The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life
The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life

Author: Margaret West Kinney

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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"The Dance" by Margaret West Kinney is a book about dance as a form of art. The writing includes a chapter of explanation of the salient steps of the ballet. These steps, with superficial variations and additions, form the basis also of all-natural or "character" dances that can lay claim to any consideration as interpretative art. Direct practical instruction is furnished on the subject of present-day ballroom dancing, to the extent of clear and exact directions for the performance of steps now fashionable in Europe and America. Some notable titles are: The "Schuhplatteltanz" Classic Ballet Positions Fundamental Positions of the Feet The "Tango" Development of an Arch "À La Pirouette", etc.

Daniel Lewis
Daniel Lewis

Author: Donna H. Krasnow

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-06-17

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1476681910

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Daniel Lewis's legacy as a hugely influential choreographer and teacher of modern dance is celebrated in this biography. It showcases the many roles he played in the dance world by organizing his story around various aspects of his work, including his years at the Juilliard School, dancing and touring with the Jose Limon Company, staging Limon's masterpieces around the world, directing his own company (Daniel Lewis Dance Repertory Company), writing and choreographing operas and musicals, and his years as dean of dance at New World School of the Arts. His life has spanned a particular period of growth of modern and contemporary dance, and his biography gives insight into how the artistic and journalistic perspectives on modern dance were influenced by what was occurring in the broader dance and arts communities. The book also offers rarely seen photographs and interviews with unique perspectives on many dance luminaries.

Dancing on My Ashes
Dancing on My Ashes

Author: Heather Gilion

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2010-05

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1607998718

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Holly and Heather share their story and help to walk the reader through the painful yet necessary healing process for when life deals us its harshest blows. Dancing on my ashes soothes and empathizes with the broken heart, while sharing the truth of scripture, and the hope that comes from the heart of God.

Art as a Way of Life
Art as a Way of Life

Author: Roderick MacIver

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1556439202

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"Examines the rewards, joys, and challenges of the creative life through the words of artists, writers, poets, and musicians"--Provided by publisher.

The Heron Dance Book of Love and Gratitude
The Heron Dance Book of Love and Gratitude

Author: Ann O'Shaughnessy

Publisher: Raven Productions

Published: 2005-02

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9780975564967

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This second edition has a new cover, trim size and page count. Living with love and gratitude is at the center of the well-lived life. Heron Dance celebrates the open heart and the beauty and mystery that surround us with this book of poetry, book and interview excerpts. Included are 48 watercolors by Rod MacIver and selections from the written works of Helen Keller, Rachel Naomi Remen, Katharine Hepburn, Albert Einstein, Pablo Casals, Joseph Campbell, Dostoevsky, and Henry Miller, among many others. Introduction by Heron Dance editor Ann O'Shaughnessy.

Free Play
Free Play

Author: Stephen Nachmanovitch

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1991-05-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 144067308X

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Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. An international bestseller and beloved classic, Free Play is an inspiring and provocative book, directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured, and how finally it can be liberated—how we can be liberated—to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. Stephen Nachmanovitch, a pioneer in free improvisation, integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity, drawing on unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. Free Play brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had.

Breadth of Bodies
Breadth of Bodies

Author: Emmaly Wiederholt

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9780998247816

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Breadth of Bodies seeks to investigate and dismantle the language and stereotypes often used to describe professional dancers with disabilities. Spearheaded by dancer/writer Emmaly Wiederholt and dance educator Silva Laukkanen with illustrations by visual artist Liz Brent-Maldonado, the team collected interviews with 35 professional dance artists with disabilities from 15 countries, asking about training, access, and press, as well as looking at the state of the field.

Time and the Art of Living
Time and the Art of Living

Author: Robert Grudin

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1997-09

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780395898314

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This is a book about time--about one's own journey through it and, more important, about enlarging the pleasure one takes in that journey. It's about memory of the past, hope and fear for the future, and how they color, for better and for worse, one's experience of the present. Ultimately, it's a book about freedom--freedom from despair of the clock, of the aging body, of the seeming waste of one's daily routine, the freedom that comes with acceptance and appreciation of the human dimensions of time and of the place of each passing moment on life's bounteous continuum. For Robert Grudin, living is an art, and cultivating a creative partnership with time is one of the keys to mastering it. In a series of wise, witty, and playful meditations, he suggests that happiness lies not in the effort to conquer time but rather in learning to bend to its curve, in hearing its music and learning to dance to it. Grudin offers practical advice and mental exercises designed to help the reader use time more effectively, but this is no ordinary self-help book. It is instead a kind of wisdom literature, a guide to life, a feast for the mind and for the spirit.