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Charles Baudelaire

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

Charles Baudelaire

Poetry

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Baudelaire suggests that dance expresses the hidden emotions and meanings within music in a way that can be physically seen and felt by people. He compares dance to poetry, emphasizing that it uses the body’s movements instead of words to communicate artistic expression.

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