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The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.

"After 12 Years in 'Exile' Tharp Shifts Gears Again; A Pioneer of Choreographic Collisions Introduces a New Troupe and New Thinking" by Anna Kisselgoff, www.nytimes.com. July 6, 2000.
The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.