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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
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- Martha Graham
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- Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Martha Graham: life dates 1894 to 1991. Wikidata Q487604, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487604 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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