Tango Lessons

Author : Meghan Flaherty
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780544986633

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Tango Lessons by Meghan Flaherty Pdf

A woman’s story of learning to dance, and becoming comfortable in her own skin and in the arms of others: “Witty, incisive [and] vibrantly intelligent.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Tango was an unlikely choice for Meghan Flaherty. A young woman living with the scars of past trauma, she was terrified of being touched and shied away from real passion. But by her late twenties, she knew something had to change. So she dug up an old dream and tried on her dancing shoes. In tango, there’s a leader and a follower, and, traditionally, the woman follows. As Meghan moved from beginner classes to the late-night dance halls of New York’s vibrant tango underground, she discovered that more than any footwork, the hardest and most essential lesson of the dance was to follow with strength and agency; to find her balance, regardless of the lead. And as she broke her own rule—never mix romance and tango—she started to apply those lessons in every corner of her life. Written in wry, lyrical prose, and beautifully enriched by the vivid history and culture of the dance, Tango Lessons is a transformative story of conquering your fears, living your dreams, and enjoying the dizzying freedom found in the closest embrace. “Like Sweetbitter, this is a memoir of a young woman trying to make it in contemporary New York City. Like H Is for Hawk and Julie and Julia, it is also portrait of obsession...Flaherty is self-aware and writes beautifully.”—New York Journal of Books “Flaherty's writing contains moments of real beauty.”—Newsday

Author : Andrea Shepherd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1777697506

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25 Tango Lessons by Andrea Shepherd Pdf

Andrea discovered Argentine tango in her 20s. Over the next decades it gradually changed - and in many ways became - her life. Just about everything in tango is a microcosm of life at large, and just about everything learned on the dance floor is a life lesson as well. This book is a collection of some of the most interesting and valuable things this passionate and complex dance has taught Andrea over the years she has been practising and teaching it.

Author : Marilyn G. Miller
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822377238

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Tango Lessons by Marilyn G. Miller Pdf

From its earliest manifestations on the street corners of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires to its ascendancy as a global cultural form, tango has continually exceeded the confines of the dance floor or the music hall. In Tango Lessons, scholars from Latin America and the United States explore tango's enduring vitality. The interdisciplinary group of contributors—including specialists in dance, music, anthropology, linguistics, literature, film, and fine art—take up a broad range of topics. Among these are the productive tensions between tradition and experimentation in tango nuevo, representations of tango in film and contemporary art, and the role of tango in the imagination of Jorge Luis Borges. Taken together, the essays show that tango provides a kaleidoscopic perspective on Argentina's social, cultural, and intellectual history from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Contributors. Esteban Buch, Oscar Conde, Antonio Gómez, Morgan James Luker, Carolyn Merritt, Marilyn G. Miller, Fernando Rosenberg, Alejandro Susti

Author : Jeannette Potts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781596240407

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Tango by Jeannette Potts Pdf

Sometimes she's Dr. Jeanette Potts, and sometimes she's Dr. Tango. As Dr. Potts, she's on staff in the Cleveland Clinic's Glickman Urological Institute, and in that role, besides treating patients, she travels extensively as a speaker and lecturer. But her alter ego is Dr. Tango, a skilled dancer who has been totally captivated by the Argentine tango. In this role, she uses the tango to express her life philosophies. She also applies the revitalizing inspiration she derives from the tango to develop a nurturing, mind-body approach to her patients.

Author : Justin Richardson,Peter Parnell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481460958

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And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson,Peter Parnell Pdf

The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.

Author : Michael Luongo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780471751243

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Frommer'sBuenos Aires by Michael Luongo Pdf

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. Frommer's. The best trips start here. Insider tips on getting the best out of Buenos Aires' outstanding shopping, restaurants, nightlife & tango halls. Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not. Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget. Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions. Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com Listen to a free Frommers.com podcast about Buenos Aires featuring author Michael Luongo

Author : Kathy Davis
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814760710

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Dancing Tango by Kathy Davis Pdf

Argentinean tango is a global phenomenon. Through interviews and ethnographical research in Amsterdam and Buenos Aires, Kathy Davis shows why a dance from another era and another place appeals to men and women from different parts of the world and how they become caught up in the tango salon culture.

