Download or read book The Dancer s Way written by Linda H. Hamilton and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the current dance scene, performers contend with choreography that involves extreme dance, multiple techniques, and acrobatic moves, exemplified in the popular reality television show, "So You Think You Can Dance." The dilemma for aspiring professionals is that dance class no longer provides sufficient preparation for performing at this level. Dancers who want to achieve their best, avoid injury, and perform at their peak will welcome the insight and advice in the pages of The Dancer's Way. The world-renowned New York City Ballet developed their proven wellness program to help dancers reach their potential without compromising their health. As one of the key designers of this program, former dancer and clinical psychologist Linda Hamilton, Ph.D. provides the essential principles of wellness that will help you achieve your goals in all levels and forms of dance. These include keeping yourself physically healthy, nutritionally sound, and mentally prepared as a dancer. New York City Ballet's celebrated program, here for the first time in book form, highlights every tool you'll need to stay in great shape.

Download or read book Too Blessed to Be Stressed written by Debora M. Coty and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you often find yourself struggling with the stresses of finances, health, career, relationships, self-image, or family, then this humor-filled volume is just what you need. With simple, practical tips for attaining the peace you crave—the peace that passes all understanding—you’ll discover healing, refreshment, and revitalization for your spirit, body, and mind.

Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Soul Making Me Time written by Amy Newmark and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Me time” is the cure for what ails you. You know you need it. Here’s how to take care of yourself so that you can be the very best version of you! Do you ever say that you’ll take care of yourself after you finish your to-do list? The personal, revealing stories in this book will convince you to put yourself at the top of that list. Self-care and life balance are what we all neglect most. These 101 true stories from people who turned their lives around will show you how to take care of your physical and mental health. You’ll be inspired by people who have taken back control of their lives and carved out that all-important “me time,” whether that means exercising, reading, meditating, seeing friends, or communing with nature. Whatever your psyche needs is your form of “me time” and that’s something that you deserve. There are many approaches, and at least one of them is bound to work for you. In these pages, you’ll read about men and women who: Put an hour for themselves on their daily to-do lists Pursued long-delayed sports, hobbies, or volunteer work Discovered themselves through travel, fitness, or new careers Learned to ask for help instead of doing it all Started treating themselves as well as they would treat a guest Stopped seeing the people who weren’t making them happy Rediscovered the benefits of exercising and being outside in nature Created their own personal spaces in their homes or outdoors Decluttered their calendars or their homes—and felt liberated

Download or read book Stressed Blessed Dancing Obsessed written by Journals Cool Press and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Say Hello to This Journal! The possibilities are endless weather you're looking for a place to keep your notes, ideas, or to-do list. This paperback can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. Perfect for daily use its 6 x 9 inch in size and has 120 lined sheets giving you enough room for your creativity to soar. With this journal gifting is not limited to birthdays, holidays and special occasions. It's perfect for anytime, anything or anyone! Cover: Soft Cover with Matte-finish Binding: This journal is bound securely to the same standard of mass market paperbacks. (Pages cannot be easily removed) Dimensions: 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) Interior: There are 120 lined quality smooth pages available ready to be filled with whatever you like! Please note this is a blank lined journal it does not contain any prompts or internal content. Before purchasing, take a peek at the look inside feature!

