Dance Art

Let the Goddess Dance was titled "Drumming the Spirit to Life" when published by Llewellyn Worldwide in 2000. One of the first books about drumming in our modern culture as a meditation and sacred tool for healing and dance.

يحتوى الكتاب على عشرة فصول، ويتضمن قائمة بالمراجع الخاصة بعلم النفس، التاريخ، الكتب الخاصة بالرقص الشرقى، وكل هذا عن طريق اتخاذ منهج الحكى عن الفنانة من الزاوية الإنسانية والفنية.

Before Mark Morris became “the most successful and influential choreographer alive” (The New York Times), he was a six-year-old in Seattle cramming his feet into Tupperware glasses so that he could practice walking on pointe. Often the only boy in the dance studio, he was called a sissy, a term he wore like a badge of honor. He was unlike anyone else, deeply gifted and spirited.

Para algunas personas, el tango es simplemente una actividad social. No posee un significado más profundo, ni constituye un camino. Solo se trata de unos cuantos pasos, mezclados y reciclados. Este libro no es para aquellas personas.

When Henry Alford wrote about his experience with a Zumba class for The New York Times, little did he realize that it was the start of something much bigger. Dance would grow and take on many roles for Henry: exercise, confidence builder, an excuse to travel, a source of ongoing wonder and - when he dances with Alzheimer's patients - even a kind of community service.

Valahányszor olvasom, a Táncórák letaglóz, befon, felvillanyoz.Remekmű csupa nagy betűvel. Hrabal világcipésze a fecsegés Paganinije, egy Pepin Paganini. Zubog, gurgulázik belőle a nyelv, tehát az élet öröme, vagyis a szeretet, árad fontosságunk szép fölöslegessége, amiből és amik vagyunk. Parti Nagy Lajos.

The story begins in 1970. The day after Jimi Hendrix's death...dairy farmer Michael Eavis invites revellers to his field in Somerset to attend a 'Pop, Folk & Blues' festival. Tickets are £1 each, enticing more than a thousand customers with the promise of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment - as well as free milk from his own Worthy Farm cows. Fast forward through five tumultuous decades, and the Eavises' vision now encompasses a gigantic 'city in the fields', with a total annual population nearing a quarter of a million.

Misty and her bunhead crew are back! And this time, they’re excited to learn the ballet Don Quixote—a wondrous tale about a brave knight searching for his Dulcinea, his one true love. Misty’s best friend, Cat, loves this ballet most of all. She thinks Don Quixote’s quest to find love is romantic, but she also knows the story’s real hero is Kitri, the daughter of an innkeeper, who boldly defies her father to marry for love instead of money. The class is spellbound as Cat tells them the story, and their teacher agrees Don Quixote is the perfect next ballet for their class to perform.

Are you ready to be swept off your feet? Dive into the mesmerizing world of dance with "The Elegance of Motion: A Journey Through the World of Dance," the latest masterpiece by renowned author Susanne J. Katts. This captivating book is your passport to an extraordinary journey through the rich and diverse universe of dance.

In a world where every day seems to be increasingly uncertain, finding balance, peace, clarity, and hope can feel like a challenge. Luckily, there is a solution for all of these things: And that solution is dance! In her new book Choreograph Your Life, author, esteemed choreographer, and world-class dancer Sonia Kyriacou reveals the transformative impact that dance has had on her life.

In 1930, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham proclaimed the arrival of "dance as an art of and from America". Dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, Katherine Dunham, and Helen Tamiris joined Graham in creating a new form of dance, and, like other modernists, they experimented with and argued over their aesthetic innovations, to which they assigned great meaning.Their innovations, however, went beyond aesthetics.

Join Ariana at the Treasure Chest – come and find a special talent. Ariana is excited for the talent show at school. She can't wait to see her friends perform, especially Maya. But Maya doesn't believe she has a special talent. Can Ariana and the treasures from the thrift shop help her friend Maya discover her unique talent before show day?

Breadth of Bodies seeks to investigate and dismantle the language and stereotypes often used to describe professional dancers with disabilities. Spearheaded by dancer/writer Emmaly Wiederholt and dance educator Silva Laukkanen, the team collected interviews with 35 professional dance artists with disabilities from 15 countries, asking about training, access, and press, as well as looking at the state of the field.

This is the story of Jalena Mathesin. Hurt over losses in her young life, she turns to the street for comfort and solace. Her devastating actions place her family in a dangerous situation causing her abandonment. While dealing with past hurts, addiction and the loss of her father, she ends up doing a lot of things against her upbringing, but finds that reconciliation is always a prayer away.

Modern dance was a movement that began at the turn of the 20th century when American dancers Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, and Ruth St. Denis broke from formal dance traditions with their own personal vision of movement. Soon, their visions evolved through Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman, who would all go on to teach their methods and present modern dance as a serious art form.

Everybody's Doin' It is the eye-opening story of popular music's 70-year rise in the brothels, dance halls, and dives of New York City. It traces the birth of popular music, including ragtime and jazz, to convivial meeting places for sex, drink, music, and dance. Whether coming from a single piano player or a small band, live music was a nightly feature in New York's spirited dives, where men and women, often black and white, mingled freely - to the horror of the elite.

A seven-volume collection containing some of the most fascinating journals and letters to have been written in the last two hundred and fifty years, all performed in a dramatised setting.

La vie et les rêves des petits rats de l'école de danse de l'Opéra de Paris ! Zoé est ravie : elle va participer avec ses copains de 5e division au ballet de La Belle au bois dormant, à l'Opéra Garnier ! Lors de la première répétition, elle surprend une conversation dans les loges : Camille, une danseuse du Corps de Ballet, semble traverser une déception amoureuse avec un autre danseur de la compagnie. Mais de qui parle-t-elle ? L'insouciante Zoé se met en tête de jouer les Cupidon, quitte à semer la pagaille dans le bon déroulement du spectacle.

If you want to learn how to dance, improve your choreography skills, and become a better performer, then check out HowExpert Guide to Dance and Choreography. This audiobook goes into detail about where to start as a beginner dancer, what you need to know going into dance, and step-by-step guides to help you become a better dancer. For those also interested in choreography, this audiobook shares some tips on how to choreograph for dance and create a great performance.

Der bekannte ZDF / SWR Sprecher Nick Benjamin erzählt unterhaltend und informativ die Geschichte des Tango und seines Siegeszuges um die Welt. Amüsante Anekdoten und Geschichtliches im Wechselspiel mit Originalinterpretationen durch die beiden Akkordeon- Virtuosen Annegret Cratz und Thomas Rohoska.