Further Reflection & Quotes

In the begining I was originally focusing my ideas and plans for the book more towards hollywood films and how I could interpret make-up designs and looks from the film industry. However along my journey the direction of the book has changed slightly. Research and inspiration has been laregly focused on art works and work of other make-up artists.

I have been inspired when thinking about my chosen dance styles and what mood each style portrays when being performed. When delving into moods and feelings of dance, colour becomes a huge aspect and can be used to compliment certain dance styles and the message I am attempting to display.

When considering the books content I want to try and include quotes which are in keeping with the theme of dance. I think involving quotes into the pages of the book will tie the theme together and give an artistic edge to the layout without having to describe too obviously what my book is based upon.

Here are some examples of dance quotes by famous dancers, philosophers & writers:

‘’Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire’’ – George Bernard Shaw

‘’ To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak’’ – Indian Proverb

‘’Dance is the poetic baring of the soul through motion’’ – Scott Nilsson

‘’Great dancers are not great because of their technique: they are great because of their passion’’ – Martha Graham

‘’Everything in the universe has rhythm, everything dances’’ – Maya Angelou

‘’It’s not how you move its what moves you’’ – Pina Bausch

‘’Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual’’ – Isadora Duncan

‘’Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery’’ – Martha Graham

‘’Dance is a song of the body, either joy or pain’’ – Martha Graham

‘’The movement moment itself, its content, meaning and relationship to the human spirit’’ – Rodolph Laban

‘’There are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfil the function of a volume of words’’ – Doris Humphrey

‘’The dance : a minimum of explanation, a minimum of anecdotes and a maximum of sensations’’ – Maurice Bejart

‘’Dance is like life, it exists as you’re flitting through it, and when its over its done’’ – Jerome Robbins

‘’Ballet is a dance executed by the human souls’’ – Alexanda Pushkin

‘’Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world’’ – Voltaire

‘’Dance are athletes of god’’ – Albert Einstein

‘’Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul’’ – Plato