Dancing Spirit

Dancing Spirit
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Publisher : Doubleday Books
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015032739214
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Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Dancing Spirit by : Judith Jamison

The candid and provocative autobiography of the first black superstar of American dance. Voices of those who have known and worked with her through the years are interwoven with Jamison's own to make Dancing Spirit a vivid portrait of a life lived without a moment's waste. 45 photos.

Dancing Spirits

Dancing Spirits
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9780595405169
ISBN-13 : 0595405169
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Dancing Spirits by : Iris Laine M. Div.

Dancing Spirits brings together our spiritual beliefs accepted by faith and shows how the latest Quantum Physics research unites our faith with fact. It makes subatomic research understandable even to the scientific novice and shows how science now reveals in the laboratory what the religions of the world have asked us to accept by faith since before recorded history. In doing so, Dancing Spirits enhances and reinforces our spiritual faith and guides us in making contact with the everlasting Spirit within us. It encourages and helps our own inner Spirit, which is truly our invisible Soul, to literally dance in hope and joy now and look forward without fear or doubt to the heaven hereafter with those we've loved and lost.

Dancing Spirit, Love, and War

Dancing Spirit, Love, and War
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Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780299322007
ISBN-13 : 0299322009
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Dancing Spirit, Love, and War by : Evadne Kelly

Meke, a traditional rhythmic dance accompanied by singing, signifies an important piece of identity for Fijians. Despite its complicated history of colonialism, racism, censorship, and religious conflict, meke remained a vital part of artistic expression and culture. Evadne Kelly performs close readings of the dance in relation to an evolving landscape, following the postcolonial reclamation that provided dancers with political agency and a strong sense of community that connected and fractured Fijians worldwide. Through extensive archival and ethnographic fieldwork in both Fiji and Canada, Kelly offers key insights into an underrepresented dance form, region, and culture. Her perceptive analysis of meke will be of interest in dance studies, postcolonial and Indigenous studies, anthropology and performance ethnography, and Pacific Island studies.

Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...

Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B2988726
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Catalogue of Copyright Entries ... by : Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem

Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 1729
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ISBN-10 : 9780520945180
ISBN-13 : 0520945182
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem by : Brent Douglas Galloway

An extensive dictionary (almost 1800 pages) of the Upriver dialects of Halkomelem, an Amerindian language of B.C.,giving information from almost 80 speakers gathered by the author over a period of 40 years. Entries include names and dates of citation, dialect information, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic information, domain memberships of each alloseme, examples of use in sentences, and much cultural information.

Embody

Embody
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9780757325014
ISBN-13 : 0757325017
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Embody by : Toni Bergins, M.Ed.

A new paradigm for embodied healing in a unique, experiential, therapeutic process in which expressive movement, guided imagery, ritual, music, and creative expression work together. In Embody, Toni Bergins, the founder and creator of JourneyDance, an internationally renowned dance movement program, shares with readers a powerful way to address trauma mindfully so people can confront it, heal, and grow to love themselves unconditionally, just as they are. Embody is a dynamic, conscious practice that can help people release what no longer serves them and shows them how to stop stuffing/numbing the pain and start feeling, stop over-thinking/limiting, and get moving! Embodiment is the new buzzword in personal transformation, but, most often, it is connected to static practices like breathwork and meditation. For Toni Bergins, embodiment is best achieved through active movement, and has created a practice where people literally get out of their heads and into their bodies! Her program is a trauma-informed one that offers a new promise: leading readers through deep, personal work but making it feel like play. In this book, she turns the heaviness of processing pain and past trauma into an expressive art aligned with the most recent research. Specifically, trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, writes in his bestselling The Body Keeps the Score, “In order to overcome trauma, people need to feel safe enough to open up their hearts and minds to others and become engaged with new possibilities. This can be done if trauma survivors are helped to confront and confess the reality of what has happened and are helped to feel safe again. In many cultures this involves communal rhythmical activities, such as dancing…” And that is Toni Bergins’ mission and method: to help readers move into a new story for their lives. Embody features Toni’s prescription for a comprehensive healing journey, comprised of five core elements: · Music, to open the doorways of impulse, imagination, creativity and healing to change mood and awareness; · Movement, to enhance presence and confidence, and release old patterns and traumas; · Mystical Inquiry, where imagery and creative visualization exercises are used to guide readers into an alchemic and shamanic state to investigate past hurts, and learn to trust their instincts; · Prayers and Invocations, to raise energetic vibrations to a positive place with powerful affirmations; and · Journaling, with writing prompts to process inner self-awareness learned on the dance floor or through any of the other Embody elements.

Performance: Visual art and performance art

Performance: Visual art and performance art
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 0415255139
ISBN-13 : 9780415255134
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Performance: Visual art and performance art by : Philip Auslander

This collection reflects not only the multidisciplinary nature of current thinking about performance, but also the complex and contested nature of the concept itself.

Thinking Outside the Church

Thinking Outside the Church
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Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0740742043
ISBN-13 : 9780740742040
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Thinking Outside the Church by : Jennifer Leigh Selig

"... Points you toward the potential and power present in diverse pathways that may not traditionally be seen as religious or spiritual, from art, nature, and dreams to dancing, traveling, and parenting"--Jacket.

Signs of the Spirit

Signs of the Spirit
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-10 : 9780252052132
ISBN-13 : 0252052137
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Signs of the Spirit by : Tony Perman

In 2005, Tony Perman attended a ceremony alongside the living and the dead. His visit to a Zimbabwe farm brought him into contact with the madhlozi, outsider spirits that Ndau people rely upon for guidance, protection, and their collective prosperity. Perman's encounters with the spirits, the mediums who bring them back, and the accompanying rituals form the heart of his ethnographic account of how the Ndau experience ceremonial musicking. As Perman witnessed other ceremonies, he discovered that music and dancing shape the emotional lives of Ndau individuals by inviting them to experience life's milestones or cope with its misfortunes as a group. Signs of the Spirit explores the historical, spiritual, and social roots of ceremonial action and details how that action influences the Ndau's collective approach to their future. The result is a vivid ethnomusicological journey that delves into the immediacy of musical experience and the forces that transform ceremonial performance into emotions and community.

A Conquering Spirit

A Conquering Spirit
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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780817355739
ISBN-13 : 0817355731
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis A Conquering Spirit by : Gregory A. Waselkov

The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims left hundreds dead and ultimately changed the course of American history. The Indian victory shocked and horrified a young America, ushering in a period of violence surrounded by racial and social confusion. Fort Mims became a rallying cry, calling Americans to fight their assailants and avenge the dead. In A Conquering Spirit, Waselkov thoroughly explicates the social climes surrounding this tumultuous moment in early American history with a comprehensive collection of illustrations, artifact photographs, and detailed accounts of every known participant in the attack on Fort Mims. These rich and extensive resources make A Conquering Spirit an invaluable collection for any reader interested in America's frontier era. * Winner of the Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award by the Alabama Library Association* Winner of the Clinton Jackson Coley award from the Alabama Historical Association