 Small work as it is , [ ... ] it was ' revolutionary ' then , and illustrated admirably the transition between the old and the new , for here I make use of the technique of the old dance and the traditional costume , and a highly developed technique is necessary , but the purpose of the dance is not to display that technique but to create the symbol of the everlasting struggle in this life and all that is mortal . It is a dance of the whole body and not of the limbs only ; it appeals not merely to the eye but to the emotions and the imagination . 