Download or read book I Was a Dancer written by Jacques D'Amboise and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who am I? I’m a man; an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.” In this rich, expansive, spirited memoir, Jacques d’Amboise, one of America’s most celebrated classical dancers, and former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet for more than three decades, tells the extraordinary story of his life in dance, and of America’s most renowned and admired dance companies. He writes of his classical studies beginning at the age of eight at The School of American Ballet. At twelve he was asked to perform with Ballet Society; three years later he joined the New York City Ballet and made his European debut at London’s Covent Garden. As George Balanchine’s protégé, d’Amboise had more works choreographed on him by “the supreme Ballet Master” than any other dancer, among them Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; Episodes; A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream; Jewels; Raymonda Variations. He writes of his boyhood—born Joseph Ahearn—in Dedham, Massachusetts; his mother (“the Boss”) moving the family to New York City’s Washington Heights; dragging her son and daughter to ballet class (paying the teacher $7.50 from hats she made and sold on street corners, and with chickens she cooked stuffed with chestnuts); his mother changing the family name from Ahearn to her maiden name, d’Amboise (“It’s aristocratic. It has the ‘d’ apostrophe. It sounds better for the ballet, and it’s a better name”). We see him. a neighborhood tough, in Catholic schools being taught by the nuns; on the streets, fighting with neighborhood gangs, and taking ten classes a week at the School of American Ballet . . . being taught professional class by Balanchine and by other teachers of great legend: Anatole Oboukhoff, premier danseur of the Maryinsky; and Pierre Vladimiroff, Pavlova’s partner. D’Amboise writes about Balanchine’s succession of ballerina muses who inspired him to near-obsessive passion and led him to create extraordinary ballets, dancers with whom d’Amboise partnered—Maria Tallchief; Tanaquil LeClercq, a stick-skinny teenager who blossomed into an exquisite, witty, sophisticated “angel” with her “long limbs and dramatic, mysterious elegance . . .”; the iridescent Allegra Kent; Melissa Hayden; Suzanne Farrell, who Balanchine called his “alabaster princess,” her every fiber, every movement imbued with passion and energy; Kay Mazzo; Kyra Nichols (“She’s perfect,” Balanchine said. “Uncomplicated—like fresh water”); and Karin von Aroldingen, to whom Balanchine left most of his ballets. D’Amboise writes about dancing with and courting one of the company’s members, who became his wife for fifty-three years, and the four children they had . . . On going to Hollywood to make Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and being offered a long-term contract at MGM (“If you’re not careful,” Balanchine warned, “you will have sold your soul for seven years”) . . . On Jerome Robbins (“Jerry could be charming and complimentary, and then, five minutes later, attack, and crush your spirit—all to see how it would influence the dance movements”). D’Amboise writes of the moment when he realizes his dancing career is over and he begins a new life and new dream teaching children all over the world about the arts through the magic of dance. A riveting, magical book, as transformative as dancing itself.

Download or read book A Midnight Dance written by Joanna Davidson Politano and published by Revell. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All theater romances are tragedies. Ella Blythe knows this. Still, she cannot help but hope her own story may turn out different than most--and certainly different than the tragic story of the Ghost of Craven Street Theater. Yet as she struggles to maintain her tenuous place in the ever-shrinking ballet company, win the attentions of principal dancer Philippe, and avoid company flirt Jack, Ella cannot deny the uncanny feeling that her life is mirroring that of the dead ballerina. Is she dancing ever closer to the edge of her own tragic end? Or will the secrets that are about to come to light offer release from the past? Mystery and romance make the perfect dance partners in this evocative story from fan-favorite Joanna Davidson Politano.

Download or read book The Healthy Dancer written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Isaac Bashevis Singer His Work and his World written by Hugh Denman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarter of a century after Isaac Bashevis Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature it is time to take stock of his achievement. Penetrating studies of his fictional and autobiographical works by leading scholars in the field reveal that for all the acclaim he has received on the basis of the English versions of his works, no adequate evaluation of Bashevis's significance can be made without careful examination of the original Yiddish texts. Critical readings assess inter alia his themes and motifs, the impact of Kabbalah on his work, reflections of society in his original Polish homeland as well as his place within the context of contemporary Jewish American letters and the canon of modern Yiddish and Hebrew writing.

Download or read book Confessions from The Life written by Tekasheena Dick and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Confessions from The Life: Poetic Cry” is a “collection of reality.” Each piece will take you into the inner depths of the thoughts, experiences, hurts, and consequences of succumbing to the pressures of this present world. Filled with piercing honesty and flawless imagery, this collection is a reflection of the Christian’s heart. “I started writing these poems a few years ago. I was going through so much hurt at the time. I was a young woman, new and zealous in the faith, but I was also in a verbally, spiritually, and sexually abusive relationship” says Tekasheena. “At times when I was too weak to pray, when my tears were all cried out.....all I had were words that needed to be written.” However, this collection is not just written of sorrows, but of faith, hope, wisdom, redemption and triumph. Though some of the poems are written from a woman’s (Tekasheena) perspective, it speaks pass gender, religion, culture, and creed. “All I want for this book is that by the last page, the reader realized that there is a rainbow after every storm. That rainbow is God’s word and promises that will never die.” No matter the circumstance, test, trial, ethnicity or culture of the reader, this book speaks a universal language. The language of faith, the language of redemption.....the language of poetry.

