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Love and Information

Author : Caryl Churchill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781559364409
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Love and Information written by Caryl Churchill and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Caryl Churchill is a dramatist who must surely be amongst the best half-dozen now writing? a playwright of genuine audacity and assurance, able to use her considerable wit and intelligence in ways at once unusual, resonant and dramatically riveting."?Benedict Nightingale From Love and Information: SEX What sex evolved to do is get information from two sets of genes so you get offspring that's not identical to you. Otherwise you just keep getting the same thing over and over again like hydra or starfish. So sex essentially is information. You dont think that while we're doing it do you? It doesn't hurt to know it. Information and also love. If you're lucky. In this fast-moving kaleidoscope, more than one hundred characters try to make sense of what they know. Declared "the greatest living English playwright" by Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill will premiere this latest work at London's Royal Court in fall 2012. Caryl Churchill is one of the most influential playwrights of our time. She is the author of more than twenty plays, including Seven Jewish Children, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You, Top Girls, This is a Chair, Far Away, A Number, Cloud Nine, and Serious Money.

Scientific Perspectives and Emerging Developments in Dance and the Performing Arts

Author : Pessali-Marques, Bárbara
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799842622
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Perspectives and Emerging Developments in Dance and the Performing Arts written by Pessali-Marques, Bárbara and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years, concerns about dancers’ health and the consequences of physical training have increased considerably. The physical requirements and type of training dancers need to achieve to reach their highest level of performance while decreasing the rate of severe injuries has awakened the necessity of more scientific knowledge concerning the area of dance, in part considering its several particularities. Scientific Perspectives and Emerging Developments in Dance and the Performing Arts is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research designed to reduce the gap between the scientific theory and the practice of dance. While highlighting topics such as burnout, mental health, and sport psychology, this publication explores areas such as nutrition, psychology, and education, as well as methods of maintaining the general wellbeing and quality of the health, training, and performance of dancers. This book is ideally designed for dance experts, instructors, sports psychologists, researchers, academicians, and students.

Dancing Transnational Feminisms

Author : Ananya Chatterjea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295749549
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book Dancing Transnational Feminisms written by Ananya Chatterjea and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dancing Transnational Feminisms brings together reflections and critical responses about the embodied creative practices that have been part of the work of Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT), a Twin Cities-based dance company of women of color who work at the intersections of artistic excellence and social justice. Focusing on ADT's creative processes and organizational strategies, the book highlights how women and femme artists of color, working with a marginalized movement aesthetic, claim and transform the spaces of contemporary concert dance into sites of empowerment, resistance, and knowledge production. Blending essays with epistolary texts, interviews and poems, the collection's contributors offer up a multigenre exploration of how dance and other artistic undertakings can be intersectionally reimagined. Building on more than fifteen years of collaborative dance-making and sustained dialogues, Dancing Transnational Feminisms delves into timely questions surrounding race and performance, art and politics, global and local inequities and the responsibilities of artists towards the communities they come from"--

CHOREOGRAPHER'S HANDBOOK

Author : Jonathan Burrows
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113697458X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book CHOREOGRAPHER'S HANDBOOK written by Jonathan Burrows and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned dancer, choreographer and teacher Jonathan Burrows explains how to navigate a course through the complex process of creating dance. He provides choreographers with an active manifesto and shares his wealth of experience of choreographic practice to allow each artist and dance-maker to find his or her own aesthetic process.

Dance Production

Author : Jeromy Hopgood
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317635418
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Dance Production written by Jeromy Hopgood and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance Production: Design and Technology introduces you to the skills you need to plan, design, and execute the technical aspects of a dance production. While it may not seem that staging a dance production is that different from a play or musical, in reality a dance performance offers up unique intricacies and challenges all its own, from scenery that accommodates choreography, to lighting design that sculpts the body, and costumes that complement movement. This unique book approaches the process of staging a dance production from a balanced perspective, making it an essential resource for dancers and designers alike. Covering a broad range of topics, author Jeromy Hopgood takes the reader through the process of producing dance from start to finish – including pre-production planning (collaboration, production process, personnel, performance spaces), design disciplines (lighting, sound, scenery, costumes, projections), stage management, and more. Bridging the gap between theatrical and dance design, the book includes a quick reference guide for theatrical and dance terminology, useful in giving dancers and designers a common working vocabulary that will ensure productive communication across the different fields.

