Caraibe culture ° héritage

La danse m'a enseigné, me révélant sans cesse patiemment, la dignité, la beauté et la force de l'héritage culturel de mon peuple comme partie vitale du grand héritage de l'humanité

     ~     Pearl Primus  | MY STATEMENT  (accelerated motion dance history)

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Karayib Kilti ° eritay

Dans se pwofesè mwen, ak pasyans depi toujou, li montre mwen diyite, bèlte ak fòs ki genyen nan eritay kiltirèl pèp mwen tankou yon pati esansyèl nan bèl eritay tout limanite

     ~  Pearl Primus  | MY STATEMENT  (accelerated motion dance history)

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Karayib Kilti ° libète

Mwen pa danse pou amizman, mwen danse pou ede moun pi byen konprann youn ak lòt  paske nan dans mwen jwenn jwa libète

     ~ Pearl Primus | anthropologist, dancer, and pioneer

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Caribbean culture ° freedom

I dance not to entertain, but to help people better understand each other because through dance I have experienced the wordless joy of freedom

     ~   Pearl Primus | anthropologist, dancer, and pioneer

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Caribbean culture ° vehicle

Dance has been my vehicle. Dance has been my language, my strenght. In the dance I have confided my most secret thoughts and shared the inner music of all mankind.

     ~  Pearl Primus  | MY STATEMENT  (accelerated motion dance history)

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Caribbean culture ° heritage

Dance has been my teacher, ever so patiently revealing to me the dignity, beauty and strenght in the cultural heritage of my people as a vital part of the great heritage of all mankind

     ~Pearl Primus  | MY STATEMENT  (accelerated motion dance history)

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Caribbean culture ° fight

...dance is the fist with which I fight the sickening ignorance of prejudice... 

     ~  Pearl Primus  | MY STATEMENT  (accelerated motion dance history)

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Caribbean culture ° anger & tears

Instead of growing twisted like a gnaled tree inside myself, I am able to dance out my anger and my tears

      ~   Pearl Primus  | MY STATEMENT  (accelerated motion dance history)

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Caribbean culture ° magic

The dance is strong magic. The dance is a spirit.
It turns the body to liquid steel.
It makes it vibrate like a guitar.
The body can fly without wings.
It can sing without voice.
The dance is strong magic.
The dance is life.

       ~  Pearl Primus | anthropologist, dancer, and pioneer

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