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Book Synopsis The Forbidden Tango by : StoryBuddiesPlay
Download or read book The Forbidden Tango written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-08-07 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of 19th-century Seville, a forbidden love story unfolds between Alejandro Montoya, a distinguished Spanish noble, and Isabella Cruz, a spirited Gypsy dancer. Their romance blooms amidst societal tensions and political unrest, challenging the rigid class distinctions and family expectations of their time. As Alejandro and Isabella navigate the perilous waters of their forbidden relationship, they find themselves entangled in a struggle against oppressive authorities bent on crushing the Gypsy community. With their love tested by danger and their hearts united by a shared quest for justice, Alejandro and Isabella must confront family secrets, societal barriers, and personal sacrifices. *"The Forbidden Tango"* is a gripping historical romance that intertwines passion with political intrigue, capturing the essence of a love that defies all odds. Spanish noble, Gypsy dancer, historical romance, Seville, societal pressures, family secrets, forbidden love, resistance, political intrigue, epic romance
Book Synopsis The Gods of Tango by : Carolina De Robertis
Download or read book The Gods of Tango written by Carolina De Robertis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2015 An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015 Arriving in Buenos Aires in 1913, with only a suitcase and her father’s cherished violin to her name, seventeen-year-old Leda is shocked to find that the husband she has travelled across an ocean to reach is dead. Unable to return home, alone, and on the brink of destitution, she finds herself seduced by the tango, the dance that underscores every aspect of life in her new city. Knowing that she can never play in public as a woman, Leda disguises herself as a young man to join a troupe of musicians. In the illicit, scandalous world of brothels and cabarets, the line between Leda and her disguise begins to blur, and forbidden longings that she has long kept suppressed are realized for the first time. Powerfully sensual, The Gods of Tango is an erotically charged story of music, passion, and the quest for an authentic life against the odds.
Download or read book Tango written by Jo Baim and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Tango: Creation of a Cultural Icon Jo Baim dispels common stereotypes of the tango and tells the real story behind this rich and complex dance. Despite its exoticism, the tango of this time period is a very accessible dance, especially as European and North American dancers adapted it. Modern ballroom dancers can enjoy a "step" back in time with the descriptions included in this book. Almost as interesting as the history of the tango is the cultural response to it: cities banned it, army officers were threatened with demotion if caught dancing it, clergy and politicians wrote diatribes against it. Newspaper headlines warned that people died from dancing the tango and that it would be the downfall of civilization. The vehemence of these anti-tango outbursts confirms one thing: the tango was a cultural force to be reckoned with!
Book Synopsis And Tango Makes Three by : Justin Richardson
Download or read book And Tango Makes Three written by Justin Richardson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.
Download or read book Tango written by Mike Gonzalez and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on the unlit streets of Buenos Aires, tango was inspired by the music of European immigrants who crossed the ocean to Argentina, lured by the promise of a better life. It found its home in the city’s marginal districts, where it was embraced and shaped by young men who told stories of prostitutes, petty thieves, and disappointed lovers through its music and movements. Chronicling the stories told through tango’s lyrics, Mike Gonzalez and Marianella Yanes reveal in Tango how the dance went from slumming it in the brothels and cabarets of lower-class Buenos Aires to the ballrooms of Paris, London, Berlin, and beyond. Tracing the evolution of tango, Gonzalez and Yanes set its music, key figures, and the dance itself in their place and time. They describe how it was not until Paris went crazy for tango just before World War I that it became acceptable for middle-class Argentineans to perform the seductive dance, and they explore the renewed enthusiasm with which each new generation has come to it. Telling the sexy, enthralling story of this stylish and dramatic dance, Tango is a book for casual fans and ballroom aficionados alike.
Book Synopsis A Taste of the Forbidden by : Carole Mortimer
Download or read book A Taste of the Forbidden written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author On her boss's orders… For her entire life, pastry-chef Grace Blake has been the pinnacle of politeness. Yet less than a day into the contract with her enigmatic Argentinean boss, Cesar Navarro, all of her good manners—and her good sense!—have flown out of the window. Cesar's got his sexy little spitfire of a chef right where he wants her—in his penthouse, at his command! He knows his staff should be off-limits, but Grace has tantalized his jaded palate, and Cesar finds himself ordering something new from the menu—a taste of the forbidden….
Download or read book Gotta Tango written by Alberto Paz and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2008 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gotta Tango is your guide to the authentic Argentine tango. Master teachers Alberto Paz and Valorie Hart take you on a journey through the rich culture, history, and music of Buenos Aires that inspired the romantic passion, alluring creativity, and natural elegance of the Argentine tango dance. You will learn the fundamentals and roles each partner plays in this exhilarating and intimate social dance.