Final Bow for Yellowface: Dancing Between Intention and Impact

Author : Phil Chan
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
ISBN 13 : 9781734732481
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Final Bow for Yellowface: Dancing Between Intention and Impact written by Phil Chan and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would have guessed that one short conversation with New York City Ballet Artistic Director Peter Martins would change the course of how we approach America's favorite holiday ballet, and serve as a catalyst for changing how we talk about race in America? Phil Chan, arts advocate and co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface, chronicles his journey navigating conversations around race, representation, and inclusion arising from issues in presenting one short dance-the Chinese variation from The Nutcracker. Armed with new vocabulary, he recounts his process and pitfalls in advising Salt Lake City's Ballet West on the presentation of a lost Balanchine work from 1925, Le Chant du Rossignol.Chan encounters orientalism, cultural appropriation, and yellowface, and witnesses firsthand the continuing evolution of an Old World aristocratic dance form in a New World democratic environment. As a storyteller, Chan presents a mix of dance and Chinese American history, personal anecdotes, and best practices for any professional arts organization to use for navigating issues around race, while outlining an essential path American ballet must take in order for our beloved art form to stay alive for a growingly diverse 21st century audience.

The Water Dancer

Author : Ta-Nehisi Coates
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0399590609
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Water Dancer written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by One World. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom. “This potent book about America’s most disgraceful sin establishes [Ta-Nehisi Coates] as a first-rate novelist.”—San Francisco Chronicle IN DEVELOPMENT AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Adapted by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kamilah Forbes, directed by Nia DaCosta, and produced by MGM, Plan B, and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films NOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • Vanity Fair • Esquire • Good Housekeeping • Paste • Town & Country • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the Deep South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children—the violent and capricious separation of families—and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today’s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. Praise for The Water Dancer “Ta-Nehisi Coates is the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race with his 2015 memoir, Between the World and Me. So naturally his debut novel comes with slightly unrealistic expectations—and then proceeds to exceed them. The Water Dancer . . . is a work of both staggering imagination and rich historical significance. . . . What’s most powerful is the way Coates enlists his notions of the fantastic, as well as his fluid prose, to probe a wound that never seems to heal. . . . Timeless and instantly canon-worthy.”—Rolling Stone

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Author : Judy Tyrus
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1496733606
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Dance Theatre of Harlem written by Judy Tyrus and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2021 NAACP Image Award Nominee This definitive history is a celebration of the first African-American ballet company, from its 1960s origins in a Harlem basement, to the performances, community engagement, and education message of empowerment through the arts for all which the Company continues to carry forward today. Illustrated with hundreds of never before seen photos from the founding during the Civil Rights Movement by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook through to today, this visual history tells the story that fueled Dance Theatre of Harlem’s growth into one of the most influential and revolutionary American ballet companies of the last five decades. With exclusive backstage stories from its legendary dancers and staff, and unprecedented access to its archives, Dance Theatre of Harlem is a striking chronicle of the company's amazing history, its fascinating daily workings, and the visionaries who made its legacy. Here you’ll discover how the company’s founders—African-American maestro Arthur Mitchell of George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet, and Nordic-American Karel Shook of The Dutch National Ballet--created timeless works that challenged Eurocentric mainstream ballet head-on—and used new techniques to examine ongoing issues of power, beauty, myth, and the ever-changing definition of art itself. Gaining prominence in the 1970s and 80s with a succession of triumphs—including its spectacular season at the Metropolitan Opera House—the company also gained fans and supporters that included Nelson Mandela, Stevie Wonder, Cicely Tyson, Misty Copeland, Jessye Norman, and six American presidents. Dance Theatre of Harlem details this momentous era as well as the company's difficult years, its impressive recovery as it partnered with new media's most brilliant creators—and, in the wake of its 50th anniversary, amid a global pandemic, its evolution into a worldwide virtual performance space. Alive with stunning photographs, including many from the legendary Marbeth, this incomparable book is a must-have for any lover of dance, art, culture, or history.

The 1st Three Years of Dance

Author : Gina Evans
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781484882993
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book The 1st Three Years of Dance written by Gina Evans and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1st Three Years of Dance; Teaching Tips, Monthly Lesson Plans, and Syllabi for Successful Dance Classes is filled with an overall plan to make your classroom and studio run smoothly. You will have a basis for all your teachers to teach from and no one classroom will be left behind. Inside you will find syllabi for 3 levels of dance classes. There are 10 monthly lesson plans for each level, which build from one class to the next and from year to the next. Also, each month's lesson plan includes choreography to showcase the steps learned. Plus, there are teaching tips to running a great classroom and more.

