Daredevil Dancer
Daredevil Dancer

Author: Carollyne Lairie

Publisher: Sweet Heartbeat Chronicles

Published: 2021-01-23

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0973044241

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What would you be willing to sacrifice for happiness? For love? While traveling overseas to help the poor, twenty-six-year-old Elia gets more than expected when she meets the daredevil dancer, Misha Kravetz. Elia should run from her crush on this gorgeous and exotic man, but the magnet pulling her heart to his can't be ignored. Uninvited passion ignites, but will she give up the comforts of Canada to live in a poor village without running water? Family, friends? The ambivalent boyfriend who awaits her return? As penniless as Cinderella, Misha's future rides on his talent. He must prove himself on the world stage to provide any hope for his widowed mom and impoverished neighbors. Dance mentors demand he stays focused on winning competitions and declare women off-limits. That's a tough order for a hot ticket. Even as desire pulls them together, colossal obstacles separate Elia and Misha while rivals in both love and dance plot to ruin their futures. A clash of cultures, language, lifestyle. Time runs out and Elia returns to Canada, where surprising events test her love of two very different men. Pure passion. Risky relationships. Cunning foes. Who and what will win? Find out in Daredevil Dancer, a sweet contemporary romance, the first in the Jet Lag Love series.

Tiny Dancer
Tiny Dancer

Author: Siena Cherson Siegel

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 3

ISBN-13: 1481486675

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"Siena Cherson Siegel dreamed of being a ballerina. Her love of movement and dedication to the craft earned her a spot at the School of American Ballet.. Siena has worked hard her whole life to be a professional ballet dancer, then makes the difficult decision to quit dancing and tries to figure out what comes next. But what do you do when you have spent your entire life working toward a goal, having that shape your identity, and then decide it's time to move on? How do you figure out what to do with your life? And how do you figure out who you are?"--

Contact Improvisation
Contact Improvisation

Author: Cheryl Pallant

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-02-16

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1476626499

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In most forms of dancing, performers carry out their steps with a distance that keeps them from colliding with each other. Dancer Steve Paxton in the 1970s considered this distance a territory for investigation. His study of intentional contact resulted in a public performance in 1972 in a Soho gallery, and the name "contact improvisation" was coined for the form of unrehearsed dance he introduced. Rather than copyrighting it, Paxton allowed it to evolve and spread. In this book the author draws upon her own experience and research to explain the art of contact improvisation, in which dance partners propel movement by physical contact. They roll, fall, spiral, leap, and slip along the contours and momentum of moving bodies. The text begins with a history, then describes the elements that define this form of dance. Subsequent chapters explore how contact improvisation relates to self and identity; how class, race, gender, culture and physiology influence dance; how dance promotes connection in a culture of isolation; and how it relates to the concept of community. The final chapter is a collection of exercises explained in the words of teachers from across the United States and abroad. Appendix A describes how to set up and maintain a weekly jam; Appendix B details recommended reading, videos and Web sites. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Daredevil
Daredevil

Author: Bruce Jones

Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780785109594

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Contains four stories about Matt Murdock, a blind attorney by day, and a superhero with superior sensory abilities by night.

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater
The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater

Author: Nadine George-Graves

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 1057

ISBN-13: 0199917507

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The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater collects a critical mass of border-crossing scholarship on the intersections of dance and theatre. Taking corporeality as an idea that unites the work of dance and theater scholars and artists, and embodiment as a negotiation of power dynamics with important stakes, these essays focus on the politics and poetics of the moving body in performance both on and off stage. Contemporary stage performances have sparked global interest in new experiments between dance and theater, and this volume situates this interest in its historical context by extensively investigating other such moments: from pagan mimes of late antiquity to early modern archives to Bolshevik Russia to post-Sandinista Nicaragua to Chinese opera on the international stage, to contemporary flash mobs and television dance contests. Ideologically, the essays investigate critical race theory, affect theory, cognitive science, historiography, dance dramaturgy, spatiality, gender, somatics, ritual, and biopolitics among other modes of inquiry. In terms of aesthetics, they examine many genres such as musical theater, contemporary dance, improvisation, experimental theater, television, African total theater, modern dance, new Indian dance theater aesthetics, philanthroproductions, Butoh, carnival, equestrian performance, tanztheater, Korean Talchum, Nazi Movement Choirs, Lindy Hop, Bomba, Caroline Masques, political demonstrations, and Hip Hop. The volume includes innovative essays from both young and seasoned scholars and scholar/practitioners who are working at the cutting edges of their fields. The handbook brings together essays that offer new insight into well-studied areas, challenge current knowledge, attend to neglected practices or moments in time, and that identify emergent themes. The overall result is a better understanding of the roles of dance and theater in the performative production of meaning.

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes

Author: Kim R. Holston

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-02-12

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0786496851

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Science fiction, fantasy and horror movies have spawned more sequels and remakes than any other film genre. Following Volume I, which covered 400 films made 1931-1995, Volume II analyzes 334 releases from 1996 through 2016. The traditional cinematic monsters are represented--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, a new Mummy. A new wave of popular series inspired by comics and video games, as well as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, could never have been credibly produced without the advances in special effects technology. Audiences follow the exploits of superheroes like Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Thor, and such heroines as the vampire Selene, zombie killer Alice, dystopian rebels Katniss Everdeen and Imperator Furiosa, and Soviet spy turned American agent Black Widow. The continuing depredations of Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers are described. Pre-1996 movies that have since been remade are included. Entries features cast and credits, detailed synopsis, critics' reviews, and original analysis.

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

Author: Christine A. Lindberg

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 1130

ISBN-13: 0199829926

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Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative guide to selecting and using vocabulary. This innovative thesaurus eatures real-life example sentences, usage notes, literary quotations, and thought-provoking reflections on favorite (and not-so-favorite) words by over two dozen renowned contemporary writers. The third edition revises and updates this innovative reference, enhancing it with new features and adding hundreds of new words, senses, and phrases to the more than 300,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms.

Cincinnati Magazine
Cincinnati Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1986-03

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.