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Book Synopsis The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances by : Mark Knowles
Download or read book The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances written by Mark Knowles and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The waltz, perhaps the most beloved social dance of the 19th and early 20th centuries, once provoked outrage from religious leaders and other self-appointed arbiters of social morality. Decrying the corrupting influence of social dancing, they failed to suppress the popularity of the waltz or other dance crazes of the period, including the Charleston, the tango, and "animal dances" such as the Turkey Trot, Grizzly Bear, and Bunny Hug. This book investigates the development of these popular dances, considering in particular how their very existence as "taboo" cultural fads ultimately provided a catalyst for lasting social reform. In addition to examining the impact of the waltz and other scandalous dances on fashion, music, leisure, and social reform, the text describes the opposition to dance and the proliferation of literature on both sides.
Download or read book Today I Dance written by Nia Sioux and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day has finally come, the first day of dance class. With shoes packed snug in her bag, we watch as mom and daughter head to the studio for an afternoon filled with ballet, tap, and jazz. A classroom of new friends awaits as we watch our little girl's feet take center stage, moving to the rhythm of the music. Boasting with self-confidence and pride, a new star is beginning to discover her shine as she falls in love with the way her body seamlessly moves to the sound of the beat. Inspired by author Nia Sioux's own love for the dance floor, this beautifully enriched story is all about dance and discovery. Highlighting the diverse and accepting culture within the world of the arts, this book is a simple story centered around the all-important message of inclusion.
Book Synopsis Wicked Arts Assignments by : Emiel Heijnen
Download or read book Wicked Arts Assignments written by Emiel Heijnen and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wicked Arts Assignments are bold, unusual, contrary, funny, poetical, inspiring, socially committed, or otherwise challenging. Everyone who teaches art knows them: the assignment that is seemingly simple but which challenges participants, students and pupils to the max. Many artists and arts teachers have that singular, personal, often-used assignment in which everything comes together: their artistic vision, their pedagogical approach and their love for certain techniques or methods.00The almost hundred arts assignments collected here connect to the visual arts, performance, theatre, music and design, but more importantly: they encourage cross-disciplinarity. They reflect themes and ways of working in contemporary arts, offering opportunities to learn about ourselves, the arts and the world.00The first part of this book provides a theoretical view on arts assignments from historical, artistic and educational perspectives, complemented by interviews with experts in contemporary arts and education. The second part consists of the actual wicked arts assignments. These can be carried out in various contexts: from primary schools to higher education, from home to the (online) community, and from Bogotá to Istanbul. They are meant to spark the imagination of both teachers and students, contributing to new, topical educational and artistic practices.
Download or read book Wicked Bugs written by Amy Stewart and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the “bookworms” that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary powers of six- and eight-legged creatures. With wit, style, and exacting research, Stewart has uncovered the most terrifying and titillating stories of bugs gone wild. It’s an A to Z of insect enemies, interspersed with sections that explore bugs with kinky sex lives (“She’s Just Not That Into You”), creatures lurking in the cupboard (“Fear No Weevil”), insects eating your tomatoes (“Gardener’s Dirty Dozen”), and phobias that feed our (sometimes) irrational responses to bugs (“Have No Fear”). Intricate and strangely beautiful etchings and drawings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs capture diabolical bugs of all shapes and sizes in this mixture of history, science, murder, and intrigue that begins—but doesn’t end—in your own backyard.
