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Leader of the Dance is a treasure chest for everyone who loves the Dances of Universal Peace and general circle/folk dancing! The book unfolds a map of the journey of becoming a dances leader. As you explore its delightfully illustrated pages, you enrich your own understanding of the dances culture and you learn powerful skills for spreading the cherished values of love, joy and peace through dance and song. You become motivated by the awe-inspiring...
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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 practicing and teaching...
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Hiciste tu primera clase de Contact Improvisación (C.I.) o un amigo te invitó al jam semanal y quedaste cautivado. O quizá, eres alguien que ha bailado e investigado durante muchos años. ¿Qué es lo que sigue? ¿Qué más hay por descubrir en tu danza?
En 1972, Steve Paxton reunió a un grupo de atletas y bailarines para investigar los principios de Contact Improvisación. Desde entonces, esta forma se ha convertido en un experimento colaborativo...
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Dunya's intense passion for dance took her from a small seaside New England town in 1972 to the Juilliard School in the heart of NYC's vibrant, edgy art scene. A decade later, healing from a serious injury, she turned away from a successful performing career and retreated to a monastic mountaintop community directed by a charismatic Iraqi Sufi Master a sojourn that opened a mysterious, beautiful inner world, and an understanding of dance as moving...
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In a career spanning over two decades and counting — from humble beginnings teaching dance in her parents' garage while still at school, to becoming a distinguished studio owner, dance teacher coach and industry leader — Jen Dalton knows exactly what it takes to stay current and achieve mastery in the evolving world of dance.
With a philosophy centred on empowering and educating dance teachers to be the most effective leaders they can be, Jen's...
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Dancing with Unity is based on true events. It is one woman's God-inspired quest to answer the questions: What can I do to make a difference in a world filled with racial hatred and violence? How can each of us, acting individually, change the world's perspective? The answers to these questions take us on a journey through the author's personal experiences of racism but also of unity. While sharing these true events, the reader is given meditations,...
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The dance world is a rigorous environment that requires a strict focus at an early age. Drawing on her own experience as a professional dancer, Corinne Haas offers a counterbalance to the perfectionism, negative self-talk, and debilitating self-image all too often cultivated in the dance studio alongside technique. Haas knows firsthand how the beauty that resides in us can get lost in the constant push to be better. Mindfulness for Dancers focuses...
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