The Fluid Nature of Being is a collection of writings by practitioners of Integrative Bodywork & Movement Therapy (IBMT), an approach to somatic movement education and therapy. The cultivation of consciously embodied movement is at the heart of somatic movement practice. Through embodiment practices, soma - the subjectively experienced sense of embodied self - becomes a vital, living reality and a foundation through which healthy relationship to others, to Nature, and to life as a whole can be n...
New York City Ballet Workout is a revolutionary fitness program that will help you begin to develop lean abs, firm buttocks, a contoured waist, sculpted legs, slim thighs, strong arms, perfect posture, flexbility you never thought possible--and grace and poice of a dancer. More than three hundred stunning step-by-step and other photographs throughout make this the most beautiful and easy-to-use exercise book ever created.This elegant book is unlike any exercise book ever published. Graced with m...
In this outstanding text, Georgette Schneer, former director of the Harlem Dance and Theatre Company, shares the knowledge she has gained in more than four decades of teaching dance. Future dance educators will learn about the many benefits of movement improvisation, the principles involved in teaching it, and the techniques used to stimulate it. Schneer uses non-technical language to describe how to conduct a creative movement class. She provides practical insights into creating an atmosphere o...
Effectiveness of Zumba Fitness Training on Functional Fitness
by Bidya Roy
Dancing for Their Lives (Global Perspectives on Aging)
by Claudia Huang
Dancing for Their Lives explores the vibrant world of retired Chinese women known as "dancing grannies” who seek fulfillment and companionship amidst societal upheaval. These women, part of China’s “lost generation,” gather in parks and public squares to reclaim their lives through dance in the wake of Chinese economic and cultural transformations. The book challenges prevailing narratives of aging societies, portraying old age as a site of social innovation rather than decline. Based on ethnogr...
In Forwardness, award-winning dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp explores the variety of steps anyone can take to forestall the aging process, and more important, to convince one's own mind that it is truly only as old as it feels. Drawing on a variety of physical techniques, mental acuity exercises and spiritual tricks of the psyche, Forwardness will prove to be as innovative and novel as its creator.
Using the revolutionary Flowmotion system of displaying movement on the page, this step-by-step guide to ballroom dancing will have you sailing around the floor with grace and poise. If you can walk - you can dance. And this fully illustrated guide will show you how. Covering the four most popular ballroom dances, the Social Foxtrot, Waltz, Quickstep and Slow Foxtrot, Flowmotion Ballroom Dancing will get you on the floor with confidence and a touch of Flowmotion magic. The perfect guide to help...
The Art of Hula Dancing (Running Press miniature editions)
by Suzanne Aumack
Inspiring thoughts of a beautiful Hawaiian beach, the graceful, sensuous hula is a dance that helps trim the waistline, strengthen the back, and improve strength, flexibility, and balance. Its growing in popularity, too, with hula schools opening around the country. This enjoyable book-plus provides everything for a hula workout including the music: a fun, informative book with history and instructions for classic Hawaiian dance steps, a neck lei, 2 wrist leis, a CD with hula tunes, and ili il...