About "Dance me to the end of Love"
"My inspiration for this piece comes from Lenoard Cohen and Henri Matisse "Dance me to the end of Love", a deliriously romantic song and poem by Leonard Cohen, which is further brilliantly visualized by the sensual paintings of Henri Matisse."
Cohen's Dance me to the End of Love is a lyrical tribute to the miracle of love, the grace it bestows on us and its healing restorative power. Originally recorded on his Various Positions album, and featured in Cohen's most recently published anthology, Stranger Music. This poetic song is gloriously married to twenty-one works of art by Henri Matisse, perhaps the greatest artist of the twentieth century. Matisse, in describing one of his Murals said, "I had this dance within me for a long time".
 
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
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