Dance with Me

Author: Julia A. Ericksen
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814722660
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Click here to listen to Julia Ericksen's interview about Dance with Me on Philadelphia NPR's "Radio Times" Rumba music starts and a floor full of dancers alternate clinging to one another and turning away. Rumba is an erotic dance, and the mood is hot and heavy; the women bend and hyperextend their legs as they twist and turn around their partners. Amateur and professional ballroom dancers alike compete in a highly gendered display of intimacy, romance and sexual passion. In Dance With Me, Julia Ericksen, a competitive ballroom dancer herself, takes the reader onto the competition floor and into the lights and the glamour of a world of tanned bodies and glittering attire, exploring the allure of this hyper-competitive, difficult, and often expensive activity. In a vivid ethnography accompanied by beautiful photographs of all levels of dancers, from the world’s top competitors to social dancers, Ericksen examines the ways emotional labor is used to create intimacy between professional partners and between professionals and their students, illustrating how dancers purchase intimacy. She shows that, while at first glance, ballroom presents a highly gendered face with men leading and women following, dancing also transgresses gender.

Dream Boats and Other Stories

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description

Healthy Is the New Skinny

Author: Katie H. Willcox
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401951635
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
We live in a world where beauty is everything. Society tells us that if we just looked a certain way, if we had the right products, if we were skinny enough, then we would be enough —we would have value. Society is wrong, but it took Katie H. Willcox years to understand this: “Over the course of my 30 short years, I have both worked as a professional model and been the exact opposite of our culture’s beauty ideal. I have struggled with my weight and felt like I didn’t and never would fit in. Then I had a powerful realization: my misery and self-loathing didn’t change with my weight or how ‘pretty’ society thought I was, so my looks weren’t the source of happiness and worth that I had believed them to be. But then, what was? And how had I come to invest so much of myself in beliefs that were so untrue?” In these pages, Katie shares the lessons she learned in her journey to find the answers to these questions. She reveals who gains from our feeling small and why we need to examine the messages we receive from our culture and our families. She explains how we can redefine beauty, make healthy the new “skinny,” and harness the power of our thoughts to choose self-love. Katie encourages us to discover our true magnificent selves, find our purpose, and pursue our dreams —and help others to do the same. Join the movement! Visit www.HealthyIsTheNewSkinny.com and follow us on Instagram @healthyisthenewskinny.

“The” works

Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778

Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Today I Dance

Author: Nia Sioux
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999439517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
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.

Dancing With Demons

Author: Lanaya Pickett
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312312262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
After a few months of fighting with a evil demon, Roel and her family's life seemed to be back to normal. They were finishing up school, starting the summer and falling in love. But nothing of the sort could happen with Canicus still alive. And he's not ready to give up that easily. Roel now has to fight something she can't see. She has to battle with unforeseen enemies that were once friends Can she make this nightmare go away or is it going to be the sudden death before she knows it?

A Storm Within

Author: Esther Vance
Publisher: TEACH Services, Inc.
ISBN: 1479600849
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
Life was anything but idyllic for Esther as a child. She grew up in Honduras in a small home built from driftwood collected along the beach from shipwrecks. With ten children in the house, food was scarce. But what her family lacked in material possessions, they made up for in love and a deep faith in God. At the tender age of seven, Esther was sent to live with a couple to work as their housemaid. What was done in love to provide Esther with food and better living accommodations turned into a twelve-year nightmare of physical and verbal abuse--something she kept hidden from her parents out of respect for their instruction to obey her employer. When Esther secured her freedom, she turned away from God and decided to do things her way. Sadly, her decisions led to more heartache and trials. The freedom she sought ended in other forms of slavery. Could she ever find true freedom? Did God hold the answer? Journey with Esther as she recounts her childhood, the lessons her parents taught her, her quest to come to America, two abusive marriages, and God's never-failing love and forgiveness in A Storm Within. Although her life has been battered by many storms, God has always been beside her.

Dance & Fashion

Author: Valerie Steele
Publisher: Fashion Institute of Technology (YAL)
ISBN: 9780300208856
Category : Ballet
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Dress and adornment have long played an important role in the visual allure of dance, and fashion designers have often been inspired by the way dancers look. This book features essays by 10 fashion experts who explore various aspects of the reciprocal relationship between dance and fashion, from the liberating effects of the tango to the influence of ballet on Japanese girl culture.

Someone to Dance With

Author:
Publisher: Matt
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
Someone to Dance With is the tale of two unexcepted individuals coming together to find true love. This is a story that will capture the hearts of many. It shows the how a relationship evolves and changes over time. Its a perspective from the males side of the relationship not the female dominate love stories we are all expecting. Like all true life love stories they have their struggles they have their twist and they come when you least suspect it. This story is just the beginning.

The Cosmopolitan

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 824

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