Download or read book The Goldfish Dancer written by Patricia Robertson and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2007-05-26 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in locales and time periods as varied as nineteenth century England, contemporary Spain, and postwar Alberta, these five stories and two novellas introduce us to characters whose obsessions occupy the borderlands between fantasy and reality. In the title story, the half-black grand-daughter of slaves becomes an exotic dancer in New York during WWI and develops a passion for goldfish.
Download or read book The Round Dance of Water written by Sergey Kuznetsov and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the man Arturo Pérez-Reverte has called “the most talented young Russian author” comes this extraordinary family saga, a journey into the depths of the human soul. The Round-dance of Water is a detailed portrait of three generations of a large family, but in this story there is no division into primary and secondary characters: each individual fate carries its weight and runs into the bloody river of the twentieth century. The novel drifts between years, tones, and styles, and the range of its influences is overwhelming, ranging from Rudyard Kipling to Andrei Platonov and Daniil Kharms, from gangster movies to Japanese anime.
Download or read book Butoh as Heard by a Dancer written by Dominique Savitri Bonarjee and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the origins of Butoh in post-war Japan through orality and transmission, in conjunction with an embodied research approach. The book is a gathering of seminal artistic voices – Yoshito Ohno, Natsu Nakajima, Yukio Waguri, Moe Yamamoto, Masaki Iwana, Ko Murobushi, Yukio Suzuki, Takao Kawaguchi, Yuko Kaseki, and the philosopher, Kuniichi Uno. These conversations happened during an extended research trip I made to Japan to understand the context and circumstances that engendered Butoh. Alongside these exchanges are my reflections on Butoh’s complex history. These are primarily informed by my pedagogical and performance encounters with the artists I met during this time, rather than a theoretical analysis. Through the words of these dancers, I investigate Butoh’s tendency to evade categorization. Butoh’s artistic legacy of bodily rebellion, plurality of authorship, and fluidity of form seems prescient and feels more relevant in contemporary times than ever before. This book is intended as a practitioner's guide for dancers, artists, students, and scholars with an interest in non-Western dance and dance history, postmodern performance, and Japanese arts and culture.
Download or read book The Goldfish Being the Confessions Af a Successful Man written by Arthur Cheney Train and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Goldfish" is an ancient fiction story book written by Arthur Cheney Train. Set in New York society, the narrative examines the complexities of human feelings and interactions the usage of the metaphor of a goldfish stuck in a bowl. In this heartbreaking story, Train skillfully navigates problems related to imprisonment, longing for freedom, and the warfare for authenticity within the face of expectancies from society. Through complicated characterizations and subtle story, he invitations site visitors to do not forget the man or woman of delight and the fee of liberty. The number one character's adventure suggests the stressful conditions of these trapped in a cycle of conformity and discontent. Train's extraordinary use of symbolism deepens the narrative, growing the target audience's revel in on the identical time as highlighting the time-venerated need for self-discovery and satisfaction. "The Goldfish" stands proud for its intellectual profundity, intellectual resonance, and hard exam of human nature. It is going past not unusual fashion obstacles, imparting readers with a greedy mixture of drama, intellectual fiction, and literary belief. Arthur Cheney Train indicates his versatility as a writer through overcoming beyond his crook thrillers to offer a greedy and meditative piece in an effort to stay with readers lengthy after they have completed studying.
Download or read book Dance and the Specific Image written by Daniel Nagrin and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an extraordinary career in dance - as a performer, choreographer, and teacher - Daniel Nagrin has now written an extraordinary book. In it he explores the roots of his aesthetic philosophy, influenced by Stanislavski, Helen Tamiris, Joseph Chaikin and the Open Theatre, and his work on and off Broadway as an actor and dancer.Dance and the Specific Image includes over one hundred improvisational structures that Nagrin created with his new company, the Workgroup, and has taught in dance classes and workshops all over the United States. Designed primarily for dancers, many can be adapted for actors and even musicians.In the 1960s, at a time when many modern dancers were working with movement as abstraction, Nagrin turned instead toward movement as metaphor. His passionate belief that dance must speak of people led him to found the Workgroup, a small company of dancers who, in the early 1970s, devoted themselves to the practice and performance of improvisation.Nagrin invites the reader into the mind of a dancer totally absorbed in his art, one who writes with wisdom and authority about what it means to be an artist.
Download or read book Pillowland written by Laurie Berkner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this picture book interpretation of Laurie Berkner's "Pillowland" song, three siblings embark on a bedtime adventure, visiting a land where everything is made of pillows.
Download or read book The Six Questions written by Daniel Nagrin and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1997-06-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in Dance Research Journal, Joellen A. Meglin of Temple University called The Six Questions, "a nerve-hitting, nitty-gritty, accept-nothing-bogus, action-painted account of the dance performance process based on a lifetime of creative performance, choreography, and teaching." Nagrin's second volume focuses on the theory of acting technique for dance performance and includes a workbook of exercises.
Download or read book A Divine Dance of Madness written by Mairi Colme and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DescriptionThis is a strong and emotional book which captures the feelings and experiences of someone who is condemned as 'insane' and held in a secure unit. Mairi Colme's writing is full of mysticism and depth as she uses her given talent for writing to make sense of her lost years and her treatment at the hands of those who should have been protecting her. This book will find resonance in anybody who has experienced what Mairi has and can act as a guide to those who would like to understand more about the debate over sectioning and secure units.About the AuthorMairi Colme has an MA Honours degree in English language and literature, has trained in theology, and is now a Benedictine Oblate. She has written a great deal, including poetry and mystical texts. She is now working to set up a charitable foundation, promoting mental well-being and spiritual knowledge. This book is chiefly about a period in her life, the seven years from 1988 to 1995, when she was permanently sectioned and 'certified insane'. It is about all the adventures, the pain and the love that she experienced as she struggled to escape from a dire fate.
