Development Dance

The loss of a loved one is tough enough, but when Regina Richards experiences the loss of her spouse of many decades, little does she expect the extraordinary sequence of events about to unfold. First, there is the mysterious whistling that comes from out of nowhere, followed by the black patent-leather dancing shoes that miraculously appear in her bedroom. (She doesn't dance.) And then come the visits from her dearly departed husband, to explain what it is like on the other side. Surely this would be enough for anyone to begin to think they were losing it.

In a world where mental health issues have been suppressed, a St. Louis native finds healing on a musing path of following her dreams. Dance became a vehicle of positive self-expression, which led to world travels in show business despite the odds being stacked against her. Along the way, Sabrina discovers the importance of knowledge of self and that true success is rooted in wisdom and love, coupled with an intimate relationship with God.

Santa Fe artist Terre Reed grapples with the unique newness and disorientation of widowhood. In her struggle to rediscover and redefine herself, her art blossoms. Even as she grieves the loss of her husband and their life together, Terre reveals an often humorous story that provides hope and inspiration. Reed's reflections on the end of life and her determination to rebuild herself truly illustrate that the best way to honor the deceased is to use the energy of grief to rise, renewed.

Louise Erdrich’s first major work of nonfiction, The Blue Jay’s Dance, brilliantly and poignantly examines the joys and frustrations, the compromises and insights, and the difficult struggles and profound emotional satisfactions the acclaimed author experienced in the course of one twelve—month period—from a winter pregnancy through a spring and summer of new motherhood to her return to writing in the fall. In exquisitely lyrical prose, Erdrich illuminates afresh the large and small events that every parent will recognize and appreciate.

The Masked Dance is a candid personal reflection on the psychological, religious, and cultural influences at the core of domestic violence. Monica vividly conveys her spiritual battle against the entanglements of the abuse cycle while unveiling the latent messages that cultivate emotional and physical violence against women. This book opens urgently needed conversations about Christian culture and what its hidden messages say about the value of a woman’s soul versus the value of her marriage.

Motsi opens up about the determination, hard work and resilience it took to get to where she is today from the moment she fell in love with the glitterball world as a young child watching a dance tournament whilst on holiday. She takes us back to growing up in apartheid South Africa where she experienced exclusion and discrimination, raising money to compete in cut-throat international competitions and the huge leap of faith she took giving up her law degree, moving to Germany to be with her dance partner and throwing everything in to becoming the best dancer she could be.

アバンダンスとは、豊かさの本質であり、枯渇や欠乏のない、豊かさがふんだんに溢れている状態です。豊かさは、経済的な利得だけではありません。

All older people want to do... is feel alive again. Sometimes, it takes an angel. Welcome to an eighteen year old one. A friend of mine.

Precisely because the dance floor stands apart from the everyday world, allowing dancers to play, experiment, and take on new roles, it also serves as a stage for human behavior. Antoinette Benevento, a former national ballroom dancing champion and co-owner of Fred Astaire Dance Studios, has been a student of that stage for 25 years. She has discovered that getting out on the dance floor is a powerful and empowering metaphor for living fully in all realms of life.