They Danced On

Author : Evan Fallenberg
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062033437

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When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg Pdf

A conversation between a Tel Aviv waitress and her elderly customer sparks a journey of healing in this compelling novel by the author of Light Fell. At eighty-four, Teo, one of the world’s most influential choreographers, is ready to withdraw from the bombast and romance surrounding his long and illustrious career. But then he meets Vivi, a waitress at a Tel Aviv café, and the slumbering passions of his youth are rouses once more. Suddenly and unexpectedly, his desire for a woman’s touch, his anguished memories of World War II, and his complex, soulful engagement with dance all come rushing back. Vivi’s life will change, too, as Teo’s affection forces her to confront her guilt over an illicit relationship during her days as a soldier. Soon their interactions with art, their very investment in living, will reawaken ghosts of their painful, suppressed pasts—from Warsaw to Copenhagen, from Berlin to Tel Aviv—that cry out for forgiveness and peace.

Author : Carre Armstrong Gardner
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ISBN : 9781414388168

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They Danced on by Carre Armstrong Gardner Pdf

Nothing is more important to Jane Darling than her family. She's dedicated her life to raising her children, and they all appear to be doing well. She can finally relax and enjoy life. But when her husband becomes seriously ill, Jane finds herself taking on the most difficult role of her life. Laura Darling moved away to escape the expectations of her family. Ever since she went through rehab, they watch her like a hawk. Now she has a good job, new friends, and no one to criticize her or comment on everything she's doing. But when everything begins to unravel, Laura's heart turns toward home. Follow the Darling family through triumph and tragedy as they struggle with an uncertain future.

Author : Henry Alford
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781501122262

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And Then We Danced by Henry Alford Pdf

“Captivating…equal parts memoir and cultural history, Henry Alford seamlessly interweaves heartwarming and hilarious anecdotes about his deep dive into all things dance” (Misty Copeland, The New York Times Book Review). When Henry Alford wrote about his experience with a Zumba class for The New York Times, little did he realize that it was the start of something much bigger. Dance would grow and take on many roles for Henry: exercise, stress reliever, confidence builder, an excuse to travel, a source of ongoing wonder, and—when he dances with Alzheimer’s patients—even a kind of community service. Tackling a wide range of forms (including ballet, hip-hop, jazz, ballroom, tap, contact improvisation, Zumba, swing), Alford’s grand tour takes us through the works and careers of luminaries ranging from Bob Fosse to George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp to Arthur Murray. Rich in insight and humor, Alford mines both personal experience and fascinating cultural history to offer a witty and ultimately moving portrait of how dance can express all things human. And Then We Danced “is in one sense a celebration of hoofer in all its wonder and variety, from abandon to refinement. But it is also history, investigation, memoir, and even, in its smart, sly way, self-help…very funny, but more, it is joyful—a dance all its own” (Vanity Fair).

Author : Bapsi Sidhwa
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781571319166

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Water by Bapsi Sidhwa Pdf

An eight-year-old is sent to live in a community of widows in India, and finds a new purpose there, in a novel by “a writer of enormous talent” (Newsday). Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi’s rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow’s ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in the widows’ lives. When her friend Kalyani, a beautiful widow-prostitute, falls in love with a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the forbidden affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the ashram’s delicate balance of power. This riveting look at the lives of widows in colonial India is ultimately a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith, and redemption. “Sidhwa’s humor and compassion glow in Water.” —Houston Chronicle “A deeply moving story, elegantly told, with all the assurance of a master.” —M.G. Vassanji, author of The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0618809120

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They Dance in the Sky by Anonim Pdf

A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper.

Author : Tiffany Seitz
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509246748

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And They Danced by Tiffany Seitz Pdf

Tess Corona left home thanks to a traumatic experience with the paranormal and has only recently returned home from a secretive military career. Her only desire is to reconnect with her family and find meaningful work. That plan changes when a Texas Ranger lands on her doorstep looking for her twin brother. Thanks to the suspicious actions of a murder victim’s family, Texas Ranger Crock Ward is asked to investigate the twenty-five-year-old case. With the evidence missing and victim’s husband now deceased, Crock seeks alternatives to solve the murder in the form of Dr. Lazaro Corona and his ghost hunting team. Laz has dreamed of combining cold cases with paranormal investigation, but he curses the timing. He can’t stop Tess from resuming her role in his investigation any more than he can stop a tornado or a century-old feud that has already destroyed one family and now threatens his.

Author : Gethro Jones
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1523393181

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They Danced All Night by Gethro Jones Pdf

A story of one man's journey from the orphanage to his discovery of Northern Soul. Through the turmoil of violence, racism and drugs he found a love for music and dancing as he swept through the 1970's in England. Finding true love and Soul music helped him erase the torment of his childhood.

