Download or read book The Flamingo Ballerina written by Bella Swift and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who says ballet is just for swans? Fifi the Flamingo looks good in pink and loves to shake her tail feathers! Fifi the flamingo lives in a pond near a ballet school and loves to watch the ballerinas rehearsing through the windows. She longs to be a dancer, but the swans who share her pond tell Fifi that she's not graceful enough. . . But when Fifi befriends Gisele, one of the young ballerinas from the ballet school, she learns that becoming a ballerina isn't just about looking good in pink. It takes lots of hard work and training! Fifi works hard to perfect her moves. Will an outdoor performance of Swan Lake give her an opportunity to show the world that flamingos CAN dance?
Download or read book The Case of the Dead Flamingo Dancer written by Donald Oliver and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queer Arrangements written by Lisa Barg and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legacy of Black queer composer, arranger, and pianist Billy Strayhorn (1915–1967) hovers at the edge of canonical jazz narratives. Queer Arrangements explores the ways in which Strayhorn's identity as an openly gay Black jazz musician shaped his career, including the creative roles he could assume and the dynamics between himself and his collaborators, most famously Duke Ellington, but also iconic singers such as Lena Horne and Ella Fitzgerald. This new portrait of Strayhorn combines critical, historically-situated close readings of selected recordings, scores, and performances with biography and cultural theory to pursue alternative interpretive jazz possibilities, Black queer historical routes, and sounds. By looking at jazz history through the instrument(s) of Strayhorn's queer arrangements, this book sheds new light on his music and on jazz collaboration at midcentury.
Download or read book Flamingos For Kids Amazing Animal Books For Young Readers written by John Davidson and published by JD-Biz Corp Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flamingos For Kids Amazing Animal Books For Young Readers Bestselling author John Davidson presents "Flamingos For Kids – Amazing Animal Books For Young Readers". Beautiful Pictures and easy reading format will help children fall in love with Flamingos. This is one of over 30 books in the Amazing Animal Books for Young Readers Series. The series is known as one of the most beautiful on the kindle. The pictures look great even in black and white and are excellent on the full color kindle. Lots of facts and photos will help your children learn about this wonderful animal. Children are given a well-rounded understanding of this beautiful animal: its anatomy, feeding habits and behavior. *** You and your kids will love learning about Flamingos*** Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 A wading bird How to they eat? What do they eat? Why are Flamingos pink? A General Non-Migratory Bird Safety in numbers Predators Habitat Chapter 2 Chapter 3 What’s the purpose of such an elaborate courtship? Conclusion Other facts you may not know: In conclusion: Author Bio Introduction Pretty in Pink! Have you ever thought of a bird in such a way? Flamingos are beautiful birds with a dazzling display of pink feathers. Of course pink is not the only color of the Flamingos plumes. The colors can range from red to orange, white and even blue, depending on what they eat! Flamingos live a very social life. They love to have friends and family all around, but not just one or two. Their colony can have hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands at one time. An East African colony is famous for having more than one million members. Imagine how noisy it can get if they all squawk or honk at once! Do you know how old Flamingos are? How long they have existed? The Smithsonian National Zoo says their ancestry goes back for 30 million years, even more! So they are very ancient birds, and one of the oldest species known to humanity. Happily Flamingos are mostly calm, cool and collected. They love to stretch their long legs and ‘wade’ along the shore looking for food to eat. Sometimes they dine on shrimp, specifically brine-shrimp which contributes to their exotic pink tone. Even though human development has reduced their habitat to some extent, Flamingos still thrive in the coastal regions of South and Central America including the West Indies, the Galapagos Islands and other areas. Their colorful species are a beautiful part of life’s great mosaic of natural wonders.