Sonnets for an Old Century

Author : José Rivera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881452525
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Sonnets for an Old Century written by José Rivera and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY examines what it means to be alive at this particular time and place and what traces each of us will leave behind. In a series of exquisitely written monologues, using dance and live music, SONNETS captures the subtle, often overlooked treasures of everyday life. "Now we have a SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY to call our own, a work whose scope and insights begin to suggest an OUR TOWN for our generation. The only question left involves what we do with the information. It is a fearsome enough thing. Its name is SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY. Much as Edgar Masters did nearly ninety years before - with a much larger sample from a much smaller town - playwright Jose Rivera gives eighteen characters from present-day Los Angeles and environs one final chance in this collection of dramatic monologues to speak their peace about their lives, apparently from just the other side of the grave." -Byron Woods, The Independent "Could you tell your life story In the space of a moment, the length of a sonnet? Playwright Jose Rivera attempts to answer that question for sixteen different individuals in a moving yet amazingly unencumbered play he has titled SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY. In a moment somewhere between life and afterlife, these individuals are assembled. One man, who has been waiting for them, tells them that they have one final chance to tell their stories, and that their words will go out to the universe. This is a deceptively simple work. Yet it builds in its intensity as each storyteller brings his or her own story to life. These are people that we would meet on the street; they are ordinary souls. But their stories are not. They focus power center-stage with their individual stories and what they learned from them. There is not a plot here; there are sixteen individual plots. And each story, small as it might be in and of itself, fills the space, and our ears and our minds, with feeling; joy, fear, rage, love, sorrow; and makes each one expand to fill this void. We as listeners are forced to face these ravaging emotions, even as we contemplate the death of the storyteller. This work is simple, and simply potent in its impact. And while it seems to do without the trappings of stagework, set, plot, scenes, etc, it is powerfully theatrical." -Alan R Hall, Front Row Center

Pole Dance Fitness

Author : Irina Kartaly
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Media
ISBN 13 : 9781782551263
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Pole Dance Fitness written by Irina Kartaly and published by Meyer & Meyer Media. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pole Dance Fitness is a guide to performing the best pole dance exercises to create one intense workout. The book contains specific information, practical descriptions, and full-color photos designed to help the reader understand the best approach for each exercise, movement, trick, or spin. Included also are detailed exercise sets to create your own best workout as well as information on stretching before and after performing the pole dance tricks. The workouts are designed to progress as your conditioning and fitness progresses to lower the risk of injury. Technical notes for each pole figure and spin relate to its level of difficulty so you do not find yourself performing an exercise that is beyond your ability. Not only a workout, but the unique composition of the pole dance transitions combine to create different dance and acrobatic routines so not only will you improve your body posture and alignment and your overall fitness, you will have a great time doing it!

Dancing Spirit

Author : Judith Jamison
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dancing Spirit written by Judith Jamison and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The candid and provocative autobiography of the first black superstar of American dance. Voices of those who have known and worked with her through the years are interwoven with Jamison's own to make Dancing Spirit a vivid portrait of a life lived without a moment's waste. 45 photos.

Experiencing Dance 2nd Edition

Author : Scheff, Helene
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1450421903
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Experiencing Dance 2nd Edition written by Scheff, Helene and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Second Edition, presents a complete dance education curriculum for high school students who have more than an introductory experience in dance. The text, with more than 45 lessons, will help students create, perform, respond to, analyze, connect, and understand dance in various styles and settings.