Book Synopsis The Dance of War by : StoryBuddiesPlay
Download or read book The Dance of War written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the world of opulent balls and hidden rebellions with "A Dance with Danger." This captivating story follows Isa, a sheltered socialite who finds herself swept into the heart of a revolution after a forbidden tango ignites a fight for freedom. Witness her transformation from a timid lady to a courageous rebel as she joins forces with a group of revolutionaries to rescue their leader and overthrow a tyrannical regime. "A Dance with Danger" is a thrilling tale of love, betrayal, and the unwavering fight for a better future. Prepare to be captivated by forbidden passion, daring escapes, and the power of music to ignite a revolution. forbidden tango,rebellion,socialite,revolution,daring escape,hidden tunnels,love story,historical fiction,political intrigue,inspirational fictionpen_spark
Book Synopsis The Tango War by : Mary Jo McConahay
Download or read book The Tango War written by Mary Jo McConahay and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of WW2 Reads "Top 20 Must-Read WWII Books of 2018" • A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of September •One of The Progressive's "Favorite Books of 2018" The gripping and little known story of the fight for the allegiance of Latin America during World War II The Tango War by Mary Jo McConahay fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds but also the resources of Latin America. The fight was often dirty: residents were captured to exchange for U.S. prisoners of war and rival spy networks shadowed each other across the continent. At all times it was a Tango War, in which each side closely shadowed the other’s steps. Though the Allies triumphed, at the war’s inception it looked like the Axis would win. A flow of raw materials in the Southern Hemisphere, at a high cost in lives, was key to ensuring Allied victory, as were military bases supporting the North African campaign, the Battle of the Atlantic and the invasion of Sicily, and fending off attacks on the Panama Canal. Allies secured loyalty through espionage and diplomacy—including help from Hollywood and Mickey Mouse—while Jews and innocents among ethnic groups —Japanese, Germans—paid an unconscionable price. Mexican pilots flew in the Philippines and twenty-five thousand Brazilians breached the Gothic Line in Italy. The Tango War also describes the machinations behind the greatest mass flight of criminals of the century, fascists with blood on their hands who escaped to the Americas. A true, shocking account that reads like a thriller, The Tango War shows in a new way how WWII was truly a global war.
Book Synopsis Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition by : Gertrude M. Yeager
Download or read book Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition written by Gertrude M. Yeager and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the role of women in Latin American history demands a full examination of their activities in the region's political, economic, and domestic spheres. Toward this end, historian Gertrude M. Yeager has assembled the multidisciplinary collection Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition. The essays in this volume explore the ways in which Latin American women have shaped-and have been shaped by-the traditional practices and ideologies of their cultures. The selections are arranged in two sections: Culture and the Status of Women, and Reconstructing the Past.
Download or read book Three to Tango written by Emma Holly and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex is best when it's one-on-one...plus one. Four of erotic fiction's most talented authors carry readers away with all-new tales of ecstasy that prove that the most delectable things in life come in threes.
Book Synopsis The Passion of Music and Dance by : William Washabaugh
Download or read book The Passion of Music and Dance written by William Washabaugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late nineteenth century witnessed the birth and popularization of a number of highly emotional musical styles that played on the eagerness of modern Europeans and Americans to toy with the limits of sanity and to taste the ecstasies of living on the edge. This absorbing book explores these popular, passionate musical styles -- which include flamenco, tango and rebetika -- and points out that they arose as well-intentioned intellectuals co-opted the emotional experiences most closely associated with women. In drawing those experiences out of female practice, they defined, objectified, and turned them into strategies of domination, the deepest impact of which was felt, ironically, by modern women.In bridging anthropology, sociology, cultural, media, body and gender studies, this book broadens the base of theory which has ignored the transnational world of Latin and Mediterranean popular culture and makes a powerful statement about the intersection of nationalism, sexuality, identity and authenticity.
