[PDF] The Tango Lesson eBook

Author : Meghan Flaherty
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0544986636

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A woman’s story of learning to dance, and becoming comfortable in her own skin and in the arms of others: “Witty, incisive [and] vibrantly intelligent.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Tango was an unlikely choice for Meghan Flaherty. A young woman living with the scars of past trauma, she was terrified of being touched and shied away from real passion. But by her late twenties, she knew something had to change. So she dug up an old dream and tried on her dancing shoes. In tango, there’s a leader and a follower, and, traditionally, the woman follows. As Meghan moved from beginner classes to the late-night dance halls of New York’s vibrant tango underground, she discovered that more than any footwork, the hardest and most essential lesson of the dance was to follow with strength and agency; to find her balance, regardless of the lead. And as she broke her own rule—never mix romance and tango—she started to apply those lessons in every corner of her life. Written in wry, lyrical prose, and beautifully enriched by the vivid history and culture of the dance, Tango Lessons is a transformative story of conquering your fears, living your dreams, and enjoying the dizzying freedom found in the closest embrace. “Like Sweetbitter, this is a memoir of a young woman trying to make it in contemporary New York City. Like H Is for Hawk and Julie and Julia, it is also portrait of obsession...Flaherty is self-aware and writes beautifully.”—New York Journal of Books “Flaherty's writing contains moments of real beauty.”—Newsday

Author : Sally Potter
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 10,41 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780571191666

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A screenplay by the writer/director of Orlando. A female film-maker, struggling with the writing of her new film, gradually abandons herself to the physical world of the tango, under the tutelage of an Argentinian living and performing in Paris. They fall in love and strike a bargain.

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Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Avarice
ISBN : 1905236115

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The parrot Tico Tango had a round, yellow mango, when he saw Marina munch on a green grape bunch. And Tico Tango knew that he had to have it too, so he snatched it!

Author : Irene D. Thomas
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 1412064139

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You are invited to tango, the world's most sensual and intimate dance, through the stories and memoirs of two American tangueros. The Temptation to Tango: Journeys of Intimacy and Desire will take you where no other book on tango ever has. Short fictional pieces enter the world of tango through the dancer's eyes, heart, and skin; expository pieces provide background with lively accounts of tango's history and evolution, of personal experiences learning to tango, and of the pleasures and challenges of adding tango to our own lives. Alternating fiction and non-fiction the way we have is the only way to capture the multiple voices of tango. Ours is not a "how-to" manual or an historical treatise, but a tour of the erotic steam of crowded late night dance floors as well as the frightening challenges to body and heart. The Temptation to Tango: Journeys of Intimacy and Desire is divided into four parts: "The Lure", "The Reality", "The Challenge" and "The Reward". First, we explore tango's romantic allure, mysterious origins, and exotic dark side. The first short story is about a Catholic priest whose hidden life of tango is exposed. Next, we focus on why tango is so hard to learn; the stresses on the body and inner-world of emotion. We investigate the cultural issues around dominance and submission. Six more short stories tell tales of couples and singles who take-on the tango with very different goals and results. Even after mastery of the dance, challenges abound: the tango scene and how to fit into it, the intimacy factor and how far to take it, and the impact on established relationships. What one can get from persevering along the arduous tango trail is sensual and emotional fulfillment, rewards frequently lacking in our society.

Author : Kathy Davis
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 37,49 MB
Release : 2015-01-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0814760716

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Argentinean tango is a global phenomenon. Through interviews and ethnographical research in Amsterdam and Buenos Aires, Kathy Davis shows why a dance from another era and another place appeals to men and women from different parts of the world and how they become caught up in the tango salon culture.

Author : Justin Richardson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1481460951

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The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.

Author : Andrea Shepherd
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,18 MB
Release : 2021-06-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781777697501

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Andrea discovered Argentine tango in her 20s. Over the next decades it gradually changed - and in many ways became - her life. Just about everything in tango is a microcosm of life at large, and just about everything learned on the dance floor is a life lesson as well. This book is a collection of some of the most interesting and valuable things this passionate and complex dance has taught Andrea over the years she has been practising and teaching it.

Author : Kate Swindlehurst
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 38,46 MB
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1783528044

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Every hour in the UK, two people are told they have Parkinson’s disease. For Kate Swindlehurst, the diagnosis was a turning point: refusing to be defined by her condition, she chose instead a radically different path. This is the story of an extraordinary year. It begins with a single tango lesson but grows into an exploration of the dance itself, its history, its music and its incredible healing potential. It is a year in which Kate explored and documented ‘the tango effect’ – the emotional and social benefits of dance on Parkinson’s symptoms. Her personal account echoes what science is beginning to tell us about the powerful and transformative impact of Argentine tango. Intimate and unflinching, The Tango Effect challenges our perceptions of living with a chronic condition. Above all, it takes an honest look at the dark side of the illness while celebrating moments of joy, interconnectedness, acceptance and liberation.