Download or read book More Happy Than Not Deluxe Edition written by Adam Silvera and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling-debut—also called “mandatory reading” and selected as an Editors' Choice by the New York Times—Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. In the months after his father's suicide, it's been tough for sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again—but he's still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he's slowly remembering what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely. When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron's crew notices, and they're not exactly thrilled. But Aaron can't deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Since Aaron can't stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound feelings for him, he considers turning to the Leteo Institute's revolutionary memory-alteration procedure to straighten himself out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is. Why does happiness have to be so hard? “Silvera managed to leave me smiling after totally breaking my heart. Unforgettable.” —Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda "Adam Silvera explores the inner workings of a painful world and he delivers this with heartfelt honesty and a courageous, confident hand . . . A mesmerizing, unforgettable tour de force." —John Corey Whaley, National Book Award finalist and author of Where Things Come Back and Noggin
Download or read book I Meant to Tell You written by Fran Hawthorne and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-29 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Miranda Isaacs’s fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his dream job in the U.S. attorney’s office, the couple joke about whether Miranda’s parents’ history as antiwar activists in the Sixties might jeopardize Russ’s security clearance. But as it turns out, the real threat emerges after Russ’s future employer discovers that Miranda was arrested for felony kidnapping seven years earlier – an arrest she’d never bothered to tell Russ about. Miranda tries to explain that she was only helping her best friend, Ronit, in the midst of a nasty divorce and custody battle, take her daughter to visit her parents in Israel. Russ doesn’t see it quite as innocently. In a frantic search to persuade Russ that she’s not a criminal, Miranda either makes the situation worse or exposes other secrets and mysteries. Miranda’s stepfather – who has just revealed to her mother that he’s been having an affair—starts dropping cryptic hints about her biological father. On top of all that, Miranda is arrested again, this time for drunk driving. With everything she thought she knew upended, Miranda must face the truth about her mother, herself, and her future marriage.
Download or read book Have Belly Will Travel written by Tanya Lemani and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2007-07-02 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was the daughter of a poor Russian family who escaped the horrors of communism by coming to America. Her new world desires conflicted with her old world father’s beliefs and the strains were devastating—both attempted suicide. But life prevailed and against all odds she was determined to follow her dream: become a classical ballet dancer. At sixteen, she was offered a dancing job in Las Vegas. Can you imagine her shock when she learned that the job was not for ballet, but for belly dancing?! What would her father say?! At first she rejected, then thought “why not?” This offer opened many doors through which she starred in her own Las Vegas show, many TV shows, and movies! She was wined and dined by Hollywood’s elite including kings and moguls in this touching, revealing and intriguing story. I know how it all happened—because this is my story.
Download or read book Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina written by Brenda Dixon Gottschild and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown's personal and professional histories reflect the hardships as well as the advances of African-Americans in the artistic and social developments of the second half of the twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries.
Download or read book Magical White Satin Ballerina Slippers written by Barbara Kasey Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1949 in a small country village back in the mountains of West Virginia. Callie, a twelve-year-old girl lives with her family on a farm. They live off the main highway on a one-lane dirt road winding through the countryside. Teepee type haystacks fill the fields with beauty exploding along the way. Her family performs farm chores for a living. Her parents are Christians raising their children in the same manner. Callie is leafing through a catalog one day and spots a pair of white satin ballerina slippers, immediately falls in love with them, and decides she wants to become a ballet dancer. From that moment forward Callie lives in an imaginary state of becoming a dancer. One morning on a trek to her one-room schoolhouse Callie encounters a dangerous situation and tries to protect herself, returning home extremely ill. What causes Callie's illness? Will she ever get to dance in her magical white satin ballerina slippers?
Download or read book Tremor written by Tonya Plank and published by Dark Swan Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After losing her husband and dance partner to a motorcycle accident, ballroom showdance champion Arabelle has developed a hand tremor, making it impossible to perform the beautiful balletic feats she is known for. In her devastation, she’s lost her love of dance anyway. But when she meets Jett, a theatrical dancer specializing in daredevil aerial stunts, Arabelle feels a double tremor – one producing trepidation, the other pulsing excitement, as he evokes the bad boy ways of her husband that had so enthralled her but had also resulted in his tragedy. Can Jett help Arabelle overcome the pain of her loss, cure her trembling body, and reinvigorate her passion for dance and life? And can Arabelle tame Jett’s reckless ways before they result in his own misfortune? Tremor is the sixth book in the Infection Rhythm ballroom romance series.
