Midnight at the Crossroads (eBook)

Has belly dance sold its soul?

Alia Thabit (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
236 Seiten
Alia Thabit (Verlag)
978-0-9971888-1-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Belly dance and its music arise from an Eastern ethos of feeling, improvisation, and joy. However, its hard for Western dancers to discover these principles--and even harder to embody them, steeped as we are in an aesthetic of appearance, choreography, and perfectionism.All arts grow and change, thats part of their nature. But in this case, there are surprising advantages to embracing the Eastern way, including brain health, trauma healing, and a connection to the Divine.Join Alia Thabit, an Arab-American dancer with forty-five years of experience, as she reveals the secret soul of the dance--and how to make it your own. Find resources and learn more at BellyDanceSoul.com

Inhalt

PART I THE FEELING IN THE MOMENT

What is Belly Dance?
Music Made Visible
The “Mysterious” East
Culture Clash


PART II SAME BUT DIFFERENT


The Tyranny of the Visual
The Flaming Jekyll-Hyde of Belly Dance
Through the Door
SEX


PART III BRING THE JOY


Improvisation—the Belly Dance Bête Noire
Mind
Body: The Lock
Body: The Key
Soul
Midnight at the Crossroads


PART IV APPENDIX: HOW-TO


Practice: the door to healing, soul, and joy


 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.11.2017
• Illustrationen: Alia Thabit
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: Belly Dance • Improvisation • Middle East
• ISBN-10: 0-9971888-1-2 / 0997188812
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9971888-1-3 / 9780997188813