Download or read book Tango's Breath written by SatapolCEO and published by satapol Channarong. This book was released on with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tango's Breath" by SatapolCEO: Embark on a sensual journey of love, passion, and self-discovery in SatapolCEO's captivating novel "Tango's Breath." Set against the vibrant backdrop of Buenos Aires, this enchanting tale follows the story of Alejandro, a skilled Tango dancer struggling to accept his sexuality, and Matthew, his patient and understanding dance partner. As they move together on the dance floor, their undeniable chemistry ignites a deep connection that goes beyond the music. Through their shared love for Tango, Alejandro and Matthew challenge traditional norms and break down barriers in the dance community. With the guidance of Carlos, a wise Tango mentor, they navigate the complexities of coming out and facing discrimination. Their inspiring journey showcases the power of love, acceptance, and the unifying force of dance. SatapolCEO's masterful storytelling brings the characters to life, immersing readers in a world of intense emotions, steamy encounters, and heart-wrenching moments. "Tango's Breath" is a must-read for anyone who believes in the transformative power of love and the importance of embracing one's true identity. Don't miss this opportunity to lose yourself in the sensual rhythms of Tango and the unwavering love between Alejandro and Matthew. Get your copy of "Tango's Breath" today and let SatapolCEO's powerful prose sweep you off your feet. This unforgettable novel is a testament to the resilience of the human heart and the beauty of dancing to your own beat.
Book Synopsis The Meaning Of Tango by : Christine Denniston
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.
Book Synopsis The Billionaire's Diamonds Bargain by : Anne Rose
Download or read book The Billionaire's Diamonds Bargain written by Anne Rose and published by vividcolors digital. This book was released on 2023-12-17 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the glittering spires of luxury, lurks a serpent's venom. Amelia Thorne, trapped in the gilded cage of a billionaire's wife, discovers her perfect world is a web of deceit spun by the man she loves. When the lights plunge into darkness, orchestrated by her husband's chilling machinations, Amelia's reality shatters. Enter Daniel, a shadow with eyes of steel and a past cloaked in secrets. He offers Amelia a perilous bargain: expose Victor's treachery and reclaim her life, but at a cost. Together, they navigate a labyrinth of lies, dodging the viper's venomous strike and unearthing a web of corruption that coils around the city's heart. This is a tale of betrayal and defiance, where shadows dance with flickering flames of truth. As Amelia sheds the skin of a trophy wife and Daniel confronts the demons of his lineage, their destinies interweave in a dangerous ballet of revenge. Can they expose the serpent's hidden fangs before the venom infects the city beyond saving? Or will love become a casualty in the fight against a ruthless power that thrives in the darkness? Dive into "The Billionaire's Bargain," where trust is a weapon, love a shield, and the shadows hold the key to reclaiming a city's stolen light. This is a story that will burn brightly in your memory, long after the last page is turned.
Book Synopsis A Somaesthetics of Performative Beauty by : Falk Heinrich
Download or read book A Somaesthetics of Performative Beauty written by Falk Heinrich and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops an original theory of performative beauty. Philosophical aesthetics has largely neglected one’s own actions as a potential experience of the beautiful. Throughout the book, the author uses his own experiences of Argentine tango as a case study; one important incentive for social dancing is to have pleasurable and beautiful experiences. This book begins by investigating the methodological causes for why beauty in modernity has been seen to result only from contemplating external objects. It then builds a theory of performative beauty that incorporates findings from new phenomenology, neuroaesthetics, enactivism, and somaesthetics and that reassesses existing inquiries of beauty. The result is an account that identifies kinaesthetic awareness as the point of emergence of both theory and practice, of creation (poiesis) and perception (aisthesis), and of moving (agency) and being moved (reception). Performative beauty is the pleasure of being moved by the dance where the dancer feels both as a creative improvisor and as an integrated part of the activity itself. A Somaesthetics of Performative Beauty—Tangoing Desire and Nostalgia will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in aesthetics, dance studies, performance studies, and related fields of artistic research. Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Book Synopsis Touching and Being Touched by : Gabriele Brandstetter
Download or read book Touching and Being Touched written by Gabriele Brandstetter and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touch is a fundamental element of dance. The (time) forms and contact zones of touch are means of expression both of self-reflexivity and the interaction of the dancers. Liberties and limits, creative possibilities and taboos of touch convey insights into the ‘aisthesis’ of the different forms of dance: into their dynamics and communicative structure, as well as into the production and regulation of affects. Touching and Being Touched assembles seventeen interdisciplinary papers focusing on the question of how forms and practices of touch are connected with the evocation of feelings. Are these feelings evoked in different ways in tango, Contact improvisation, European and Japanese contemporary dance? The contributors to this volume (dance, literature, and film scholars as well as philosophers and neuroscientists) provide in-depth discussions of the modes of transfer between touch and being touched. Drawing on the assumptions of various theories of body, emotion, and senses, how can we interpret the processes of tactile touch and of being touched emotionally? Is there a specific spectrum of emotions activated during these processes (within both the spectator and the dancer)? How can the relationship of movement, touch, and emotion be analyzed in relation to kinesthesia and empathy?
