Автор: Esslemont Ian C. Название: Dancer`s Lament ISBN: 0857502832 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857502834 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 9670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: It was once a land ravaged by war, minor city states, baronies and principates fight for supremacy, and then the rival cities of Tali and Quon formed an alliance and so Quon Tali came into being.
Автор: Moorcock Michael Название: Dancers at the End of Time ISBN: 057510855X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780575108554 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 11120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A glorious and exuberant fin de siecle world reaches its end in Moorcock`s most inventive novels.
Автор: Watt Fiona Название: Sticker dolly dressing dancers ISBN: 1474990819 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474990813 Издательство: Usborne Рейтинг: Цена: 7030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From street dance to samba, ballroom to ballet, dress the dolls for a variety of dances in this lively sticker book. Perfect for young lovers of dance, there are over 300 stickers of clothes, costumes and accessories to get the dolls ready for different kinds of dancing.
Автор: Kish Robin, Morton Jennie Название: Dancing Longer, Dancing Stronger: A Dancer`s Guide to Improving Technique and Preventing Injury ISBN: 0871273977 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780871273970 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 39590.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Based on the latest scientific research, Dancing Longer, Dancing Stronger offers a complete conditioning program to help dancers improve technique and lessen the danger of injury. By presenting general principles of injury prevention as well as specific exercises for increasing strength and flexibility, the book provides information that dancers of all ages and skill levels can use to improve performance.Common problems are discussed in a question and answer format. It also gives a thorough overview of anatomy and exercise physiology.
What if everything you ever knew about Robin Hood was wrong? He wasn't a nobleman. He never met Maid Marian. He didn't go on Crusade. And he absolutely did not rob from the rich to give to the poor.
For the first time, the information that medieval historians have about Robin Hood is made available to a popular audience. Why Everything You Know about Robin Hood Is Wrong is an illuminating, entertaining and really quite sarcastic trip through what we actually do know about one of England's most famous heroes.
Meet the many candidates to be 'the real Robin Hood'
Eustace, monk-turned-pirate
Hereward, landowner-turned-bandit
Fulk, noble-turned-outlaw
and discover why none of them actually was.
Find out how Maid Marian came over from France and how she was, ahem, intimately connected with Friar Tuck.
And learn out more than you ever wanted to know about medieval hoods.
Автор: Wylie Jonathan, Margolin David Название: The Ring of Dancers ISBN: 081227783X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812277838 Издательство: Marston Book Services Цена: 93060.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Scattered in the North Atlantic, 300 miles off Iceland and 400 miles off Norway, lies the Faroe Islands archipelago. Despite centuries of foreign control, the Faroese have preserved their own distinctive identity. At present an internally self-governing dependency of Denmark, the Faroese have kept their culture alive in part by elaborating certain elements of that culture as badges of self-consciousness. The Ring of Dancers is composed a series of studies of aspects of Faroese life, language, and folk ways. A recurrent theme is the continuing reformulation of Faroese culture since the islands' Viking settlement in the ninth century.
The Faroes are introduced as the Faroese themselves conceive them--as islands both joined and separated by the waterways around about them. The archipelago visualized in terms of such waterways as fjords, the points of the compass, "home" villages, and natural and political districts. The authors also discuss Faroese society as the Faroese conceived it around 1890, by an analysis of a folktale popular at the time about the Ashlad. Placed in its social context, the tale appears as a kind of folk editorial on changing values and changing times.
Perhaps the most important symbol of Faroese identity is the Faroese language. Although it was not made a written language until the 1840s, and was not widely written or read until the 1890s, Faroese has replaced Danish as the islands' official language. In gaining its formal register, it has come to express a modern sense of what it means to be Faroese. The most spectacular Faroese custom, the grindadrap--the slaughter of schools of pilot whales and the celebration that follows the catch--typifies the continuity of the Faroes' anciently rooted identity. The image of the dansiringur, the "ring" of dancers singing ballads of wars and loves of heroic times--lingers throughout the book. The dansiringur, the authors contend, represents the Faroese adaptation of large forms to a land of closely known neighbors and landscapes, the complex inward turnings of Faroese culture, its tortuous sense of wholeness. The book ends by recounting interviews in Torshavn, the Faroese capital, with an artist, a journalist, a politician, and others.
The Ring of Dancers vividly portrays the Faroese and makes clear why they are actively involved in preserving their culture as well as shaping it for the future.
Автор: Morris, Gay Название: Game for dancers ISBN: 0819568058 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780819568052 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 23770.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The first in-depth study of the modern dance world of the 1940s and 1950s
Автор: Adrienne Weiss Название: There Are No Solid Gold Dancers Anymore ISBN: 0889712948 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780889712942 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 27150.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This book explores the manipulative pull of self -- mythology and how it informs the telling of story -- whether by a fan worshipping her idol, or an old vaudevillian star reminiscing about a glamorous past. Intimate glances into the lives of the famous bring back points of reflection on their relation to the everyday. Poems about the cast of The Wizard of Oz present the tragedy and ambition of Hollywood life. "Some make their living never headlining", but for the exhausted star, "its like getting off a decades-long train ride, having finally arrived, somewhere, where bluebirds fly, you know? Somewhere like the end, the final surrender". The life of the stars is full of glamour, but is also contrasted with the trauma of leading such a life: "what a world, what a twisted/world this is, that, like a boxers embrace / beats us into bloody conceit". Following this thread are poems about the sometimes-similar struggles and dreams of the less fortunate, portrayed with storybook metaphor as "An aimless swirl to the centre of things where/ there are dying fathers, angry mothers, cruel sisters / the same old story". Alternating between prose, lyric, elegy and dramatic monologue, these poems question the nature of performance, blur the lines of identity, and illustrate the age-old hunger to find, amidst lifes glitter and waste, a happy ending.
Автор: Zemeckis Leslie Название: Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl ISBN: 164009265X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781640092655 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 10390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Detailed, deeply researched, and compelling." --Chicago Tribune "Zemeckis brilliantly captures an era long vanished, filled with stage mothers, slimy producers, devious cons, and classic mobsters that will fascinate fans of the showgirl era." --Library Journal Some women capture our attention like no others. Faith Bacon and Sally Rand were beautiful blondes from humble backgrounds who shot to fame behind a pair of oversize ostrich fans, but with very different outcomes. Sally Rand would go on to perform for the millions who attended the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, becoming America's sweetheart. Faith Bacon, the Marilyn Monroe of her time--once anointed the "world's most beautiful woman"--would experience the dark side of fame and slip into drug use. It was the golden age of American entertainment, and Bacon and Rand fought their way through the competitive showgirl scene of New York with grit and perseverance. They played peek-a-boo with their lives, allowing their audiences to see only slivers of themselves. A hint of a breast? A forbidden love affair? They were both towering figures, goddesses, icons. Until the world started to change. Little is known about who they really were, until now. Feuding Fan Dancers tells the story of two remarkable women during a tumultuous time in entertainment history. Leslie Zemeckis has pieced together their story and--nearly one hundred years later--both women come alive again.
Автор: Harris Charlaine, Stevens Amanda Название: Dead of Night: Dancers in the Dark\The Devil`s Footprints ISBN: 0778314766 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780778314769 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 10990.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
