

“The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, with no apparatus and no dependence on an...”

“I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words.”

“We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.”

“I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.”

“Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe...”

“Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive t...”