"Therefore, when studying a musical instrument,
the task is to disengage ourselves from the all-too-normal assumption of a “thing body”
and to constitute instead the “swing body”, ​

the one that dances, flows moves freely, fluidly, flexibly,

like swing music"
(Elisabeth Behnke)

"Well, you know, rhythm must be felt as a dance, not calculated....
I think music is rooted in instinct for rhythmic bodily movement, even more than the instinct to search for beautiful sounds."
(Charles Dutoit)