Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.
Henry Havelock Ellis, 1923: The Dance of Life
and never forget: the worst dancer could be the best human
— unknown
Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don’t dance, or who never did dance, don’t really understand the beat. … I know musicians who don’t and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating.
— Duke Ellington, The World of Duke Ellington
