Hold me close, tiny dancer,

“But while music easily evokes in me a dance reaction, it is the development of the dance that a great divergence often occurs.” This part of “Composition in Pure Movement” really drew my focus. At first I thought of how this may relate to the theme of the saying, “it's the journey that counts, and not the destination.” but at a second glance it seems to demand more understanding. This “great divergence” Mary Wigman mentions must have a much deeper meaning. In her context of dance it appears as though she views her dance as more than just a visual representation of the sounds to which she is dancing. It is as if her movements are themselves instruments which accompany the already present music. A dance piece to an orchestra demands more than just expression of what is being heard. It demands the movement to be akin to the movement of the fingers and hands of the instrumentalists. She creates her own piece to a musical arrangement. I really like this idea. I feel like her ideas sort of transcend what it means to really dance to music.