Download or read book Dancing with a Dervish written by Prinnie McCourt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1967 Leah Commoss arrives in Turkey to teach on Karamursel Air Station (KAS), an American 'intelligence gathering' base where secret Russian radio transmissions are monitored. She soon realizes there's more intrigue on the base than in the air waves above it. Leah is drawn into a frenzied dance of vindictive rumor and innuendo, choreographed by a sinister Turkish woman she barely knows, and whose motives she cannot even imagine. After finding a dead man on base, and another floating in the Dead Sea, Leah is dubbed "a walking international incident" by policemen of several countries. Leah's teaching responsibilities and travel perks can only partially divert her concern over unwarranted harassment, imminent arrest, and the black market activities she's discovered rampant on KAS. Caught up in this uncontrollable whirl of events, Leah discovers there is no way to safely sit out "dancing with a dervish."
Download or read book Dancing Phoenix Crappy Miss written by Jia Yimingtang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-29 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One day, she accidentally kissed a prodigy who had been a good-for-nothing of a small family.""Woman, who gave you the right to kiss me? Did I ask you to save me?""If you don't want to, I'll kick you back!"If you have an army, then I have the Imperial Clairvoyant."In the nine days and nine nights, he made a contract with the devil."A dragon soars and a phoenix dances. No one wishes to bow down before a woman."She was reborn from the fire, and her petite figure covered the entire world with one hand."
Download or read book Write Dance written by Ragnhild Oussoren and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copy sheets to accompany the book can be downloaded and printed from the SAGE website: www.uk.sagepub.com/WriteDance2 --Book Jacket.
Download or read book The Dancing Horse written by Angus MacVicar and published by EndeavorMedia.ORIM. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two journalists hunt for a killer and stumble into an even bigger mystery: “The writer par excellence of Scottish thrillers” (Western Independent). London sportswriter Donald Grant has been asked by his boss, the news editor, to help him investigate a murder. It’s not Grant’s usual beat, but he can’t say no to a fellow Scotsman—especially since his boss senses that the roots of the crime go all the way to Kintyre. As the two head north to Scotland, they have no idea the trail will lead them to a recently built high-security atomic center—and a quiet, secluded community that harbors many secrets. And when a scientist from the plant is found hanged, they discover they may be chasing a very dangerous story. “Angus MacVicar runs John Buchan close as the supreme spinner of an enthralling yarn.” —Daily Express
Download or read book We All Dance To A Mysterious Tune 1st written by Harold Salkin and published by Arena books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate autobiography describing the personal and sexual life of a poet working in the retail trade, giving a vivid description of life in the East End and Essex between the 1930s and the 21st century.
Download or read book Monster Boogie written by Laurie Berkner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurie Berkner, “the queen of children’s music” (People), pairs the lyrics of her infectious hit song with Ben Clanton’s whimsical illustrations in this groovy and adorable picture book—a must-have for fans of Laurie, dancing, and all things monstrous! I’m the biggest monster that you’ve ever seen! My eyes are purple and my teeth are green. I’m big and I’m scary, you know what I mean? And this is what I like to do… Boogie away those bedtime fears and embrace your inner monster with Monster Boogie, based on Laurie Berkner’s irresistibly fun song and featuring lively, playful artwork by Ben Clanton! I do the monster boogie. So can you! Rraaaahhh!
Download or read book The Dancing Fool and the Kumquat Queen written by Cindian Works and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legend of the Dancing Fool and the Kumquat Queen tells the myth of the Jade Dragon as never told before. It is a story of why the fools dance for the Dragons during the Lunar New Year, and how the legend came to be. Follow the Antics of Wa Hao Kun as he learns the art of the Dance and nearly destroys the town of Pan-Yu in the process.
Download or read book Belly Dancing for Beginners written by Liz Byrski and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-05-27 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gayle and Sonya are a study in contrasts: one reserved and cautious, the other confident and outspoken. But their very different lives will be turned upside down when they impulsively join a belly dancing class. Marissa, their teacher, is sixty, sexy, and very much her own person, and as Gayle and Sonya learn about the origins and meaning of the dance, much more than their muscle tone begins to change. Gayle, crippled by the secrets at the heart of her marriage, is forced to face who and what she has become; the seriously single Sonya begins to explore her isolation from her family; and even Marissa, accustomed to seeing other women changed by the dance, must finally confront a horrifying event from her own past.
Download or read book God and the Devil Dancing Through World War Iii Together written by Wolf Larsen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God and the Devil Dancing through World War Three Together is a screenplay that reads like a novel. The plot is about everything including the upcoming nuclear war between America and its former allies. The characters in this book include Caligula, Marie Antoinette, Wolf Larsen, yuppie cannibals, crack whores, Adolf Hitler, the Virgin Mary, the entire human race, etc. The story is completely unpredictable and the reader never knows what crazy, insane thing will happen next. God and the Devil Dancing through World War Three Together was written while Wolf Larsen lived in Lima, Peru in an apartment with a view of a little third world shanty town right across the street. This screenplay that reads like a novel is as sensual, immoral, and insane as the world we live in.
