The Twelve Days of Christmas, Nine Ladies Dancing

   On the ninth day of Christmas, let's dance.  

L'Etoile ou Danseuse sur Scene by Degas

She dances on feather light feet.

There is a lightness to her spirit, that belies the depth of her soul.

She dances to please herself; The praise of men is fleeting.

   Four Ballerinas by Degas

   I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.... In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.  ~ Martha Graham

 Dancer with Tambourine by Degas

Find your rhythm. Take the time. Work it out. Work it.

Do not dance another's dance – dance your own dance.

Ballet Studio by Peter Miller

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters.
Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop.

~ W.H. Auden 

Text and art from Beautiful to Me, Redefining Beauty

by Kimberly Conolly

* Art through Art Resource and Bridgeman Images