Dancer Off Her Feet

Dancer Off Her Feet PDF Author: Julie Sheldon
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340544853
Category : Ballet dancers
Languages : en
Pages : 163

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Book Description
Julie Sheldon trained for 15 years to fulfil her longing to be a ballerina. Chosen for a coveted place at the Royal Ballet School, she realised a dream by dancing at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Then things began to go wrong - a fall during rehearsal, a skiing accident, meningitis and finally the diagnosis of Dystonia, a rare neurological disease. Julie's Christian faith was tested to her limit. This book tells her story and the story of her dramatic healing.

Dancer Off Her Feet

Dancer Off Her Feet PDF Author: Julie Sheldon
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340544853
Category : Ballet dancers
Languages : en
Pages : 163

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Book Description
Julie Sheldon trained for 15 years to fulfil her longing to be a ballerina. Chosen for a coveted place at the Royal Ballet School, she realised a dream by dancing at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Then things began to go wrong - a fall during rehearsal, a skiing accident, meningitis and finally the diagnosis of Dystonia, a rare neurological disease. Julie's Christian faith was tested to her limit. This book tells her story and the story of her dramatic healing.

The Blessing of Tears

The Blessing of Tears PDF Author: Julie Sheldon
Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN: 9781853115721
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Book Description
Alpha course speaker Julie Sheldon reflects on a gift that we seldom welcome: the gift of tears. We often try to fight them back, yet they can bring cleansing, healing and release. Julie tells many inspirational real life stories and relates them to biblical examples and teaching.

The Forgotten Touch

The Forgotten Touch PDF Author: Nigel W. D. Mumford
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 9781596270664
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Book Description
From marine to lay minister, an inspirational story on the power of healing and faith. “My journey has transformed me from Royal Marine Commander to lay minister of healing. Twenty-five years ago, I was trained to kill or be killed. Now it is my privilege to teach people to heal and be healed.” This long-awaited sequel to Hand to Hand: From Combat to Healing, Mumford's experience of healing in the trenches, offers vivid snapshots of God at work in the world. These true tales from the author's healing ministry and prayers gives the reader insight into the little-known world of modern miracles. Inspiring to Christians and non-Christians alike, these accessible stories challenge us to explore the depths of our faith. They will encourage healers in their ministry of prayer and those who are ill to seek physical and spiritual healing for themselves.

Belinda the Ballerina

Belinda the Ballerina PDF Author: Amy Young
Publisher: Cats Whiskers
ISBN: 9781903012666
Category : Ballet dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
For every young dancer who finds that her body is not perfect . . . the story puts physical defects into perspective and offers something to laugh about at the same time.--Booklist. Full color.

Dancing in the Wings

Dancing in the Wings PDF Author: Debbie Allen
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803725019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Book Description
Sassy worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her from her dream of becoming a star ballerina. So for now she's just dancing in the wings, watching from behind the curtain, and hoping that one day it will be her turn to shimmer in the spotlight. When the director of an important dance festival comes to audition her class, Sassy's first attempts to get his attention are, well, a little wobbly. But Sassy just knows, somehow, that this is her time to step out from those wings, and make her mark on the world. Actress/choreographer Debbie Allen and Kadir Nelson collaborated on Brothers of the Knight, about which School Library Journal raved, "the strutting high-stepping brothers are full of individuality, attitude, and movement."

Lola's Fandango

Lola's Fandango PDF Author: Anna Witte
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 178285505X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Book Description
Little Lola is tired of living in her big sisters shadow. But when she starts taking secret flamenco lessons from her Papi, will she find the courage to share her new skill with the world?

Fierce and Delicate

Fierce and Delicate PDF Author: RENEE K. NICHOLSON
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952271014
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Book Description
Memoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis.