Book Synopsis The Lovers Dance Series by : Deanna Roy
Download or read book The Lovers Dance Series written by Deanna Roy and published by Casey Shay Press. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 1458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romance. Passion. Fame. Betrayal. Dance. The complete Lovers Dance series by six-time USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy is available in one volume! "Truly the definition of forbidden and intoxicating." ~ Wonderings of One Person Blog "A daring, adventurous series." ~ Being Unique Books Blog "...haltingly, touchingly beautiful." ~ British Bookworm Blog BOOK 1: FORBIDDEN DANCE "Livia and Blitz had that instant chemistry." ~ We Stole Your Book Boyfriend So…I met Blitz Craven, you know him, the super famous reality TV dance star. His show is like The Bachelor, only he’s looking for a dance partner. He turned up at my dance studio after his big disgrace, thinking he could use the wheelchair ballerinas I teach to get back in the world’s good favor. When he looks at me, I know what he’s thinking. Everyone wants to protect me from him, their shy, innocent Livia. But when we dance, I want it, more than anything. Soon we’re sneaking into back rooms, dancing, kissing, planning dates away from the cameras and the wrath of my family. But I’m afraid. As thrilling as my life has become, I still have a secret. And if I stay with Blitz, the world will figure it out. BOOK 2: WOUNDED DANCE The father of my secret child has spent years trying to find me, and now he’s at Dreamcatcher Dance Academy. He’s going to get our baby, he says. The adoption wasn’t legal since he didn’t know. He has no idea how close our little girl really is. That I secretly teach her ballet. And no matter how much Blitz wants to protect me from the threat this man poses to our happy life, there’s one fact I have to face. My past has caught up with me, and everything I love is in peril. BOOK 3: WICKED DANCE The three jilted women who lost a competition when I stormed on stage are back for revenge, and everyone sees a cat-fight in the making. They’re sharpening their sticks. Showing up where Blitz and I do. Getting in my face. So now I have a choice: let each of them have another shot at my lover. Or take them on myself. But Blitz is mine. Game on. BOOK 4: TENDER DANCE Despite how hard we tried, the world has discovered my secret child. Everyone is against us. Her adopted mother, my friends at the Dreamcatcher Dance Academy. Even Blitz seems at a loss at how to handle my grief at losing my tender relationship with my little girl. When a small ballet troupe asks me to join their ranks as a dancer, I wonder if it’s time to start over. Leave everything behind. Make a life for myself. But Blitz Craven has one more plan for me. BOOK 5: FINAL DANCE There's one more surprise in store. And if I call off Hollywood’s version of our wedding, we'll pay the price. It's up to me now. Do I let the world in on my secret, for the good of our future? Or do I keep it to myself? There's only one way to find out. ____ FIVE NOVELS OF ROMANCE, PASSION, FAME, AND DANCE. Binge read the complete series for one discounted price.
Book Synopsis The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing by : Jeffrey Allen
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing written by Jeffrey Allen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ballroom dancing is back! And now anyone can move like a pro. Includes step-by-step photos, footwork illustrations, and instruction covering all the common ballroom dances. The #1 selling ballroom dancing book. Includes hundreds of illustrations and instructions Allen is a renowned, award-winning ballroom-dance teacher
Book Synopsis Dancing With Jesus by : Linda Fitzpatrick
Download or read book Dancing With Jesus written by Linda Fitzpatrick and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her disability couldn’t stop the coming dance . . . This biblical-timeframe story captures the heartache of terrible mishap, tension between cultures, and the redeeming power of one Man. When the mystifying dreams began at age five, Abia Ben-Judah realizes that her relationship with God is about to enter a new level. However, after suffering from an accident that crushes her hip and leaves her unable to bear children, Abia believes her dreams have lost all relevance in her life. Until the dreams begin coming true one by one. Twelve years of pain—mingled with the loving bond of a family in biblical times—creates in Abia an unbroken spirit that takes her from her humble Jewish home to Herod’s palace, and ultimately to the presence of the One who predestined her dreams. This timeless story encompasses the power of worship through dance, along with the ripening of prophecy in one’s life.
Book Synopsis Adversaries of Dance by : Ann Louise Wagner
Download or read book Adversaries of Dance written by Ann Louise Wagner and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether in the private parlor, public hall, commercial "dance palace," or sleazy dive, dance has long been opposed by those who viewed it as immoral--more precisely as being a danger to the purity of those who practiced it, particularly women. In Adversaries of Dance, Ann Wagner presents a major study of opposition to dance over a period of four centuries in what is now the United States. Wagner bases her work on the thesis that the tradition of opposition to dance "derived from white, male, Protestant clergy and evangelists who argued from a narrow and selective interpretation of biblical passages," and that the opposition thrived when denominational dogma held greater power over people's lives and when women's social roles were strictly limited. Central to Wagner's work, which will be welcomed by scholars of both religion and dance, are issues of gender, race, and socioeconomic status. "There are no other works that even begin to approach this definitive accomplishment." --Amanda Porterfield, author of Female Piety in Puritan New England
Download or read book Weird Dance written by Tim Rayborn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attend a grand ball of the bizarre and never look at dance the same way again! Weird Dance processes through the odd, grim, and unintentionally humorous history of dance, uncovering strange stories and weird facts. These dark tales of murder, rivalry, insanity, and more reveal all sorts of grim goings-on, proving that—for dancers—life was not just one grand plié. Stories include: An elderly woman who stepped out of her Strasbourg home one summer day in 1518 and began to dance furiously; nothing and no one could stop her. Soon, dozens more joined her, and so began another strange epidemic of the deadly dancing plague. The horrific fate of a young ballerina who had a run-in with a gaslight and saw her career go up in smoke. The medieval Dance of Death that reminded all of their inevitable doom. The controversial ballet that sparked a riot. The strange and macabre fate of the infamous Mata Hari’s head after her execution. The grotesque scarf accident that led to Isadora Duncan’s demise. From Roman Bacchanals to medieval and Renaissance dancing plagues, from the bloody world of ballet to scandals, ghosts, spirit possessions, superstitions, and more, you will attend a grand ball of the bizarre that shows just how awful dancers, choreographers, and even audience members have been to each other over the centuries.
