Inspiring Quotes

Your art form is an expression of yourself, her art form is an expression of herself, and my art form is an expression of myself.  If you are only recreating a dance you were taught and not showing who you are on stage, then that is a craft, not art. - Zi'ah Ali

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery

Today is a gift, that is why they call it the present

So enjoy it!

"The Gypsy Dancer appears to be free from the societal constraints. The Gypsy as the Wild Woman archetype has magical powers, powers which make her dangerous. She is out-of-control, or at least beyond the control of the patriarchy. She evokes fear, especially in the subconscious where the Wild Woman lurks within us all. We are afraid to let her out because we may lose control." - Laurel Victoria Gray

Stop talking, start dancing.  Soon you will know what you need to know. - Anonymous

Learning to walk set you free.  Learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express with your whole self the person you are. - Melissa Hayden

May our dance always be a bridge to understanding.
May our dance always be a celebration of diversity.
May our dance always be an instrument for peace.
- Laurel Victoria Gray 

To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak - Hopi saying 

We are not human beings having spiritual experiences, we are spiritual beings having human experiences.

Drums are very powerful for communicating with the Spirit world, for expression and for prayer. They form a bridge between the Two Worlds where you can travel to meet the Elders and ask for blessings, peace, prosperity and healing.

One can look at the act of drumming as a spiritual connection to ancient cultures, an appreciation of one of the oldest healing rituals known, a newly discovered complementary therapy strategy or as a powerful expression of all three

Tom Richie

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain

Life is the sacred mystery singing to itself, dancing to its drum, telling tales, improvising, playing

Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.

-Jonathan Swift

 

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