Power to the Dancers! Self-Actualization for Women Through Dance, With Workshops for Teachers and Others - Softcover

Kalinin, Beverly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0943920442 ISBN 13: 9780943920443

Publisher: Metamorphous Pr, 1989

Synopsis

Power to the Dancers! is about the relationship between personal growth and dancing. Infinitely more than an exercise book, Power to the Dancers! adds dimensions to fitness by addressing the whole person. Personal in nature, universal in appeal, the book is a chronological series of essays, poems, anecdotes, dreams, and observations on teaching dance, as well as detailed workshops on Improvisational Rock Dancing, Creative Dance, and Dance Yoga-Cize. The mood of this book is inspirational as well as instructive.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Author and teacher Beverly Kalinin shows how she discovered dancing to be the guide on her life journey and encourages others to make the same discovery. "The obvious connection between personal growth and dancing commands attention," says Ms. Kalinin, as she urges people to recognize and use dance movement as the powerful tool it is for raising self esteem.

From the Author:

The "power" in the title refers to self power, confidence, and self-esteem. We are all dancers, though some of us have suppressed our dancing selves, and when we become in touch with dance movement again, we grow personally; we become self empowered. And we must remember there is no such thing as not being able to dance. People must forget their feet and know that dancing, like good self-esteem, comes from within. Dance steps are unnecessary. If one's dance feels right, it is right. Likewise, if one truly feels confident in the world, one will, indeed, be so. The Workshops in Power to the Dancers! are enablers designed to bring out qualities and abilities that lie dormant in each of us. In my classes I feel like the Wizard of Oz, bestowing upon my students not a heart, a brain, or courage, but good self-esteem. "But you always had it and didn't know it," I tell them as we go through the lessons. This book is for everyone who loves dance and for anyone! who is striving to increase his/her sense of personal worth in the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Metamorphous Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0943920442
• ISBN 13: 9780943920443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192