Sneaker Mayhem

Author : Golden Lion Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Sneaker Mayhem written by Golden Lion Publications and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Craziest, most expensive, glamorous and damn right outrageous sneakers of 2020 with the All New Sneaker Sneaker Mayhem: The Ultimate Sneaker Book for Sneakerheads 2021 Edition! Revisit the sneakers that made 2020 great (even though 2020 could have been better but let's not get into that...) A coffee table book is the easiest way to showcase your personality to guests and add some spice to your homes interior. What better way to express your fascination for sneakers than with a sneaker coffee table book. "I bought the original Sneaker Mayhem book and decided to buy the 2021 Edition too. I did not expect the 2021 Edition to be so good. The selection of shoes is amazing and it's a great conversational piece when guests come over. This book will forever live on my living room table" - Peter Howells Rediscover some of the world's most mind boggling shoes and greatest collaborations of 2020 and gain insights on your favorite sneakers including history about the sneaker as well as resell price inside this jam-packed book of sneaker goodness. Sneaker Mayhem 2021 Edition is the ultimate sneaker book for you. Find out the sneakers that took the world by storm and other that made us go what the f... From sneakers that came straight out of an LSD trip to Crocs made in collaboration with rapper Post Malone, you are guaranteed to find a sneaker that will blow your mind as well as your guests. "My wife loves buying a bunch of coffee table books. I'm glad there's a coffee table book for us sneakerheads." - Berat Serrano (Sneakerhead) We have hand-picked over 30 insane sneakers released in 2020 including: Nike SB Dunk Low x Chunky Dunky Nike Air Jordan High Dark Mocha J Balvin x Air Jordan 1 Yeezy FoamRunner Joe Freshgoods x New Balance 992 'No Emotions Are Emotions' Grateful Dead x Nike SB Dunk Low New Balance 2002R x Salehe Bembury We can't put the whole list in an Amazon description, you will have to find out the rest for yourself No need to pay for some overpriced, outdated sneaker book. Sneaker Mayhem 2021 Edition has everything a sneaker head dreams about and it's the cheapest, most up-to-date sneaker coffee table book on Amazon. Since you are buying from Amazon, if you're not satisfied with it you can just return it and get your money back within a few days. You lose nothing. Scroll up and buy your copy of Sneaker Mayhem: The Ultimate Sneaker Book for Sneakerheads 2021 Edition today!

Water Fitness Lesson Plans and Choreography

Author : Christine Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781450452717
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Water Fitness Lesson Plans and Choreography written by Christine Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Fitness Lesson Plans and Choreography helps new instructors learn the basics of class organization and keeps veteran instructors out of the proverbial teaching rut. This reference contains 72 lesson plans for shallow and deep water-each including a warm-up and cool-down, variations, choreography, and modifications. A total of 576 exercises are described and accompanied by 253 photos that depict the key features and the corresponding choreography. The lesson plans are organized into two sections: shallow and deep water. Each lesson plan for shallow water has a corresponding lesson plan for deep water. All that instructors have to remember are the specific exercise modifications to take the routine from one end of the pool to the other. This allows instructors to learn, remember, and feel comfortable offering a variety of class formats. Over two million people participate in water fitness, so good water fitness instructors are in high demand. Water Fitness Lesson Plans and Choreography will help new and veteran instructors create well-organized classes so that participants meet their objectives, come back for more, and have fun!

Life in Motion

Author : Misty Copeland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481479814
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Life in Motion written by Misty Copeland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determination meets dance in this prizewinning and New York Times bestselling memoir by the history-making ballerina Misty Copeland, vividly recounting the story of her journey to become the first African American female principal ballerina at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. When she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected thirteen-year-old Misty Copeland to become one of America’s most groundbreaking dancers. A true prodigy, she was attempting in months roles that take most dancers years to master. But when Misty became caught between the control and comfort she found in the world of ballet and the harsh realities of her own life, she had to choose to embrace both her identity and her dreams, and find the courage to be one of a kind. With an insider’s passion, Misty opens a window into the life of an artist who lives life center stage, from behind the scenes at her first classes to her triumphant roles in some of the world’s most iconic ballets. A sensational memoir as “sensitive” and “clear-eyed” (The Washington Post) as her dancing, Life in Motion is a story of passion, identity, and grace for anyone who has dared to dream of a different life.

A Map of the World

Author : Jane Hamilton
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307764060
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book A Map of the World written by Jane Hamilton and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. "It takes a writer of rare power and discipline to carry off an achievement like A Map of the World. Hamilton proves here that she is one of the best." —Newsweek The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school. But their peaceful life is shattered one day when a neighbor's two-year-old daughter drowns in the Goodwins' pond while under Alice's care. Tormented by the accident, Alice descends even further into darkness when she is accused of sexually abusing a student at the elementary school. Soon, Alice is arrested, incarcerated, and as good as convicted in the eyes of a suspicious community. As a child, Alice designed her own map of the world to find her bearings. Now, as an adult, she must find her way again, through a maze of lies, doubt and ill will. A vivid human drama of guilt and betrayal, A Map of the World chronicles the intricate geographies of the human heart and all its mysterious, uncharted terrain. The result is a piercing drama about family bonds and a disappearing rural American life.