Author: Deidre Sklar
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227910
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This book -- at once personal and analytical -- explores, in vibrant detail and compelling depth, the capacity of movement to express the way that human beings experience their lives and identities. In recounting her exploration of a town in the American Southwest, Deidre Sklar examines themes common to cultures around the world."—Benjamin S. Orlove, editor of The Allure of the Foreign
Dancing with the Virgin
Author: Deidre Sklar
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227910
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This book -- at once personal and analytical -- explores, in vibrant detail and compelling depth, the capacity of movement to express the way that human beings experience their lives and identities. In recounting her exploration of a town in the American Southwest, Deidre Sklar examines themes common to cultures around the world."—Benjamin S. Orlove, editor of The Allure of the Foreign
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227910
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This book -- at once personal and analytical -- explores, in vibrant detail and compelling depth, the capacity of movement to express the way that human beings experience their lives and identities. In recounting her exploration of a town in the American Southwest, Deidre Sklar examines themes common to cultures around the world."—Benjamin S. Orlove, editor of The Allure of the Foreign
Dancing With the Virgins (Cooper and Fry Crime Series, Book 2)
Author: Stephen Booth
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007370717
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The second in the series set in the Derbyshire Peak District, Dancing with the Virgins is a tense psychological follow-up to Stephen Booth’s acclaimed debut Black Dog.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007370717
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The second in the series set in the Derbyshire Peak District, Dancing with the Virgins is a tense psychological follow-up to Stephen Booth’s acclaimed debut Black Dog.
We Dance for the Virgen
Author: Robert R. Botello
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781648430473
Category : Folk dancers
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The danza de matachines is a tradition with roots in the Spanish colonization of Mexico that summons history for Mexican, Chicano, and indigenous communities. The elaborate ritual, regalia, and practices associated with the tradition tell of the repeated appearances of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Aztec Indian Juan Diego as she provided instructions for the building of a church. Matachines have been dancing in Mexico and portions of the southwestern United States for as long as 300 years, and various troupes in San Antonio date their beginnings to the late 1800s, as immigrants from Mexico brought the tradition to the southern reaches of Texas. In We Dance for the Virgen, Robert R. Botello, who participated in a family-based troupe from 2006 to 2019, reviews the history of the tradition while contrasting the troupe's internal changes in traditions with those originating from the larger social and political context of San Antonio. In Botello's words, this book "is as much about the dance and its history as it is about my transformation as a matachines dancer." Botello ultimately examines issues of cultural appropriation arising from the association of the troupe with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, revealing the resilience in a tradition that has remained true to its origins across many generations of dancers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781648430473
Category : Folk dancers
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The danza de matachines is a tradition with roots in the Spanish colonization of Mexico that summons history for Mexican, Chicano, and indigenous communities. The elaborate ritual, regalia, and practices associated with the tradition tell of the repeated appearances of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Aztec Indian Juan Diego as she provided instructions for the building of a church. Matachines have been dancing in Mexico and portions of the southwestern United States for as long as 300 years, and various troupes in San Antonio date their beginnings to the late 1800s, as immigrants from Mexico brought the tradition to the southern reaches of Texas. In We Dance for the Virgen, Robert R. Botello, who participated in a family-based troupe from 2006 to 2019, reviews the history of the tradition while contrasting the troupe's internal changes in traditions with those originating from the larger social and political context of San Antonio. In Botello's words, this book "is as much about the dance and its history as it is about my transformation as a matachines dancer." Botello ultimately examines issues of cultural appropriation arising from the association of the troupe with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, revealing the resilience in a tradition that has remained true to its origins across many generations of dancers.
Instructions for Dancing
Author: Nicola Yoon
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 152471898X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A charming, wholehearted love story that's sure to make readers swoon."—Entertainment Weekly "Nicola Yoon writes from the heart in this beautiful love story."—Good Morning America “It’s like an emotional gut punch—so beautiful and also heart-wrenching."—US Weekly In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when she finally sees her own? Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met. Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk?
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 152471898X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A charming, wholehearted love story that's sure to make readers swoon."—Entertainment Weekly "Nicola Yoon writes from the heart in this beautiful love story."—Good Morning America “It’s like an emotional gut punch—so beautiful and also heart-wrenching."—US Weekly In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when she finally sees her own? Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met. Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk?
