by seattledance | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Isadora Duncan and Mata Hari The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music…Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. —Charles Baudelaire “The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.” So said Mata Hari who, in the early 1900s,...
by seattledance | Jul 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
I hear the music, I feel the beatAnd for a moment, when I’m dancing, I am free—Free, Florence + The Machine(from the album Dance Fever, also containing the song Choreomania) Around this time of year in 1374 — June 24 to be exact — a dancing plague gripped the...
by seattledance | Jul 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Whither shall I dance? Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is the pathway to it.— Martha Beck “What would motivate you to go out dancing more often?” was a question posted in an online forum. In the poster’s scenario, the...
by seattledance | Jun 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Pelé performing the bicycle kick Football is an art, like dancing. It requires whole-hearted concentration.— Arsène Wenger [football aka soccer] “O Jogo Bonito,” a Portugese phrase popularized by the Brazilian footballer Pelé, is a reference to soccer (as...
by seattledance | Jun 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks. Music is in our hearts from the beginning.— Pamela Brown Before I started dancing, around the turn of the century, I was under the impression ballrooms and dance gatherings were largely a thing of the...