Swept off Her Feet

Swept off Her Feet PDF Author: Hester Browne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439168881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383

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Book Description
The steps of a charmingly complex dance—Scotland’s famous reel—are at the heart of Hester Browne’s enchanting contemporary novel of two very different sisters whose dreams may come true at a romantic Scottish ball. Evie Nicholson is in love . . . with the past. An antiques appraiser in a London shop, Evie spins fanciful attachments to Victorian picture frames, French champagne glasses, satin evening gloves, and tattered teddy bears—regardless of their monetary value. Alice Nicholson is in love . . . with Fraser Graham, a dashing Scotsman whom Evie secretly desires. As crisply neat and stylish as Evie is cheerfully cluttered, Alice is a professional organizer determined to pull her sister out of her comfort zone—and who presents her with an irresistible offer. As a favor to friends of Fraser’s family, Evie jumps at the chance to appraise a Scottish castle full of artifacts and heirlooms. What could be more thrilling than roaming the halls of Kettlesheer and uncovering the McAndrews’ family treasures—and dusty secrets? But crossing paths with moody heir Robert McAndrew has Evie assessing what she wants the most . . . and at an upcoming candlelight gala, a traditional dance will set her heart reeling.

I Was a Dancer

I Was a Dancer PDF Author: Jacques D'Amboise
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307595234
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 465

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Book Description
“Who am I? I’m a man; an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.” In this rich, expansive, spirited memoir, Jacques d’Amboise, one of America’s most celebrated classical dancers, and former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet for more than three decades, tells the extraordinary story of his life in dance, and of America’s most renowned and admired dance companies. He writes of his classical studies beginning at the age of eight at The School of American Ballet. At twelve he was asked to perform with Ballet Society; three years later he joined the New York City Ballet and made his European debut at London’s Covent Garden. As George Balanchine’s protégé, d’Amboise had more works choreographed on him by “the supreme Ballet Master” than any other dancer, among them Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; Episodes; A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream; Jewels; Raymonda Variations. He writes of his boyhood—born Joseph Ahearn—in Dedham, Massachusetts; his mother (“the Boss”) moving the family to New York City’s Washington Heights; dragging her son and daughter to ballet class (paying the teacher $7.50 from hats she made and sold on street corners, and with chickens she cooked stuffed with chestnuts); his mother changing the family name from Ahearn to her maiden name, d’Amboise (“It’s aristocratic. It has the ‘d’ apostrophe. It sounds better for the ballet, and it’s a better name”). We see him. a neighborhood tough, in Catholic schools being taught by the nuns; on the streets, fighting with neighborhood gangs, and taking ten classes a week at the School of American Ballet . . . being taught professional class by Balanchine and by other teachers of great legend: Anatole Oboukhoff, premier danseur of the Maryinsky; and Pierre Vladimiroff, Pavlova’s partner. D’Amboise writes about Balanchine’s succession of ballerina muses who inspired him to near-obsessive passion and led him to create extraordinary ballets, dancers with whom d’Amboise partnered—Maria Tallchief; Tanaquil LeClercq, a stick-skinny teenager who blossomed into an exquisite, witty, sophisticated “angel” with her “long limbs and dramatic, mysterious elegance . . .”; the iridescent Allegra Kent; Melissa Hayden; Suzanne Farrell, who Balanchine called his “alabaster princess,” her every fiber, every movement imbued with passion and energy; Kay Mazzo; Kyra Nichols (“She’s perfect,” Balanchine said. “Uncomplicated—like fresh water”); and Karin von Aroldingen, to whom Balanchine left most of his ballets. D’Amboise writes about dancing with and courting one of the company’s members, who became his wife for fifty-three years, and the four children they had . . . On going to Hollywood to make Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and being offered a long-term contract at MGM (“If you’re not careful,” Balanchine warned, “you will have sold your soul for seven years”) . . . On Jerome Robbins (“Jerry could be charming and complimentary, and then, five minutes later, attack, and crush your spirit—all to see how it would influence the dance movements”). D’Amboise writes of the moment when he realizes his dancing career is over and he begins a new life and new dream teaching children all over the world about the arts through the magic of dance. A riveting, magical book, as transformative as dancing itself.

The Dancer's Dilemma

The Dancer's Dilemma PDF Author: Riley Blair
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509224246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Book Description
When Bennett Wakefield discovers he has a teenage daughter, he's ready to do anything to build a relationship with her. In desperation, he hires former ballerina—and recent one-night stand—Elana Deveaux to provide private dance lessons. But he's having trouble keeping their relationship strictly professional. After getting fired from a struggling ballet company, Elana has no choice but to accept Bennett's job offer and move into the enormous Wakefield mansion. When she discovers she's pregnant with his child, she decides to use her time as his employee to figure out what kind of man he is. As Elana and Bennett are drawn together, his daughter tells lies to keep them apart. Will Elana be able to see the truth? And will their chemistry grow into something more?