Dancing

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Talk or dance, but, don't do both things at the same time.

Gilda

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Dancing

Speaker

Gilda

Actor

Rita Hayworth

Source

Gilda

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Gilda. Directed by Charles Vidor, Columbia Pictures, 1946.

I could have danced all night.

Eliza Doolittle

My Fair Lady

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Dancing

Speaker

Eliza Doolittle

Actor

Audrey Hepburn

Source

I Could Have Danced All Night My Fair Lady

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical comedy (film) Musical (film) Musical comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

"I Could Have Danced All Night." My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cukor, performed by Marni Nixon, Warner Bros., 1964.

You and I are past our dancing days.

William Shakespeare

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Dancing Youth vs. old age Aging

Speaker

Capulet

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Romeo and Juliet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 5.

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.

Havelock Ellis

The Dance of Life

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Dancing

Author

Havelock Ellis

Source

The Dance of Life

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Ellis, Havelock. The Dance of Life. Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1923, ch. 2.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Dancing Falling in love

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 3.

At the still point, there the dance is.

T.S. Eliot

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Stillness Dancing

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Burnt Norton Four Quartets

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 2.

Heaven,-I'm in heaven-And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Fred Astaire

Cheek to Cheek

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Topic

Dancing Being in love

Speaker

Fred Astaire

Author

Irving Berlin

Source

Cheek to Cheek

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Berlin, Irving. "Cheek-to-Cheek." Top Hat. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Performed by Fred Astaire. RKO Radio Pictures, 1935.

And David danced before the Lord with all his might.

2nd Samuel 6:14

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Dancing

Source

2nd Samuel The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

722 BC 720s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Samuel 6:14).

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Martha Graham

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Dancing Self-expression

Author

Martha Graham

Source

Blood Memory

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Graham, Martha. Blood Memory: An Autobiography. Doubleday, 1991.