Author : Kimerer L. LaMothe
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231538886

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Why We Dance by Kimerer L. LaMothe Pdf

Within intellectual paradigms that privilege mind over matter, dance has long appeared as a marginal, derivative, or primitive art. Drawing support from theorists and artists who embrace matter as dynamic and agential, this book offers a visionary definition of dance that illuminates its constitutive work in the ongoing evolution of human persons. Why We Dance introduces a philosophy of bodily becoming that posits bodily movement as the source and telos of human life. Within this philosophy, dance appears as an activity that humans evolved to do as the enabling condition of their best bodily becoming. Weaving theoretical reflection with accounts of lived experience, this book positions dance as a catalyst in the development of human consciousness, compassion, ritual proclivity, and ecological adaptability. Aligning with trends in new materialism, affect theory, and feminist philosophy, as well as advances in dance and religious studies, this work reveals the vital role dance can play in reversing the trajectory of ecological self-destruction along which human civilization is racing.

Author : Kino-nda-niimi Collective
Publisher : Arp Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Idle No More movement
ISBN : 1894037510

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The Winter We Danced by Kino-nda-niimi Collective Pdf

The Winter We Danced is a vivid collection of writing, poetry, lyrics, art and images from the many diverse voices that make up the past, present, and future of the Idle No More movement. Calling for pathways into healthy, just, equitable and sustainable communities while drawing on a wide-ranging body of narratives, journalism, editorials and creative pieces, this collection consolidates some of the most powerful, creative and insightful moments from the winter we danced and gestures towards next steps in an on-going movement for justice and Indigenous self-determination.

Author : Thyra Heder
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781683356110

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How Do You Dance? by Thyra Heder Pdf

Get ready to bop, bounce, and shake with this board book edition ofthe hit picture book from the acclaimed author of Alfie and Fraidyzoo There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face. You can dance because you’re happy or even because you’re sad. But, what’s the best way to dance? Exactly how you want to! In How Do You Dance?, award-wining author-illustrator Thyra Heder explores dance in all of its creativity, humor, and—most of all—joy, in a celebration of personal expression that will inspire young and old readers alike to get up and get moving.

Author : Stephanie Urdang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001518773

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And They Still Dance by Stephanie Urdang Pdf

Author : Doris Eaton Travis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806199504

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The Days We Danced by Doris Eaton Travis Pdf

Autobiography of a Ziegfeld Follies star, an copartner of Arthur Murray Dance Studios, a quarter horse ranch owner in Oklahoma, and at age 88, the recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Alligators
ISBN : 1454921145

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Dance Is for Everyone by Anonim Pdf

When an alligator shows up to class one day, Mrs. Iraina and her ballet students are very suprised. But she is able to follow along, so they decide it's okay for her to join. The class starts calling her Tanya and even creates a new dance to showcase her larger-than-life talents and big, swishy tail: "The Legend of the Swamp Queen." Tanya has the starring role.

Author : Andrew Holleran
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063299498

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Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran Pdf

“An astonishingly beautiful book. The best gay novel written by anyone of our generation.”—Harper’s “Through the sweat and haze of longing come piercing insights – about the closeness of gay male friendship, about the vanity and imperfections of men. The more one reads the novel, we realise that what Holleran has given us is our very own queer (queerer?) Great Gatsby: its decadence, its fear, its violence, its ecstasy, its transience.”—The Guardian Andrew Holleran’s landmark novel of a young man's search for love and companionship in New York’s emerging gay world in the 1970s, with a new introduction by Garth Greenwell. Young, astonishingly beautiful, and tired of living a lie, Anthony Malone trades life as a seemingly straight small-town lawyer for the decadence of New York’s emerging gay scene—an odyssey that takes him from Manhattan’s Everard baths and after hour discos, to lavish orgies on Fire Island and parks after dark. Rescuing Malone from a possessive lover and shepherding him through his immersion in this life of fierce joys and cheap truths is the flamboyant Sutherland, a high-camp quintessential queen. But for Malone, the endless city nights and Fire Island days are close to burning out, and despite Sutherland’s abundant attentiveness and glittering world-weary wisdom, Malone soon realizes what he is truly looking for may not be found in these beautiful places, where life is crowded, and people are forever outrunning their own desires and death.

Author : Martin Pugh
Publisher : Random House
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448162741

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We Danced All Night by Martin Pugh Pdf

Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of great and unrelenting depression. In Martin Pugh's lively and thought-provoking book, however, the acclaimed historian vividly shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure and entertainment activities of all kinds - from dancing and cinema going to smoking, football pools and paid holidays. He explodes the myths of a nation of unwed women, revealing that in the 1930s the institution of marriage was reaching its heyday, and points to a rise in real incomes, improvements in diet and health and the spread of cheap luxuries. The result is an extraordinary, engaging work of history that presents us with a fresh perspective and brings out both the strangeness and the familiarity of this point in time.