La Meri Professions : Poet Born : 1899 Died : 1988 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by La Meri The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself. La Meri dance soul doe Dance is the product of the necessity for pure emotional expression. La Meri pure emotional expression The first expression of religion was the dance, and the first motive of the dance was religion. La Meri dance expression firsts Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression. La Meri dance expression inspirational We have come to consider the word technique applicable only to movements that are so showy as to approach acrobatics. La Meri acrobatics technique dance Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors