Download or read book The Meaning Of Tango written by Christine Denniston and published by Portico. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world - a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance. The Tango was the cornerstone of Argentine culture, and has lasted for more than a hundred years, popular today in America, Japan and Europe. 'The Meaning of Tango' traces the roots of this captivating dance, from it's birth in the poverty stricken Buenos Aires, the craze of the early 20th century, right up until it's revival today, thanks to shows such as Strictly Come Dancing. This book offers history, knowledge, teachings and in-sights which makes it valuable for beginners, yet its in-depth analysis makes it essential for experienced dancers. It is an elegant and cohesive critique of the fascinating tale of the Tango, which not only documents its culture and politics, but is also technically useful.
Download or read book Sebi and the Land of Cha Cha Cha written by Roselyn Sanchez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From actors (and real-life married couple) Sanchez ("Devious Maids") and Winter ("The Mentalist") comes an exciting adventure that celebrates the joy of dancing. Full color.
Download or read book Soul Mates II written by Noeme M. Feliciano and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And the Soul Mates Saga continues as Dorian tells the story from his perspective, from his heart to yours. Through his narration, many questions that were left unanswered in Noel’s version are explored and answered as he experiences life on his own; trying to make heads or tales of the fact that he has never experienced the true love between a man and a woman that is spoken of in the Bible’s Songs of Solomon. The kind of love that makes you totally faithful to your heart’s chosen; and takes you to the realm where Soul Mates meet and join to become one. After going through an endless series of fruitless short lived relationships and one night stands, he finally realizes that in order to hear the call of his Soul Mate he has to re-evaluate his current lifestyle. He listens attentively for the soft whisper of her name; because he knows that the one made especially for him is still out there somewhere. However, when He stops long enough to answer her call; he enters into a state of awareness that leads him to recognize his one true love and how deeply he is willing to love her. Through her, Dorian finally experiences the joy and peace he so desperately longs for, and he listens and accepts the call of the Lord when He finally bestows upon him the greatest gift to Mankind, “The gift of LOVE” and his own Soul Mate to share it with.
Download or read book Merci Su rez Can t Dance written by Meg Medina and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Meg Medina's follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, love--and finding your rhythm.
Download or read book Latin Dance written by Elizabeth Drake-Boyt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title in the American Dance Floor series provides an overview of the origins, development, and current status of Latin social dancing in the United States. Latin dance and music have had a widespread influence upon the development of other social dance and music styles in the United States. As a result, Latin dance styles are among the most important dance forms in America. Latin Dance addresses every major style of Latin dance, describing the basic steps that characterize it as well as its rhythmic pace and time signature, and examining its development from European, African, and Amerindian influences. The author explains the range of styles and expression to be found in Latin dances primarily within the context of couples social dancing, the popularity of salsa today, and the broader social meanings and implications of their multicultural origins from the 1600s to the present. The historic connection between exhibition Latin dance and American modern dance through vaudeville is explained as well.
Download or read book The Doula Guide to Birth written by Ananda Lowe and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is your guide to the fastest-growing trend in childbirth—a tradition as old as motherhood itself. Doulas, or professional labor assistants, have led thousands of expectant women through the birthing process in a way that’s safe and meaningful, and that creates the birth and postbirth experience all mothers long for. What exactly do doulas do? How to find one that suits you. What are the “trade secrets” only doulas know but every woman should be aware of (even if you don’t have a doula)? In The Doula Guide to Birth, senior-level doula Ananda Lowe and award-winning health reporter Rachel Zimmerman have written a most comprehensive book that draws on the wisdom of these skilled experts, whose experience with doctors, midwives, nurses, and hospitals makes them invaluable advocates before, during, and after birth. * Labor techniques anyone can use * Pain medication: do you, don’t you—and when? * What dads and loved ones need and can do best * When should you really go to the hospital in labor? * How to prepare for unexpected medical procedures, including cesareans and epidural * Postpartum—what it’s really like * A clip-out chart of labor techniques, birth plan worksheets, and much more Combining science, wit, warmth, and support, as well as the inspirational stories of dozens of mothers and their partners, you’ll find the “doula viewpoint” on every major pregnancy and delivery issue, making this one of the most important childbirth books you’ll ever read and recommend.
Download or read book But Not for Love written by Edwin Shrake and published by TCU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Texas Traditions Series reprint takes us back to the Lone Star State during the Cold War at the beginning of the 1960s. The postwar generation is in a frenzy of high living and profligate spending. Big Texas oil is still subsidized by a federal depletion allowance and cattle still account for much of the state’s wealth. But these longtime mainstays of Texas finance are giving way to transistors and computers. A new millionaire class is growing up around business mergers and electronic technology. The characters in Shrake’s novel are caught in this brave new world in one way or another. Some are the princes of prosperity; others are victims of it. This is a world of lobbyists, merger lawyers, small-time politicos, sons of oil money, and the women who cheer them on or worry about their souls. In the opening section of the novel, we visit the Texas Gulf Coast and see the machinations of Sam Guthrie and Waddy Morris Jr. as they attempt to take over a rival technology company. Back in Dallas, idealistic attorney Ben Carpenter moves to thwart the Guthrie/Morris takeover. Then we move to Fort Worth and attend the drunken party given in honor of Ben Carpenter’s thirtieth birthday. The party moved to Mexico on Cadmus Wilkins’s bus where everyone has to confront his or her inner self. And some are found wanting. The several vignettes of the novel paint an accurate picture of Texas as it moves into the urban era and as its middle class began deserting the old verities and tasting what were once forbidden pleasures. Shrake is a first-rate stylist who knows how the upper half lives.
Download or read book All My Yesterdays written by David Guillen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In “All My Yesterdays” the author takes his readers from a tiny farm in Texas where he was born in 1930 and his childhood during the Great Depression, to his boyhood in the little agricultural town of Victoria, where he discovered he could sing. He takes you to the port city Galveston during and after World War II, where he went to high school and where he became a popular teenage singer, to his time in the army during the Korean War, from 1951 to 1953, and afterward to Hollywood to pursue a singing career.
Download or read book Deep Blue Sea written by Amanda Sandton and published by Karibu Publishers SAS. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meredith's in danger. Clara’s actions have broken Meredith’s heart, and put her and Sukey in Kempton’s path. While on a long voyage aboard the luxurious cruise ship the "MV Albion" to escape Kempton's clutches, Meredith met Captain Raphael Maynard and fell in love with him. The Captain has been patient with Meredith although he knows nothing of her past. He broke through her inhibitions to show her how pleasurable and joyful sex can be. When her Aunt Clara found out she whisked the family off the ship in Perth, Western Australia. However, waiting there in Australia for Meredith’s arrival was Kempton. What is Kempton planning now that he’s caught up with Meredith in Perth? How is Meredith going to carry on now that her first love, Captain Maynard, has sailed away out of her life?
Download or read book Terrible Magnificent Sociology written by Wade, Lisa and published by W.W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using engaging stories and a diverse cast of characters, Lisa Wade memorably delivers what C. Wright Mills described as both the terrible and the magnificent lessons of sociology. With chapters that build upon one another, Terrible Magnificent Sociology represents a new kind of introduction to sociology. Recognizing the many statuses students carry, Wade goes beyond race, class, and gender, considering inequalities of all kindsÑand their intersections. She also highlights the remarkable diversity of sociology, not only of its methods and approaches but also of the scholars themselves, emphasizing the contributions of women, immigrants, and people of color. The book ends with an inspiring call to action, urging students to use their sociological imaginations to improve the world in which they live.
Download or read book Alicia Alonso Dances On written by Rose Viña and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STARRED REVIEW! "The inspirational life of ballerina Alicia Alonso is shared with young readers in this lovingly illustrated beginning biography. The illustrations excellently depict Alicia's dedication as well as the difficulties with her eyesight and will inspire readers to chase their dreams amid challenges and struggles."—School Library Journal starred review Alicia Alonso wouldn't let her vision impairment keep her from dancing. As a young girl in Cuba, Alicia Alonso practiced ballet in tennis shoes. Within a few years, she was in New York City, with a promising ballet career. But her eyesight began to fail. When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn't give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina. This is the true story of a woman who overcame her challenges, mastered her art, and inspired others to dance and dream.
