Author : Alison Love
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 16,26 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101904518
Originally published: London: Quartet Books, 2014.
Author : Alison Love
Publisher : Crown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101904526
The epic love story of an Italian singer and a British dancer, set against the backdrop of war-torn England Antonio and Olivia meet only for a brief moment, but the electricity between them is breathtaking. He is a struggling Italian singer; she is a captivating dance hostess at London’s seedy Paradise Ballroom. Months later, as World War II dawns, they unexpectedly meet again. Olivia’s fortunes have changed, and she is now the wife of Antonio’s wealthy new patron. She fears Antonio will betray the secrets of her past, but little by little they are drawn together, outsiders in a glittering, rarefied world of tradition and class to which neither of them truly belongs. At last, with the threat of an unimaginable conflict looming across Europe, the attraction between them becomes impossible to resist—but when Italy declares war on England, the political and emotional impact threatens to separate them forever. Heart-wrenching and compulsively readable, The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom is a dazzling story of forbidden love and family loyalties set amid history’s most devastating war.
Author : Randy McBee
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 2000-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0814756204
At immigrant picnics, social clubs, and urban dance halls, Randy McBee discovers distinct and highly contested gender lines, proving that the battle between the ages was also one between the sexes."--BOOK JACKET.
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Page : 684 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 1928
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Author : Lynn Abrams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134902557
Workers Culture in Imperial Germany represents the first alternative approach to the study of workers' culture in Imperial Germany. It is also the first comprehensive historical analysis of the emergence of Germany's modern leisure industry. The central concern of the book is the emergence of a distinct workers' culture which provided a disparate and heterogeneous working class with a focus of identity in an alien and hostile society. Lynn Abrams focuses on the leisure activities enjoyed by workers in the major cities of Bochum and Dusseldorf. She provides a comprehensive coverage of a whole range of popular amusements and recreations on offer including festivals, pubs, Tingel-Tangels, dance halls, clubs and cinema. The book is also a major contribution to the social history of working-class life in the nineteenth century, contributing to the debate over the role of a working class culture in Imperial Germany.
Author : Vera Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Ballroom dancing
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 1979-06-25
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Author : Julie Malnig
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 1995-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0814755283
Malnig examines exhibition ballroom dance as both a theatrical genre and a cultural and social phenomenon, promoting new cultural standards, including the emancipation of women and a new casualness and spontaneity between the sexes. A lively and thorough account of a dance form that has found renewed popularity in recent years.
Author : Sharon Savoy
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0813040833
Dreams are made and broken every year in the dazzling Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England. Fierce competition, brutal politics, and stunning artistry are all on the program at the world's most prestigious competition, known to ballroom dance enthusiasts simply as "Blackpool." Sharon Savoy's lifelong love affair with dance manifested itself early on. At the tender age of 16 she left home to train under George Balanchine at the School of American Ballet in New York. An accomplished ballerina, her desire to dance more expressively and with a partner led her on the path that culminated on the competition ballroom circuit. There, her passion and artistry led her to become a four-time champion in exhibition style. But, as with all obsessions, her success came with a cost. In this spellbinding book, Savoy offers a backstage pass to a world where rhinestones and high heels accompany explosive athleticism and staggering talent. With emotionally absorbing and energy-packed prose, she provides an insider's close-up view of all the players who compose this glamorous world that is part dance, part sport, and part art.
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Page : 80 pages
File Size : 30,99 MB
Release : 1944-03-04
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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
