Dancing in Small Spaces
Title | Dancing in Small Spaces PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie A. Davidson |
Publisher | Brindle & Glass |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2022-10-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1990071090 |
An unstintingly honest and surprisingly humorous memoir that charts a couple’s parallel diagnoses of Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia. In 2011, Leslie Davidson and her husband Lincoln Ford were enjoying retired life to the fullest as ardent outdoor enthusiasts, energetic travellers, and soon-to-be grandparents. But when Lincoln’s confusion became a concern and Leslie began to experience a hesitant leg and uncontrollable tremors in one arm, a devastating double diagnosis completely changed their life. In this personal and unstintingly honest memoir, Leslie recounts the years that follow the diagnoses—her Parkinson’s and Lincoln’s Lewy body dementia—charting physical changes, mastering medications (and sometimes flubbing it), the logistical puzzles of caregiving, and the steady support of their close-knit community in the small town of Grand Forks in south central British Columbia. She describes her struggle to maintain perspective while questioning what having perspective even means, and the work of being an advocate while needing an advocate. And she explains how, amid all the challenges and tears, shared laughter remained all-important to their survival, especially in times when Lincoln saw her as an imposter. She shares powerful lessons in love, courage, and grace from the man who had always led the way and who, despite the ravages of his illness, in many ways, still did. At once poignant and unflinchingly frank Dancing in Small Spaces is the story of a long and adventurous marriage, of deep gratitude, and, ultimately, of writing one’s way toward understanding and acceptance.
The Sun is a Shine
Title | The Sun is a Shine PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie A. Davidson |
Publisher | Orca Book Publishers |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2021-04-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1459826280 |
Magical illustrations enhance evocative text in a delightful blend of cultural diversity, geography, science, rich language and gratitude. A gentle and poetic board book about weather systems across the world. Young readers will enjoy meeting children from around the globe and experiencing the phenomena of the sky as each child thanks Mother Earth for bringing the sun, wind, rain, snow, lightning and thunder to them. The sun is a shine, that wakens the day, sparkles the dew, makes everything new. Miigwetch, merci, golden Sun. Thank you, thank you, shining one.
Merce Cunningham
Title | Merce Cunningham PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Anderson |
Publisher | Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1998-08-21 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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This text gathers writings by and about the choreographer, Merce Cunningham, tracing his career from 1944-1992. For nearly 60 years he challenged and provoked audiences by stripping theatrical dance of its traditional narrative.
Dancing in the Shadows of the Moon
Title | Dancing in the Shadows of the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Machaelle Small Wright |
Publisher | Perelandra, Limited |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Occultists |
ISBN | 9780927978200 |
In her first books, Behaving as if the God in All Life Mattered, Machaelle Small Wright wrote: "If we allowed all the knowledge from our soul level to fully flow and be totally accessible to our conscious self ... before we disciplined ourselves on how to respond to such as flow on the physical level, we would shatter. Blindly expressing limitless through limitation would be more pressure than our body could bear." In Behaving, Machaelle scratched the surface on a whole new reality. Now, in Dancing, she opens the door and invites us in. Out to discredit the "Ozzie and Harriet" School of Spirituality, Machaelle gives us extensive groundwork, supported by an actual account of her own expansion experience. She tells of her introduction to the White Brotherhood - that evolved group of souls who assist humans in their evolutionary development - in a story told through journal entries for those early years of her nature work. Reading Dancing, you feel like a bird on Machaelle's shoulder ... watching the expansion unfold.
Jose! Born to Dance
Title | Jose! Born to Dance PDF eBook |
Author | Susanna Reich |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2005-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0689865767 |
José was a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908, he came into the world kicking like a steer, and grew up to love to draw, play the piano, and dream. José's dreaming took him to faraway places. He dreamed of bullfighters and the sounds of the cancan dancers that he saw with his father. Dance lit a fire in José's soul. With his heart to guide him, José left his family and went to New York to dance. He learned to flow and float and fly through space with steps like a Mexican breeze. When José danced, his spirit soared. From New York to lands afar, José Limón became known as the man who gave the world his own kind of dance. ¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ! Susanna Reich's lyrical text and Raúl Colón's shimmering artwork tell the story of a boy who was determined to make a difference in the world, and did. José! Born to Dance will inspire picture book readers to follow their hearts and live their dreams.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey Allen |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2002-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 144065011X |
Ballroom dancing is back! And now anyone can move like a pro. DVD included! In addition to the step-by-step photos, footwork illustrations, and instruction covering all the common ballroom dances, this new edition of the bestselling Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Ballroom Dancing includes a 90-minute instructional DVD featuring award-winning dancer and dance instructor Jeff Allen. It corresponds with the text seamlessly, giving readers the next best thing to one-on-one instruction, at a fraction of the cost. • The #1 selling ballroom dancing book • Includes a fantastic, new instructional DVD and hundreds of illustrations and instructions • Allen is a renowned, award-winning ballroom-dance teacher
Dancing with an Alien
Title | Dancing with an Alien PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Logue |
Publisher | HarperTeen |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2002-02-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780064472098 |
When Tonia meets Branko, an alien who was sent to earth to bring a female back to his planet, her life is forever changed as their unusual relationship develops over one magical summer. Reprint.