Download or read book Celia Cruz Queen of Salsa written by Veronica Chambers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows the flamboyant, larger-than-life Celia Cruz, the extraordinary salsa singer who passed away in 2003, leaving millions of fans brokenhearted. indeed, there was a magical vibrancy to the Cuban salsa singer. to hear her voice or to see her perform was to feel her life-affirming energy deep within you. relish the sizzling sights and sounds of her legacy in this glimpse into Celia’s childhood and her inspiring rise to worldwide fame and recognition as the Queen of salsa. Her inspirational life story is sure to sweeten your soul.
Download or read book I Hate to Dance But Learned to Love It written by Hans Danssen and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Hate to Dance (But Learned to Love It!) By: Hans Danssen I Hate to Dance (But Learned to Love It!) is a story about the ballroom dance business, told in a way never told before. The story is eye-opening, with regard to how the sales process in the ballroom dance business was performed over the author’s lengthy career. I Hate to Dance is also a story about how making bad personal and business decisions over one’s career can lead to financial and emotional ruin. Can the author stage yet another comeback of epic proportions before he runs out of time?
Download or read book Spinning Mambo into Salsa written by Juliet McMains and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the world's most popular partnered social dance form, salsa's significance extends well beyond the Latino communities which gave birth to it. The growing international and cross-cultural appeal of this Latin dance form, which celebrates its mixed origins in the Caribbean and in Spanish Harlem, offers a rich site for examining issues of cultural hybridity and commodification in the context of global migration. Salsa consists of countless dance dialects enjoyed by varied communities in different locales. In short, there is not one dance called salsa, but many. Spinning Mambo into Salsa, a history of salsa dance, focuses on its evolution in three major hubs for international commercial export-New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. The book examines how commercialized salsa dance in the 1990s departed from earlier practices of Latin dance, especially 1950s mambo. Topics covered include generational differences between Palladium Era mambo and modern salsa; mid-century antecedents to modern salsa in Cuba and Puerto Rico; tension between salsa as commercial vs. cultural practice; regional differences in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami; the role of the Web in salsa commerce; and adaptations of social Latin dance for stage performance. Throughout the book, salsa dance history is linked to histories of salsa music, exposing how increased separation of the dance from its musical inspiration has precipitated major shifts in Latin dance practice. As a whole, the book dispels the belief that one version is more authentic than another by showing how competing styles came into existence and contention. Based on over 100 oral history interviews, archival research, ethnographic participant observation, and analysis of Web content and commerce, the book is rich with quotes from practitioners and detailed movement description.
Download or read book Dance and the Creative Couple written by Sheri Rosenfeld and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Day In Mossy Creek written by Deborah Smith and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2006-02-20 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maybe it's the post-New Year's boredom. Maybe it's the cold, frisky air. Whatever the cause, the citizens of Mossy Creek seem determined to get into trouble on a clear winter day in mid-January. Police Chief Amos Royden and his loyal officers, Mutt and Sandy, can barely keep up with the calls. Hank and Casey Blackshear's great aunt Irene, 93, leads a protest march of angry old folks--on their electric scooters. Louise and Charlie Sawyer battle renovation pitfalls (literally) in their cranky house. Pearl Quinlan fights her sister, Spiva, over a plate of brownies. Patty Campbell performs a makeover on Orville Gene Simpson's front yard, against Orville's will. All that and more! Last, but not least, Amos and Ida finally stop fighting their secret attraction, but then the trouble really begins!
Download or read book The Dancing Princess written by Sheralyn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel's dream since he was a small child was to follow Mum's footsteps onto the stage and into films. The Drama and Dance Company chose The Dancing Princess for Daniel's School. When no girl is competent enough to perform the star role, Daniel is persuaded to do so in the hope that his display will enable him to obtain a rare Scholarship to the Drama School. Daniel, failed to realise that he'll need intense feminine training and all that that involves playing a girl's part. Can Daniel become a convincing young girl? Will he realise his dream of a place at the Drama School? Or will that dream become a frilly, girlish nightmare?!