A Virgin in Vegas
Author: Kathy Ivan
Publisher: Ink Lion Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
It's party time in Las Vegas when four former college roommates and best friends converge on Sin City. Add in a crazy drunken bet about finding "the one that got away" to see if there's a spark still burning after all these years—how bad could it be? Diana Sanford loves her friends and isn't above pulling a few strings to help them find their long lost loves. She didn't have a past love from college, so her best friends agreed her bet should be modified—for her to win, she had to have a wild passionate one-night stand with a stranger. Kirk Jamison was fascinated with the curvy redhead who landed in his arms after nearly falling. When she offered to spend the night with him, he couldn't refuse. Things heated up, until he got called back on a case, and he's forced to leave before they make love, with a promise to keep in touch. Little does he know, Diana had no intention of ever seeing him again. Desire's flame burned hot between the two once. Can the flames of desire be rekindled into a raging inferno or will misunderstandings tear them apart? Only a return trip to Vegas holds the answer to their happily-ever-after.
Publisher: Ink Lion Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
It's party time in Las Vegas when four former college roommates and best friends converge on Sin City. Add in a crazy drunken bet about finding "the one that got away" to see if there's a spark still burning after all these years—how bad could it be? Diana Sanford loves her friends and isn't above pulling a few strings to help them find their long lost loves. She didn't have a past love from college, so her best friends agreed her bet should be modified—for her to win, she had to have a wild passionate one-night stand with a stranger. Kirk Jamison was fascinated with the curvy redhead who landed in his arms after nearly falling. When she offered to spend the night with him, he couldn't refuse. Things heated up, until he got called back on a case, and he's forced to leave before they make love, with a promise to keep in touch. Little does he know, Diana had no intention of ever seeing him again. Desire's flame burned hot between the two once. Can the flames of desire be rekindled into a raging inferno or will misunderstandings tear them apart? Only a return trip to Vegas holds the answer to their happily-ever-after.
Dancing with Werewolves
Author: Carole Nelson Douglas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439167028
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Paranormal investigator Delilah Street, who watched underworld beings like vampires and witches move into the real world during a Y2K television broadcast as an orphan, moves to Las Vegas to search for a possible blood relative shown on CSI. It was the revelation of the millennium: witches, werewolves, vampires and other supernaturals are real. Fast-forward 13 years: TV reporter Delilah Street used to cover the small-town bogeyman beat back in Kansas, but now, in high-octane Las Vegas—which is run by a werewolf mob—she finds herself holding back the gates of Hell itself. But at least she has a hot new guy and one big bad wolfhound to help her out...
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439167028
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Paranormal investigator Delilah Street, who watched underworld beings like vampires and witches move into the real world during a Y2K television broadcast as an orphan, moves to Las Vegas to search for a possible blood relative shown on CSI. It was the revelation of the millennium: witches, werewolves, vampires and other supernaturals are real. Fast-forward 13 years: TV reporter Delilah Street used to cover the small-town bogeyman beat back in Kansas, but now, in high-octane Las Vegas—which is run by a werewolf mob—she finds herself holding back the gates of Hell itself. But at least she has a hot new guy and one big bad wolfhound to help her out...
The Virgin
Author: Hannah Blue Heron
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1425149391
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Hannah Blue Heron’s many readers will be delighted with The Virgin, her first novel. Living in prehistoric times (c. 3200 BCE), the Temple Virgins serve the Goddess, Inanna, by bringing men from the local villages into union with Her in ecstasy. Their village of Al-Rah is threatened by the teachings of the rough men from the North, the Kurgans, who denigrate women and are beginning to destroy the temples of the Goddesses, replacing them with temples to their fierce Gods. At only twelve sun journeys of age, Ashannah is commanded by the village Oracle to lead the women of Al-Rah over the Great Mountain, which they have never attempted to climb beyond the lowest foothills. Ashannah is filled with fear and confusion. How would she know the way? Unpredictable appearances of Inanna to Ashannah help them begin their journey. Common sense and great determination get them through danger, loss and near starvation. They finally get over the mountain and down into the beautiful valley, only to find that there is already a village of men inhabiting it. The surprising ending, is, in some some ways, no ending at all.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1425149391
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Hannah Blue Heron’s many readers will be delighted with The Virgin, her first novel. Living in prehistoric times (c. 3200 BCE), the Temple Virgins serve the Goddess, Inanna, by bringing men from the local villages into union with Her in ecstasy. Their village of Al-Rah is threatened by the teachings of the rough men from the North, the Kurgans, who denigrate women and are beginning to destroy the temples of the Goddesses, replacing them with temples to their fierce Gods. At only twelve sun journeys of age, Ashannah is commanded by the village Oracle to lead the women of Al-Rah over the Great Mountain, which they have never attempted to climb beyond the lowest foothills. Ashannah is filled with fear and confusion. How would she know the way? Unpredictable appearances of Inanna to Ashannah help them begin their journey. Common sense and great determination get them through danger, loss and near starvation. They finally get over the mountain and down into the beautiful valley, only to find that there is already a village of men inhabiting it. The surprising ending, is, in some some ways, no ending at all.