Download or read book Wicked Embrace written by Olivia Boothe and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wanted one thing--to never fall in love again. But the universe had other plans. One look into Tom Wright's olive-green eyes, and I free-fell crazy in love with the one man destined to break my heart. I know, because I've yet to learn my lesson. The past never dies, and mine is ready to rear its ugly head. Question is, will I be strong enough to survive the fallout? She wasn't supposed to happen. I'd vowed to never let anyone in, but with one curve of her lips, Sara Hart bulldozed through my heart. I'm happier than I've ever been, yet scared as hell of how much I love her. Despite my best intentions, I haven't been one-hundred percent honest. My biggest torment still lurks within, threatening to unwind the strings holding us together. And if I lose her now, it might as well be the end of me.
Book Synopsis On Wings of Joy by : Trudy Garfunkel
Download or read book On Wings of Joy written by Trudy Garfunkel and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A lucid and interesting history” of ballet—from sixteenth-century French Royalty to contemporary masters—“that reads like a novel” (Kirkus Reviews). In this engaging history of dance, readers are introduced to the major performers, choreographers, and composers who influenced the development of ballet. Beginning with the birth of the art in the sixteenth-century French court of Catherine d’ Medici, this informative text traces ballet as it evolved in Europe and Russia, and subsequently in England and then the United States. Included are details about the creation of such classics as Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and Serenade, as well as the contributions of such prominent figures as Pavlova, Nijinsky, Balanchine, and Ashton. Fascinating facts include inside looks at contemporary ballet companies, how toe shoes are made, and what a professional dancer’s day is like. All in all, a delightful, enjoyable, and informative historical overview that will delight anyone who enjoys the art of dance.
Download or read book The Dancing Plague written by John Waller and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping tale of one of history's most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human nature In the searing July heat of 1518, Frau Troffea stepped into the streets of Strasbourg and began to dance. Bathed in sweat, she continued to dance. Overcome with exhaustion, she stopped, and then resumed her solitary jig a few hours later. Over the next two months, roughly four hundred people succumbed to the same agonizing compulsion. At its peak, the epidemic claimed the lives of fifteen men, women, and children a day. Possibly 100 people danced to their deaths in one of the most bizarre and terrifying plagues in history. John Waller compellingly evokes the sights, sounds, and aromas; the diseases and hardships; the fervent supernaturalism and the desperate hedonism of the late medieval world. Based on new evidence, he explains why the plague occurred and how it came to an end. In doing so, he sheds light on the strangest capabilities of the human mind and on our own susceptibility to mass hysteria.
Book Synopsis East Lynne A Musical In Two Acts by :
Download or read book East Lynne A Musical In Two Acts written by and published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cat Island written by John Cuevas and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just off the coast of the Gulf Islands National Seashore lies Cat Island, an isolated, T-shaped sliver of sand with a remarkable past. A coveted hiding place for Jean Lafitte's pirate treasure in the late eighteenth century and illegal booze during Prohibition, Cat Island also witnessed the first shots of the Battle of New Orleans, an encampment for Seminoles during the Trail of Tears and the first lighthouses on the Mississippi coast. As a child, author John Cuevas learned that his family had owned and lived on the island for three generations beginning with his ancestor, Juan de Cuevas, referred to as "The King of Cat Island," who received it by way of a Spanish land grant. In this engaging work, Cuevas chronicles the historic events that occurred on the island's shores and offers a tribute to the legacy of one of the Gulf Coast's pioneer families.
Download or read book The School Arts Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Baring Unbearable Sensualities by : Rosemarie A. Roberts
Download or read book Baring Unbearable Sensualities written by Rosemarie A. Roberts and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baring Unbearable Sensualities brings together a bold methodology, an interdisciplinary perspective and a rich array of primary sources to deepen and complicate mainstream understandings of Hip Hop dance, an Afro-diasporic dance form, which have generally reduced the style to a set of techniques divorced from social contexts. Drawing on close observation and interviews with Hip Hop pioneers and their students, Rosemarie A. Roberts proposes that Hip Hop dance is a collective and sentient process of resisting oppressive manifestations of race and power. Roberts argues that the experiences of marginalized Black and Brown bodies materialize in and through Hip Hop dance from the streets of urban centers to contemporary worldwide expressions. A companion web site contains over 30 video clips referenced in the text.
