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On an extravagant evening in May 100 years ago, the scandalous premiere of The Rite of Spring rocked the epicenter of culture and fashion - Paris - and sent aftershocks across the world. Not bad for a ballet! But this was no traditional scamper in tulle and pink toe-shoes, but a bold provocation by a trinity of avant-garde genius: composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky (the first male god of dance), and impresario Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballet Russes.

Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by restoring their rich historical and personal context.

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.

Greta Gleissner, a longtime professional dancer, dreamed her whole life of becoming a Rockette. Then she became one and she fell into the grips of a powerful eating disorder that began poison her life from the inside out. Something Spectacular is Gleissner's raw, personal chronicle of the devastating effects bulimia exacts upon her life during her time as a Rockette. As her disorder takes over, she begins to lead a dual life: happy-go-lucky on the outside; tortured by obsessive, self-destructive voices on the inside

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.

In the early days of swing dancing, Frankie Manning stood out for his moves and innovative routines; he introduced the air step in the Lindy hop, a dance that took the US and then the world by storm. In this fascinating autobiography, choreographer and Tony Award winner (Black and Blue) Manning recalls how his first years of dancing as a teenager at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom led to his becoming chief choreographer and a lead dancer for Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.

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.

Limitless Wealth provides 21 keys to unlock limitless wealth and abundance and is divided into two parts: the Inner Game of Wealth and the Outer Game of Wealth. The Inner Game of Wealth surprisingly is attributed to over 90 percent of prosperity and abundance while the remaining 10 percent is considered the easy part, which is the fundamentals, or the action required to achieve wealth.

When The Phenomenology of Dance was first published in 1966, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone asked, "When we look at a dance, what do we see?" Her questions about the nature of our experience of dance and the nature of dance as a formed and performed art are still provocative and acutely significant today. Sheets-Johnstone considers dance an aesthetic mode of expression and integrates theories of dance into philosophical discussions of the nature of movement.

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.

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!

Cheryl Burke has been dancing since the age of four and competing since she was 13 years old. Over several exciting seasons, she has captivated Dancing with the Stars audiences with her incredible dance performances, Emmy-nominated choreography, high energy, and bright smile. In Dancing Lessons, she takes you from her childhood years into the world of competitive ballroom dancing and on to the hit TV show.

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.

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.

"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.

"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.

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.

This audiobook offers a playbook for living a creative and authentic life. Using her own story as a launching spot, Mia Michaels explores the experience of the unicorn in a world of donkeys, a world where fitting in, pleasing others, following rules, and maintaining norms—no matter how messed up those norms are—is the only acceptable path. She acknowledges the struggles of the unicorn life—loneliness, ridicule, being misunderstood and undervalued—and goes on encourage listeners to reframe the unicorn life the way she has, as essential to a life of brilliance.

How to Analyze People is a guide to understand people and human behavior, leading to more fruitful relationships and business affiliations.