The Virgin
Author: Kristin Goodman
Publisher: Fire Dragon LLC
ISBN: 1311972277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Dr. Kate Matthews is twenty-nine years old and is still a virgin. A child prodigy who studied through her adolescence, Kate skipped the normal rites of passage and instead went on to become the youngest neurosurgeon in North America. But when Kate's younger sister Lacy discovers her sister’s secret, Lacy convinces Kate that she must lose her virginity in the next two weeks leading up to her thirtieth birthday which falls on the same day of the biggest surgery of her career. Enter Dr. Bodhi Wells, an internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon who is selected to work alongside Kate on the important surgery. Handsome and intelligent, Bodhi quickly ignites Kate’s competitive nature, sexual desires, and ultimately her heart. With the pressure on, Kate is forced to face the fears that have kept her from doing “it” and finally decide if she is ready and willing to brave uncharted waters that exist in a world that seems filled with many experienced swimmers and even a few sharks. Fall in love with Kate Matthews, as you tag along with her and her free spirited sister Lacy on their original, funny, and heartwarming journey of self-discovery, sex, and falling in love for the first time.
Publisher: Fire Dragon LLC
ISBN: 1311972277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Dr. Kate Matthews is twenty-nine years old and is still a virgin. A child prodigy who studied through her adolescence, Kate skipped the normal rites of passage and instead went on to become the youngest neurosurgeon in North America. But when Kate's younger sister Lacy discovers her sister’s secret, Lacy convinces Kate that she must lose her virginity in the next two weeks leading up to her thirtieth birthday which falls on the same day of the biggest surgery of her career. Enter Dr. Bodhi Wells, an internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon who is selected to work alongside Kate on the important surgery. Handsome and intelligent, Bodhi quickly ignites Kate’s competitive nature, sexual desires, and ultimately her heart. With the pressure on, Kate is forced to face the fears that have kept her from doing “it” and finally decide if she is ready and willing to brave uncharted waters that exist in a world that seems filled with many experienced swimmers and even a few sharks. Fall in love with Kate Matthews, as you tag along with her and her free spirited sister Lacy on their original, funny, and heartwarming journey of self-discovery, sex, and falling in love for the first time.
Dancing in the Narrows
Author: Anna Penenberg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631528394
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Dancing in the Narrows chronicles a mother and daughter’s multiyear journey through illness and trauma. At sixteen, Anna’s youngest daughter, Dana, is stricken with a mysterious and debilitating condition, eventually diagnosed as Lyme disease. Desperate to find a cure, the two women are thrust into the established medical world, then far beyond. Full of adventure, humor, and blind faith, Dancing in the Narrows is an inspiring story of self-discovery as a single mother fights to save the life of her child.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631528394
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Dancing in the Narrows chronicles a mother and daughter’s multiyear journey through illness and trauma. At sixteen, Anna’s youngest daughter, Dana, is stricken with a mysterious and debilitating condition, eventually diagnosed as Lyme disease. Desperate to find a cure, the two women are thrust into the established medical world, then far beyond. Full of adventure, humor, and blind faith, Dancing in the Narrows is an inspiring story of self-discovery as a single mother fights to save the life of her child.
The Virgin Goddess
Author: Stephen Benko
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004136397
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The contemporary search for the feminine face of God requires a re- examination of the relationship of Christianity to the pagan world in which it was born. This study inquires into extra-biblical sources of Marian piety, belief and doctrine. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004136397
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The contemporary search for the feminine face of God requires a re- examination of the relationship of Christianity to the pagan world in which it was born. This study inquires into extra-biblical sources of Marian piety, belief and doctrine. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.