Download or read book Florrie Flamingo s First Ballet Class written by Jessica Clayton and published by Dance to Learn, LLC. This book was released on with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Florrie Flamingo on this new adventure as she joins Bella Bear at her very first ballet class. Florrie meets friends in class who have been dancing ballet for a while, including Swanhilda Swan and Oscar Ostrich. Although Florrie loves ballet she has a difficult time mastering all the moves in this first ballet class, but Bella Bear sees potential in her. With a little hard work, practice and determination she thinks Florrie Flamingo can be a ballerina yet! Ballet Teachers will love how this class can be incorporated right into your daily class flow. Ballet Terminology and accurate images of movements are included. We introduce boys to ballet in this book with the introduction of Oscar Ostrich. Images are bright and colorful and take your dancers into Bella Bear’s Ballet Studio as they learn ballet with Florrie Flamingo.
Download or read book Flamingo Flamenco written by Brooke Jorden and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every creature on Earth has a dance all its own, but none so well-known as the flamingo’s flamenco. A flamenco-dancing flamingo struts and swaggers, certain that he is the best dancer in the animal kingdom. From hip hopping hippos to tap dancing tigers, each animal finds its own jungle boogie, and Flamingo soon discovers that no two dancers are the same—and that's okay! A fantastic book for any child who loves dancing or animals, Flamingo Flamenco and its rhythmic text and boldly colored animals will get your little dancers wriggling and jiggling.
Download or read book The Art of the Decoy written by Trish Esden and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Jane K. Cleland and Connie Berry, Tricia Esden's series debut is sure to please. After her mother is sent to prison for art forgery, Edie Brown returns to Northern Vermont to rebuild her family’s fine art and antiques business. She’s certain she can do it now that her mother is gone. After all, butting heads with her mom over bad business practices was what drove Edie away three years ago, including a screwup that landed Edie on probation for selling stolen property. When Edie scores a job appraising a waterfowl decoy collection at a hoarder’s farmhouse, she’s determined to take advantage of the situation to rebuild the business’s tarnished reputation and dwindling coffers. In lieu of payment, Edie intends to cherry-pick an exceptional decoy carved by the client’s renowned Quebecoise folk artist ancestors. Only the tables turn when the collection vanishes. Accused of the theft, Edie’s terrified that the fallout will destroy the business and land her in prison next to her mom. Desperate, she digs into the underbelly of the local antiques and art world. When Edie uncovers a possible link between the decoy theft and a deadly robbery at a Quebec museum, she longs to ask her ex-probation officer, and ex-lover, for help. But she suspects his recent interest in rekindling their romance may hide a darker motive. With the help of her eccentric uncle Tuck and Kala, their enigmatic new employee, Edie must risk all she holds dear to expose the thieves and recover the decoys before the FBI’s Art Crime Team or the ruthless thieves themselves catch up with her.
Download or read book My Evil Female CEO written by Chi XiaJiaoDeXia and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since he had a romantic misunderstanding with his female boss, Gu Shaotian's career had turned bitter. He felt that the only way to survive in this office full of traps was to take her down ...
Download or read book Dance Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unveiling the Muse written by Howard Philips Smith and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Carnival has been well documented with a vast array of books published on the subject. However, few of them, if any, mention gay Carnival krewes or the role of gay Carnival within the larger context of the season. Howard Philips Smith corrects this oversight with a beautiful, vibrant, and exciting account of gay Carnival. Gay krewes were first formed in the late 1950s, growing out of costume parties held by members of the gay community. Their tableau balls were often held in clandestine locations to avoid harassment. Even by the new millennium, gay Carnival remained a hidden and almost lost history. Much of the history and the krewes themselves were devastated by the AIDS crisis. Whether facing police raids in the 1960s or AIDS in the 1980s, the Carnival krewes always came back each season. A culmination of two decades of research, Unveiling the Muse positions this incredible story within its proper place as an amazing and important facet of traditional Carnival. Based on years of detailed interviews, each of the major gay krewes is represented by an in-depth historical sketch, outlining the founders, moments of brilliance on stage, and a list of all the balls, themes, and royalty. Of critical importance to this history are the colorful ephemera associated with the gay tableau balls. Reproductions of never-before-published brilliantly designed invitations, large-scale commemorative posters, admit cards, and programs add dimension and life to this history. Sketches of elaborate stage sets and costumes as well as photographs of ball costumes and rare memorabilia further enhance descriptions of these tableau balls.
