Curt Sachs Quotes

The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community. — Curt Sachs

The dance is the mother of the arts, The dance breaks down the distinction of body & soul. — Curt Sachs

Whatever the nature of dance, it needs no onlooker, not even a single witness. — Curt Sachs

The dance lives in all mankind as a necessary motor-rhythmic expression of excess energy and the joy of living. — Curt Sachs

Rhythmic motion has become the carrier and creator of almost every ecstatic mood of any significance in human life. — Curt Sachs

Wherever there are four walls, consciousness of direction is far keener. — Curt Sachs

Although the circle dance is known throughout the entire world, the front dance is limited to the cultures of which the rectangular hut is a part. — Curt Sachs

A choral dance: an attempt to impose upon a chance gathering of a few dozen guests a communal feeling. — Curt Sachs

Every dance is and gives ecstasy. — Curt Sachs

A person can be danced. In all continents the dancers carry little children on their shoulders. — Curt Sachs

The oldest form of the Choral Dance is the circle. Even the chimpanzees dance in a circle, and people of every continent still do it. — Curt Sachs