Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery

Martha Graham
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Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means, the way the little bone near the ankle relates itself to the floor for a perfect stance, a perfect plie. ✨ Martha Graham Reflects on Her Art and a Life in Dance. archive.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.
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Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means, the way the little bone near the ankle relates itself to the floor for a perfect stance, a perfect plie. ✨ Martha Graham Reflects on Her Art and a Life in Dance. archive.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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