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In this raw and redemptive debut memoir, Ellen O'Connell Whittet explores the silent suffering of the ballerina - and finds it emblematic of the violence that women quietly shoulder every day. For O'Connell Whittet, letting go of one meant confronting the other - only then was it possible to truly take flight.

It is important that dancers begin to contend for the higher calling of God and move past the normal and the ordinary. It's time to be confident and knowledgeable, so that God can use the dance minister in greater ways. This book is designed to inspire and propel you into deeper levels of your dance ministry calling.

La milonga...sala de guardia permanente para enfermos de tango, de vida, de encuentros, de sueños.

Making ends meet while working in a strip club is not the only challenge. It’s a daily struggle - you work wacky hours, deal with cattiness or drama from other dancers, and you don’t make nearly enough money to cover for all the compromises you’re making. You also need to find room in your life for friends, family, and romance. But all of that feels elusive when your career comes with shame, suppression, exploitation, and abuse.

Aimed at dance teachers and inquisitive dancers, Rosina shares the knowledge that she has obtained while teaching all over the world working with some highly influential dancers. The audiobook discusses the processes of turning and the best ways for young dancers to improve their turns. With exclusive anecdotes and opinions from dancers in the Royal Ballet Company and advice from the world record-holder for pirouettes, Sophia Lucia, the audiobook is packed full of great little tips, scientific theories, and preparation exercises.

Invisible Visibility discusses the key barriers that marginalize disabled artists from taking center stage and looks at examples of good practice through three key case studies. This audiobook puts forward an agenda for change, inclusion, and, ultimately, visibility within the sector and beyond for disabled dancers from culturally diverse backgrounds.

The third instalment in Craig Revel Horwood's frank and funny autobiography takes the listener through the highs and lows of the Strictly Come Dancing star's 'fab-u-lous' life. Join Craig and a host of Strictly stars - including Ore Oduba, Judy Murray and the unforgettable Ed Balls - on the show and live tours and get the real stories from behind the scenes. The Aussie-born judge shares his famously forthright views on the changes in the show's lineup, from Bruce Forsyth and Len Goodman's departures to the arrival of Claudia Winkleman and Shirley Ballas, as well as the dancers and stars.

“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...

"Passione tango" è la serie di audiobook di Area51 Publishing che ti guida nel mondo di uno dei balli più apprezzati, sensuali e famosi di tutto il mondo, simbolo di un'intera nazione e patrimonio dell'umanità. Attraverso brevi e appassionati ritratti delle vicende e dei protagonisti del tango seguiremo la sua storia, le personalità che l'hanno reso celebre anche all'estero (come il grandissimo Astor Piazzolla) e i segreti che si celano dietro al suo incredibile successo.

Un viaggio affascinante nel mondo del tango argentino. La storia, i protagonisti, la fama. Dalla voce di Carlotta Santandrea, artista poliedrica e versatile che balla il tango dall'età di 16 anni, quando è volata in Argentina e si è innamorata della sua atmosfera e della sua danza. "Passione tango" è la serie di audiobook di Area51 Publishing che ti guida nel mondo di uno dei balli più apprezzati, sensuali e famosi di tutto il mondo, simbolo di un'intera nazione e patrimonio dell'umanità.

When middle-aged couple Reggie and Abbie Bartlett moved to a new town, they found themselves in need of exercise and a little excitement. Intrigued by a classified ad for square dance lessons, they sign up. As they progress from beginners to "official" square dancers, they get much more than they bargained for.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to practice yoga. You will learn how to achieve inner peace while living a stress-free life, and perhaps you will begin to lose weight with the continuing practice of yoga.

To many people, Lucia Chase (1897-1986) was the American Ballet Theatre, and her reign as the queen of American ballet lasted for more than four decades. It was Chase who brought Nureyev, Bujones, Kirkland, and eventually Baryshnikov to ABT. Under her leadership, the company worked with such legends as Agnes de Mille, Anthony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, and Twyla Tharp. Her drive, ambition, tenacity, and money kept the doors open even during the lean years. A dancer when the company made its debut in 1940, she was artistic director for an unprecedented thirty-five years, from 1945 to 1980.

"Passione tango" è la serie di audiobook di Area51 Publishing che ti guida nel mondo di uno dei balli più apprezzati, sensuali e famosi di tutto il mondo, simbolo di un'intera nazione e patrimonio dell'umanità. Attraverso brevi e appassionati ritratti delle vicende e dei protagonisti del tango seguiremo la sua storia, le personalità che l'hanno reso celebre anche all'estero (come il grandissimo Astor Piazzolla) e i segreti che si celano dietro al suo incredibile successo.

Celebrate 100 years of Dance in America, as we FlashBack to dance favorites like the The Twist, Running Man, and Ballroom Dance with special appearances by your favorite Vampires! Re-Live your favorite Dance fads like Disco Dance, Hip Hop, Lindy Hop, Charleston, The Twist, Cabbage Patch, and many others throughout 100 years as we Celebrate American Dance! A Fan Favorite satire and spoofs of great TV Shows and Movies from 1900-2000!

As dramatic, graceful and deeply felt as a pas de deux, Shanghai Tango is a deeply personal and inspiring account of growing up in a body that feels alien and of braving pioneering surgery in communist China.

Artistic profile of one of the 20th century's great choreographers.The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do.

Precisely because the dance floor stands apart from the everyday world, allowing dancers to play, experiment, and take on new roles, it also serves as a stage for human behavior. Antoinette Benevento, a former national ballroom dancing champion and co-owner of Fred Astaire Dance Studios, has been a student of that stage for 25 years. She has discovered that getting out on the dance floor is a powerful and empowering metaphor for living fully in all realms of life.

The creative process is messy and elusive, right? It doesn't have to be. This book will take you from wild inspiration to polished masterpiece using a three-part proven-effective formula that's helped hundreds of artists from Grammy nominated musicians to world class choreographers.

We walk through the steps of acquiring training, reaching outside of your comfort zone, preparing for an audition, and booking a job. When listening to this audiobook, remember that there are no sure paths to success. It will take hard work, and many trials and errors. Everyone's journey to achievement is unique, but these general guidelines will give you a rough outline on how to reach your dreams.