Julie Beard's debut, Lady and the Wolf, was a runaway hit, a stunning medieval romance that became a national bestseller. Now she returns with the fiery tale of a vengeful Lady, who vows to seduce a Master of Seduction.

Holly and Heather share their story and help to walk the reader through the painful yet necessary healing process for when life deals us its harshest blows. Dancing on my ashes soothes and empathizes with the broken heart, while sharing the truth of scripture, and the hope that comes from the heart of God.

From victory dances to healing and wall breaking dances, you will discover how exciting and enjoyable biblical dance is, and how it can be part of your Christian life. This book also provides practical steps to building a dance ministry, It focuses on dancers, worship leaders, and church leaders revealing ways all three groups can work together in unity for a greater release of personal and corporate creativity. Be open to what God may want to do creatively through you. Allow yourself to be used in any way that God chooses. Dance as the Spirit Moves.

Crammed with information The only book you will ever need for your dance production classes, and planning your recitals and performances-all in an easy-to-follow format. This how-to book lays out the sequence of recital and performance planning for dance and theater departments, dance studios, and professional and amateur dance companies. From establishing a mission statement and auditions to performing and touring-all the technical aspects of theater are thoroughly explained: music lighting, programming, technical theater, box office management, booking, costuming, makeup, marketing, fundraising, Photographs, drawings, charts and examples, plus a myriad of Helpful Hints. Book jacket.

Two veteran business consultants show business people how to manage the personal side of partnerships and choreograph the results they want. Successful partnering, the authors argue, is like dancing--easily learned in six simple steps. Illustrations.

In January 1969, just months before the Stonewall Riots, Ted Shawn (1891-1972) wanted to tell a story about how his life, writings, and dances contributed to the rapidly evolving gay liberation movement around him. Shawn died before he was able to put forth a candid account about how he, the "Father of American Dance," was homosexual, but he scrupulously archived his correspondence, diaries, photographs, and motion pictures of his dances, anticipating that the full significance of his choreography would reveal itself in time. Ted Shawn: His Life, Writings, and Dances tells that story.

A collaboration between well-established and rising scholars, Futures of Dance Studies suggests multiple directions for new research in the field. Essays address dance in a wider range of contexts—onstage, on screen, in the studio, and on the street—and deploy methods from diverse disciplines. Engaging African American and African diasporic studies, Latinx and Latin American studies, gender and sexuality studies, and Asian American and Asian studies, this anthology demonstrates the relevance of dance analysis to adjacent fields.

Tap Dancing - Rhythm in their Feet is a practical guide to this fascinating form of dance. The author first gives some insight into the history of tap and the influence of some of the great 'foot percussion artists' before going on to explore the principles of rhythm and timing, the tempo of tap music, techniques, style and choreography. Topics include: · History and development of tap dancing · Floors, shoes and costume · Music, rhythm and choreography · Traditional steps and time steps · Planning classes and exercises · Sequences and routines · Improvisation and developing individual style AUTHOR: Heather Rees started dancing at the age of three. She trained in classical ballet with Marguerite Thomas in Penarth and learned 'American' tap with Gertrude Beaton. In her late teens she was introduced to the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, for whom she eventually became an examiner. She teaches both in the UK and overseas, and continues to attend Master Classes. 156 b/w photo

Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by a mysterious and handsome young master who keeps the girls ensconced in the estate. But when flashes of memories of a life very different from the one she thinks she's been leading start to appear, Penny begins to question the world around her. With a kind and attractive kitchen boy, Cricket, at her side, Penny vows to escape the confines of her school and the strict rules she has to follow. But at every turn, the Master finds a way to stop her, and Penny must find a way to escape the school and uncover the secrets of her past before it's too late.

The story of Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995.