“The body says what words cannot.” — Martha Graham

“The job of feet is walking, but their hobby is dancing.” — Amit Kalantri

“To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.” — Indian Proverb

“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” — Jane Austen

“Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.” — Samuel Beckett

“When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.” — Paulo Coelho

“The truest expression of a people is in its dance and its music. Bodies never lie.” — Agnes de Mille

“Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art.” Margot Fonteyn

“Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time.” — Unknown

“Dancers are the athletes of God.” — Albert Einstein

“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“Dancing is surely the most basic and relevant of all forms of expression. Nothing else can so effectively give outward form to an inner experience.” — Lyall Watson

“We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” — Japanese Proverb

“Dance is a little insanity that does us all good.” — Edward Demby

Why

”There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.” — Vicki Baum

The majority of communication is nonverbal. Dancing improves nonverbal literacy. By bringing awareness to this dimension, we can read the expressions of others, as well as improve the accuracy in which we express ourselves. "Intuition" for the nonverbal realm is developed in this way.