Download or read book How Music Works written by David Byrne and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation. “How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”—The Boston Globe Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, David Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.

Download or read book Blackout to Blessing written by Melissa Huray and published by Beaufort Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one woman's journey out of darkness. Beyond the lights and the camera, Melissa Huray spent her nights in darkness. Between seedy bars, lost time, and a painful quest for love, marriage, and a long-term relationship, she was spiraling—and no one ever knew. What started as an escape from her oppressive childhood had become an addiction that plagued and defined her. For fifteen years, she had hidden her dark, shameful secret, and when the cameras started rolling, she was always there, ready to deliver the news. But all along, she knew something was missing, a truth she once knew was calling her back. She had first felt it as a teenager, when she felt invisible and forgotten in the cycle of addiction and superficiality that ruled her household. Melissa was lost in the shuffle of a distracted mother, alcoholic father, and spotless brother. Soon, panic attacks became all-consuming. The only way to feel better was to feel nothing at all, and remember even less. But after fifteen years, the relief was fleeting, and she couldn't stop. After one staggering night, she was faced with the horrifying reality that her time was ticking. She knew something had to change, and fast. But how? Melissa then realized it wasn't "what" could save her, but "Who."

Download or read book Sanity Secrets for Stressed Out Women written by Sue Augustine and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim George looks deeply into the prayers of some great people in the Bible--and shares what readers can learn from others who loved God and desired to follow Him wholeheartedly. They will discover the many practical lessons contained in these thought-provoking prayers--for example... Nehemiah's prayers reveal God as a deliverer and that one can pray anywhere, anytime Moses' prayers show that releasing one's burdens to God is more effective than complaining about them Abraham's prayers demonstrate that no issue or decision is too small to take to God in prayer Well over a hundred exciting and useful applications are given in this rich exploration of the prayers of Job, Hannah, Daniel, Mary, Paul, Jesus, and others.

Download or read book The Dancer s Gift An Introductory Sociology Novel written by Meredith Kennedy, Marty E. Zusman, Caroline Schacht, David Knox and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Download or read book Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences written by Kristin Luker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.

Download or read book Goodbye Mary Janes written by Adleyn Scott and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Enjoy your childhood. Have fun while you can." That's what parents tell their children. Jane Adleyn Geiger did enjoy her childhood immensely. Her blessings in life include a Christian upbringing, two wonderful (most of the time) sisters, loving parents, and a middle-class economic privilege. Her story begins with a recreation of her grandparents' and parents' courtship and marriage. Her parents were married just a few days before the Stock Market crashed in 1929, and they suffered many hardships of life over the next few years. Adleyn grew up during the 1950's, and has written this stimulating account of her childhood, her school years, and her musical journey. A teen pregnancy and her subsequent marriage changed the focus of her life from high school, friends, And The possibility of a music conservatory experience to that of family survival. She has included stories of her family, friends, and teachers who helped her succeed along the way. Often hilarious, this nostalgic retelling of her childhood is a universal project of many adults, though many do not have the nerve to put it in writing. Included in the book is a personal letter to each of her children, telling about the special memories that make each one so unique. Adleyn's fascination with shoes - the way they look, The way they feel, And The way the smell (when they're new) has given her a theme For The entire story. During many of the pivotal junctions in her life, her shoes of the times were an integral part of the major events. New shoes became a Rite of Passage to new places in life's journey. Imagine wearing a comfortable pair of Mary Janes while you read this story of courage, perseverance, and determination.

Download or read book Philo of Alexandria written by Maren R. Niehoff and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work from antiquity, yet his personality and intellectual development have remained a riddle. Maren Niehoff presents the first biography of Philo, arguing that his trip to Rome in 38 CE was a turning point in his life. There he was exposed not only to new political circumstances but also to a new cultural and philosophical environment. Following the pogrom in Alexandria, Philo became active as the head of the Jewish embassy to Emperor Gaius and as an intellectual in the capital of the empire, responding to the challenges of his time and creatively reconstructing his identity, though always maintaining pride in the Jewish tradition. Philo’s trajectory from Alexandria to Rome and his enthusiastic adoption of new modes of thought made him a key figure in the complex negotiation between East and West.