Author: Joachim SchultzPublisher:
ISBN: 9780863150340
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Author: Phyllis S. WeikartTango
Author: Publisher: Earbooks
ISBN: 9783937406152
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Passion in Tango is smouldering intimacy, sensuality, sadness and melancholy. It is the resonance of feelings and movement - body contact between a man and a woman and has captivated people all over the world. The moving photography in Tango captures the rhythms, beats and sizzling encounters so typical for this internationally popular music. Music CDs: The music captures the atmosphere as it can be found in the clubs and restaurants in Buenos Aires. In addition Astor Piazzolla, presented here "live," leads Tango into the great concert halls.
Rhythms of the Brain
Author: G. BuzsákiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199828237
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the source of our cognitive abilities. It takes a fresh look at the coevolution of structure and function in the mammalian brain, illustrating how self-emerged oscillatory timing is the brain's fundamental organizer of neuronal information. The small-world-like connectivity of the cerebral cortex allows for global computation on multiple spatial and temporal scales. The perpetual interactions among the multiple network oscillators keep cortical systems in a highly sensitive "metastable" state and provide energy-efficient synchronizing mechanisms via weak links. In a sequence of "cycles," György Buzsáki guides the reader from the physics of oscillations through neuronal assembly organization to complex cognitive processing and memory storage. His clear, fluid writing-accessible to any reader with some scientific knowledge-is supplemented by extensive footnotes and references that make it just as gratifying and instructive a read for the specialist. The coherent view of a single author who has been at the forefront of research in this exciting field, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in our rapidly evolving understanding of the brain.
Sweat Your Prayers
Author: Gabrielle RothPublisher: Tarcher
ISBN: 9780874778786
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Complete with personal stories and interactive exercises, "Sweat Your Prayers" reveals an ancient and contemporary method for unleashing a natural sense of movement, resulting in both personal power and presence of the soul.
Cutting Rhythms
Author: Karen PearlmanPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1317516427
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
There are many books on the technical aspects of film and video editing. Much rarer are books on how editors think and make creative decisions. Filled with timeless principles and thought-provoking examples from a variety of international films, the second edition of Karen Pearlman’s Cutting Rhythms offers an in-depth study of the film editor’s rhythmic creativity and intuition, the processes and tools editors use to shape rhythms, and how rhythm works to engage audiences in film. While respecting the importance of intuitive flow in the cutting room, this book offers processes for understanding what editing intuition is and how to develop it. This fully revised and updated edition contains: New chapters on collaboration and "editing thinking"; Advice on making onscreen drafts before finalizing your story Tips on how to create and sustain audience empathy and engagement; Explanations of how rhythm is perceived, learned, practiced and applied in editing; Updated discussions of intuition, structure and dynamics; An all-new companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/pearlman) with video examples and links for expanding and illustrating the principles of key chapters in the book.
Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes
Author: Erika Summers EfflerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226188671
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Why do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout? To explore these questions, Erika Summers Effler undertook three years of ethnographic fieldwork with two groups: anti–death penalty activists STOP and the Catholic Workers, who strive to alleviate poverty. In both communities, members must contend with problems that range from the broad to the intimately personal. Adverse political conditions, internal conflict, and fluctuations in financial resources create a backdrop of daily frustration—but watching an addict relapse or an inmate’s execution are much more devastating setbacks. Summers Effler finds that overcoming these obstacles, recovering from failure, and maintaining the integrity of the group require a constant process of emotional fine-tuning, and she demonstrates how activists do this through thoughtful analysis and a lucid rendering of their deeply affecting stories.
Rhythm and Timing of Movement in Performance
Author: Janet GoodridgePublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9781853025488
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Despite the richness of the subject and the importance frequently ascribed to the phenomena of rhythm and timing in the arts, the topic as a whole has been neglected. Janet Goodridge writes from a practical movement background and draws on a wide range of sources to illuminate the subject in relation to theatre, drama, dance, ceremony, and ritual.
Author: Langston Hughes
Author: D. W. Harding