Ballet Matters. A Cultural Memoir of Dance Dreams and Empowering Realities, Paperback - Jennifer Fisher

Part memoir, part dance history, this critical study explores ballet's power to inspire and to embody ideas about politics, race, women's agency, a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jack AndersonBallet and Modern Dance meets the needs of both students and inquisitive dance goers through a narrative focus...

Reducere. More Dancing Shapes is the second in the series from an award-winning dance teacher and her ballet-dancer daughter. Following a format similar to t...

Reducere. Captivating straight talk and inspiration from Ballerina Konora, ideal for young ballet fans ages 7-10.Aspiring dancers get an inside perspective o...

This book examines translanguaging as a resource which can disrupt the privileging of particular voices, and a social practice which enables collab...

Ukrainian dance is remarkably enduring in its popularity and still performed in numerous cultural contexts. This text unpacks the complex world of ...

Reducere. Los Angeles is well-known as a temperate paradise with expansive beaches and mountain vistas, a booming luxury housing market, and the home of glam...

Drawing on a digital ethnography of Chinese international students' first semester languaging practices, this book examines how they use their mult...

This book explores social change in Japan at the most intimate site of social interaction - the home - by providing a detailed ethnography of every...

This book embarks on an ever-expanding array of language, academic mobility, neoliberalism, and accompanying rich scholarly debates, with a focus o...

"James Whiteside is an electrifying performer, an incredible athlete, and an artist, through and through. To know James is to love him; with Center...

Reducere. Immortalized in the spellbinding documentary Dear Zachary, this angry, raw, and brutally honest memoir of murder and loss chronicles a system's fai...

A succinct and vivid guide to the rich history of western dance. 3rd edition.

Reducere. This book is an invaluable tool for the prospective or experienced ballet teacher, college dance major, professional dancer, or dance student. It w...

This book embarks on an ever-expanding array of language, academic mobility, neoliberalism, and accompanying rich scholarly debates, with a focus o...

Reducere. The fifth volume, part one of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major Sky Atlantic TV s...

When Millie first started ballet classes she found it quite hard-until she made friends with the ballet bunnies! In this second story Millie's gett...

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From the Number One Bestselling author of A Day Called Hope comes his powerful new memoir

An inspiring and insightful memoir about the importance of holding on to hope - from Number One bestselling author Gareth O'CallaghanPublisher: Hac...

Publisher: Broadview Press LtdAuthor(s): Julius BaileyIllustration(s): 10 illustrationsNumber of pages: 190Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 153 x ...

This book gathers international voices from the field of ethnomusicology discussing the socio-political relevance of the discipline. The articles d...

DescriptionWherever ballet is taught in the world, and in whatever language, it retains one common denominator: the technical terms used are in Fre...

They said it couldn't be done. But Anne Wafula achieved many remarkable things in her life. This is her incredible story.Publisher: HarperCollins P...

Reducere. Michael Langlois began studying ballet at the age of ten, convinced it would catapult him from Pop Warner directly into the NFL. Eventually forced ...

The new, updated edition of Leda Meredith's first book, a classic local food memoir, is here--with original recipes and color photographs. Leda des...

Reducere. Love across cultures is tested when Antonio, a penniless university student, and Evelyn, a strong-willed Peace Corps volunteer, succumb to their at...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange and often contradictory history of Weste...

Reducere. First banned in its native land, this earthy, unflinching memoir has become one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of China. In 1968, a ferv...

Reducere. SOME DANCE TO REMEMBER has been reviewed as "the gay GONE WITH THE WIND." But such popular praise does not do literary justice to this eyewitness c...

Moringa Matters The title begs the obvious question, "WHY?" Why have you likely never heard of Moringa? What is this five-thousand-year-old panacea...

Africa Matters: Cultural politics, political economies, & grammars of protest provides a sampling of some of these insightful articles from the fir...

Reducere. What do we do when life ends? How do we honor the past while moving into an unimaginable, uncertain future? This tender, bracingly honest memoir ex...

Learn how to seek out unexpected beauty, how to listen fiercely and how to live a life full of wild happiness with this extraordinary book

Reducere. This classic book is the definitive work on one of ballet's greatest and most popular works, Swan Lake. The book is in two parts. The first describ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jennifer DunningAlvin Ailey (1931-1989) was a choreographic giant in the modern dance world and a champion of African-Ameri...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Jennifer GreyIllustration(s): Colour photo insert(s)Number of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Reducere. Girls ages 4 to 6 will love learning to read with this Step 2 reader based on the Barbie's latest direct-to-DVD release.

Reducere. In this stunning, lyrical memoir that includes a curriculum guide, author Chun Yu recalls the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of a...

All of her life, Irish-American Moira Doherty has relished her mother's descriptions of Ireland. When her mother dies unexpectedly in the summer of...

Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis. This title b...

Examines the art of dance within the context of different cultures and demonstrates the connections between dance and academic disciplines such as ...

Reducere. In "My Olympic Life", readers will journey with an African American youngster from racially-charged and segregated Indianapolis in the 1950s and '6...

DANCE COLORING: AN ADULT COLORING BOOK: Break dancing & Ballet - 2 Coloring Books In 1*An awesome collection of dance coloring patterns*Perfect for...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A tender and moving account of Jean-Michel Basquiat's life as seen through the eyes of his muse

Dance Legacies of Scotland compiles a collage of references portraying percussive Scottish dancing and explains what influenced a wide disappearanc...

One woman's incredible story of life on the front lines as an emergency medical worker in New York City. On the streets of New York City, EMTs and ...

A cultural phenomenon for a decade, Friends ranked in the top ten for every year of its original run, an accomplishment unmatched by any other scri...