Alwin Nikolais Quotes & Sayings

Basic dance
and I should qualify the word basic
is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is concerned with motion. That is so
but he is not concerned with it primarily. His action is a means towards an end beyond motion. In basic dance the motion is its own end
that is, it is concerned with nothing beyond itself. — Alwin Nikolais

Women should set themselves forth attractively but innocently, like a cat. A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening. — Alwin Nikolais