Ballet As Music Without Sound

After every combination, the hand falls into preparatory stance, the head looks out, and silence and stillness prevail, just as the last note of a musical piece is left to resonate, linger, then fade away into oblivion. More and more, my body is comprehending that dancing is the physical expression of music via the human body. If sound could not make a sound, if the lungs could not sing or scream, then the body would dance...all the time.