Author : Karen Woodley,Martin Sotelano
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Dance
ISBN : 9781446724187

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Tango Therapy 2, Research and Practice by Karen Woodley,Martin Sotelano Pdf

Author : Carla Tara
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780615143835

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Lessons from a Tantric Tango Dancer by Carla Tara Pdf

Carla weaves her fascinating life's experiences with secrets and lessons of Tantra and Tango on a tapestry of the myth of Adam and Eve. Her wisdom touches the core of the art of intimacy.

Author : Alberto Paz,Valorie Hart
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0736056300

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Gotta Tango by Alberto Paz,Valorie Hart Pdf

Gotta Tango is your guide to the authentic Argentine tango. Master teachers Alberto Paz and Valorie Hart take you on a journey through the rich culture, history, and music of Buenos Aires that inspired the romantic passion, alluring creativity, and natural elegance of the Argentine tango dance. You will learn the fundamentals and roles each partner plays in this exhilarating and intimate social dance.

Author : Irene D. Thomas,Larry M. Sawyer
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781412064132

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The Temptation to Tango by Irene D. Thomas,Larry M. Sawyer Pdf

You are invited to tango, the world's most sensual and intimate dance, through the stories and memoirs of two American tangueros. The Temptation to Tango: Journeys of Intimacy and Desire will take you where no other book on tango ever has. Short fictional pieces enter the world of tango through the dancer's eyes, heart, and skin; expository pieces provide background with lively accounts of tango's history and evolution, of personal experiences learning to tango, and of the pleasures and challenges of adding tango to our own lives. Alternating fiction and non-fiction the way we have is the only way to capture the multiple voices of tango. Ours is not a "how-to" manual or an historical treatise, but a tour of the erotic steam of crowded late night dance floors as well as the frightening challenges to body and heart. The Temptation to Tango: Journeys of Intimacy and Desire is divided into four parts: "The Lure", "The Reality", "The Challenge" and "The Reward". First, we explore tango's romantic allure, mysterious origins, and exotic dark side. The first short story is about a Catholic priest whose hidden life of tango is exposed. Next, we focus on why tango is so hard to learn; the stresses on the body and inner-world of emotion. We investigate the cultural issues around dominance and submission. Six more short stories tell tales of couples and singles who take-on the tango with very different goals and results. Even after mastery of the dance, challenges abound: the tango scene and how to fit into it, the intimacy factor and how far to take it, and the impact on established relationships. What one can get from persevering along the arduous tango trail is sensual and emotional fulfillment, rewards frequently lacking in our society.

Author : U. Vollmer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230606852

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Seeing Film and Reading Feminist Theology by U. Vollmer Pdf

Using feminist theory and examining films that describe women artists who see others through the lens of feminist theology, this book puts forward an original view of the act of seeing as an ethical activity - a gesture of respect for and belief in another person's visible and invisible sides, which guarantees the safekeeping of the Other's memory.

Author : Robert Farris Thompson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780307498229

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Tango by Robert Farris Thompson Pdf

In this generously illustrated book, world-renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, "the fabulous dance of the past hundred years–and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham.” Thompson traces tango’s evolution in the nineteenth century under European, Andalusian-Gaucho, and African influences through its representations by Hollywood and dramatizations in dance halls throughout the world. He shows us tango not only as brilliant choreography but also as text, music, art, and philosophy of life. Passionately argued and unparalleled in its research, its synthesis, and its depth of understanding, Tango: The Art History of Love is a monumental achievement.

Author : Jack C. Richards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107636934

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Interchange Level 3 Video Resource Book by Jack C. Richards Pdf

Interchange Third edition is a four-level series for adult and young-adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level.

Author : Carlos G. Groppa
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786426867

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The Tango in the United States by Carlos G. Groppa Pdf

In the earliest years of the 20th century, North American ballroom dancers favored the waltz or the polka. But then a new dance, the tango, broke onto the scene when Vernon and Irene Castle performed it in a Broadway musical. Rudolph Valentino, Arthur Murray, and Xavier Cugat popularized it in the 1920s and 1930s, and thousands of people crowded onto dance floors around the country to hear the music and dance the tango. This work chronicles the history of the tango in the United States, from its antecedents in Argentina, Paris and London to the present day. It covers the dancers, musicians, and composers, and the tango’s influence on American music.