Authors:

Mary Wigman Quotes

In all my unhappiness I was moving, and suddenly, this moving became an expression, a speaking out

In all my unhappiness I was moving, and suddenly, this moving became an expression, a speaking out

Mary Wigman
Moving, Expression, Unhappiness

If I could say with words what my dances express, I wouldn’t have a reason to dance.

Mary Wigman
Reason, If I Could, Ifs

Art is communication spoken by man for humanity in a language raised above the everyday happening.

Mary Wigman
Art, Communication, Men
Mary Wigman, Virginia Stewart (1935). “Modern dance”

Strong and convincing art has never arisen from theories.

Mary Wigman
Dance, Art, Strong
Mary Wigman, Virginia Stewart (1935). “Modern dance”

The dance grew into a colorful flower bouquet which caught and contained the glow of sun-happy summer days, the secret of star-studded nights, and the wistful sweetness of overcast and rainy hours.

Mary Wigman
Dance, Summer, Stars
Mary Wigman (1966). “The language of dance”

Sometimes at night I slipped into the studio and worked myself up into a rhythmic intoxication to come closer to the slowly rising character. I could feel how everything pointed toward a clearly defined dance figure. The richness of rhythmic ideas was overwhelming

Mary Wigman
Character, Night, Ideas

I knew that, without killing the creative mood, I had to keep the balance between my emotional outburst and the merciless discipline of a super-personal control, thus submitting myself ti the self-imposed law of dance composition

Mary Wigman
Emotional, Self, Law

You May Also Like: