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The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: Taking on Yellowface in Classic Choreography at the 92nd Street Y with Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin
Mark Twain once said, “The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.” Although Twain probably didn’t see much ballet in his lifetime, his words aptly describe an art form that is almost slavish in its devotion to a vaunted past. How else to explain the racist clichés that parade across stages around the world well into the 21st century?Phil Chan and Georgina
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"We picked this book for my book club on a library book club recommendation. It reads fine as a stand alone, and I didn't really feel that I missed anything without the first two books. That being said, I didn't love the story, but I adored the dialog"
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| Congratulations to W. David Marx, who took an extremely interesting subject—the intersection that manifests between culture and status—and spun that gold into straw. This may be the world’s most boring term paper masquerading as a substantive book. H ...more | |
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| What a wonderful, easy-to-read, low-stress, low-stakes manual to becoming an artist. Not all the lessons may appeal to you and some of them definitely won’t reveal any great but latent artistic talent, but still, they can lead you deeper into creativ ...more | |
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| What a wonderful, easy-to-read, low-stress, low-stakes manual to becoming an artist. Not all the lessons may appeal to you and some of them definitely won’t reveal any great but latent artistic talent, but still, they can lead you deeper into creativ ...more | |
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz:
"Though not as compelling a read as "Devil in the White City", I still was drawn into the story and I felt I learned so much!
In the US, it seems, we have a vague understanding of the leading up to WWII. We are aware that stuff happened, but most of ou" Read more of this review » |
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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between:
"Outstanding read. Somehow Flyvbjerg crafted a book that makes program management entertaining, informative and thought-provoking. The most important concept introduced in How Big Things Get Done is "Strategic Misinformation"; the words you choose to "
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"I had a lot of fun reading this book. It was coming of age, it was teenage outcasts, it was the little team that could with a touch of playing with witchcraft! It was fun and heartfelt, and the characters were great.
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Joseph Burgo’s “The Narcissist You Know” came highly recommended, and after reading, I see why. It literally explains the behavior of people who’ve acted like villains to you or society for no discernible reason. I learned about them, but I also lear ...more |
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| John Williams' "Stoner" wasn't the groovy, drug-fueled '60s romp I was hoping for when a book club member recommended it. Instead, it is a thoughtful yet uneven account of the quiet life of an English professor. Think Copland's "Fanfare for the Commo ...more | |
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“Honesty was a thing that could never be a thing. In a blaze of hubris and misplaced enthusiasm, we kowtowed to it, thinking it would make us better people, but conveniently forgetting that an abstraction was incompatible with the specificity of a human’s needs and wants.”
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“Honesty was a thing that could never be a thing. In a blaze of hubris and misplaced enthusiasm, we kowtowed to it, thinking it would make us better people, but conveniently forgetting that an abstraction was incompatible with the specificity of a human’s needs and wants.”
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“Ballroom dancing was inherently social, but steps replaced words and beats ironed out pauses. The shy, the awkward, and the weird found a home where good rhythm or a barn of a memory vanquished their shyness, awkwardness, and weirdness. Some got good while others stayed middling. Everyone, though, had fun.”
― The Winner: A Ballroom Dance Novel
― The Winner: A Ballroom Dance Novel
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