Gentleman Dancing Master

Famous quotes containing the words gentleman, dancing and/or master:

“There was a young lady of Joppa
Who came a society cropper.
She went to Ostend
With a gentleman friend—
And the rest of the story’s improper.”
—Anonymous.

“Johann Strauss—Forty couples dancing ... one by one they slip from the hall ... sounds of kisses ... the lights go out”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)

“Play is a major avenue for learning to manage anxiety. It gives the child a safe space where she can experiment at will, suspending the rules and constraints of physical and social reality. In play, the child becomes master rather than subject.... Play allows the child to transcend passivity and to become the active doer of what happens around her.”
—Alicia F. Lieberman (20th century)