Sentences with phrase «as a dancer from»

Having made it to the highest ranks of ballet as a dancer from an unlikely background (she once lived in a motel with her mother and siblings), she has been an inspiration to girls everywhere.

Not exact matches

Christina has traveled all over the world as a professional dancer, while Sean has done everything from performing full time at Disney World to headlining as a singer aboard Royal Caribbean cruises.

As a dancer, I know that one needs to take regular breaks from training.

The idea for the product came from her background as a New York City Ballet dancer.

Accompanied by a troupe of dancers with gongs, drums, and banners, and by Australian aborigines in paint and loincloths, she invoked ancestor spirits and indicated that the best «image of the Holy Spirit comes from the image of Kwan In... [who] is venerated as Goddess of compassion and wisdom in East Asian women's popular religion.»

On the other hand, critics of play such as Northrop Frye have recognized that «the quality that Italian critics called Sprezzatura and that Hoby's translation of Castiglione calls «recklessness,» the sense of buoyancy or release [is] that [which] accompanies perfect discipline, when we can no longer know the dancer from the dance» (Anatomy of Criticism [Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957], pp. 93 - 94).

Such information as the fact that dancer P forgets his right from his left occasionally will be prehended, at a subconscious level most likely, by his corner dancer Q.

Viewers of the dance also are related to it as the visual patterns become part of their memory from observation and as the costumes and personalities of the dancers are experienced in the initiating of varying new patterns of pleasurable or unpleasurable response.

This is a dream far different from the one Sargenti and Zaleta first had as dancers» the dream of the kind of life thirty - five - year - old Maria Phegan has led.

As with journalism schools, the training programs that take young dancers from school assemblies to concert halls are the last to react.

In 1958, Sweden welcomed the world with traditional folk dancers; in 2006, as if to prove how far the continent had developed in the intervening years, Germany deployed a platoon of dudes in knee - socks and waistcoats, then some women dressed as eggs, and then a gaggle of breakdancers dressed tastefully in the latest threads from adidas, Official Head - Spinning Partner of the FIFA World Cup.

Kashton, Inbal PARENTING FROM YOUR HEART Puddle Dancer Press, 2003 For those who live their parenting responsibilities as a call for inner growth and social transformation, this booklet offers a unique perspective based upon the renowned book by Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication.

Part of the explanation arises from Balls» leap from an elected politician who some voters and journalists viewed with disdain to an awkward dancer who voters and journalists now hail as an adorable celebrity.

Dancer served as the Mayor of Plumsted from 1990 to 2011.

The 15 - block route was spotted with floats, costumed characters and dancers as music raged from speaker - laden trucks.

Also participating were the Green Party and its gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins, delegations from several colleges, environmental groups such as the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council, indigenous dancers in traditional garb and headgear, a number of out - of - state liberal organizations, activists from several foreign nations and a large complement of radical socialist and communist parties — all marching to the usual protest accompaniment of acoustic guitars, drums, horns and whistles.

Today the group boasts five companies of dancers, many from low - income families, who work with world - renowned choreographers such as Larry Keigwin and Kyle Abraham.

«Our aim was to find out the long - term impact of the cortical changes that occur as one goes from learning a motor sequence to becoming an expert at it,» says coauthor Rachel Bar, who was a ballet dancer herself.

Clayton borrowed elements from tango and then added some moves based on avian sexual selection; as reference, she showed the Rambert dancers video of the mating ritual of birds of paradise.

From professional ballet and jazz dancer as well as child actress on Broadway to registered nurse, homemaker & mom, Jan's pursuit of health & fitness for herself & the rest of the world seems to be her calling.

Maria Luisa's teaching style draws both from the different yoga methodologies she has studied and also from her background as a modern dancer.

As a passionate dancer, kitesurfer and skier, yoga became an essential part of her life; giving her strength during difficult times, confidence to fulfill her potential and helping her to recover from injuries.

Athletes and dancers love it, as do seniors, women rebounding from pregnancy, and people who at various stages of physical rehabilitation.

I also love Clara, or Marie, from the Nutcracker, especially since I used to play that role many years ago as a dancer.

I loved hearing about how they switched careers from professional dancers to fitness entrepreneurs in this interview, as well as their tips for keeping on track with your exercise routine and their advice on creating a successful business with your best friend.

This was such a fun event with a yummy brunch, lively dancers, cool fashion shows with themes from the 60s to the 2000s, standup comedy, and even a former Real Housewives of Atlanta (She is from Detroit), Kenya Moore as the co-host.

Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.

Besides the occasional side glance from a judgmental stranger who I'd categorize as «boring», the one peril of being a festival dancer is that my feet always hurt by the end of the event.

i am 5» 7 and i am 39 i love cook breafeast in bed and have a candlelight dinner at beach as we lay by the fireplace i use to be a male dancer og to the movie i just move from minnesota now all i am looking for a good wife and some kids and buy us a house and...

This impressively accessible take on some very difficult issues benefits from the measured but relatable performances from Lily Collins and Alex Sharp, with the latter playing a young British dancer who is also a «rexie» and who becomes the lead's confidant and maybe more, and an avuncular turn from Keanu Reeves as the youngsters» doctor.

She also toured with the vaudeville burlesque show Able's Baggy Pants Burlesque and the Mercer Brothers» show Giggles Galore as a dancer as well as a comedy - skit performer.Smith also received a degree in elementary education from the University of Missouri and has worked extensively in the casting industry.

Adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by former CIA operative Jason Matthews, Sparrow casts Lawrence as Dominika Egorova, an accomplished Russian ballet dancer who suffers a painful, career - derailing injury in her introductory scene.

Oscar ® winner Jennifer Lawrence (no relation to the director) runs the gamut from dancer to seductress to harsh Russian spy in her part as Dominka Egorova.

The attention and acclaim she gained from her stint on In Living Color parlayed her into the spotlight as one of Madonna's featured dancers in her Girlie Show World Tour, inCarrie Ann Inaba is currently appearing on Dance Fever (ABC Family) as a preliminary judge and backstage correspondant / coach to the contestants while choreographing the hit reality series «American Juniors» (FOX) produced by the same team who produced the world wide sensation, «American Idol».

Keener is a guilty pleasure as a walking cheese - grater with an abrasive wit that's just as sharp commenting on the etiquette of terrorists or saving a diplomat from a lap dancer.

The covers album from the singer - songwriter features such 1980 - 90s songs as George Clinton's «Atomic Dog 2017,» Janet Jackson's «Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun),» Prince's «Sometimes It Snows in April,» Sade's «Smooth Operator,» Tina Turner's «Private Dancer,» and «TLC's «Waterfalls.»

The screenplay from Reid Carolin is based on star Channing Tatum's early life as an exotic dancer.

Jessica Chastain is wonderfully sublime as a relocated Chicago club dancer seeking solace from city life.

Directed by Tony Leondis from a screenplay he co-wrote with Eric Siegel, along with Mike White, The Emoji Movie stars T.J. Miller as an unfiltered and energetic emoji named Gene, with Maya Rudolph as Smiler, James Corden as Hi - 5, Ilana Glazer as the code - breaking emoji Jailbreak, Sofia Vergara as Flamenco Dancer, Steven Wright as Gene's Dad Mel Meh, Jennifer Coolidge as Gene's Mom Mary Meh, Jake T. Austin as Alex, and Patrick Stewart as Poop, of course.

Now Rosefeldt is releasing his project as a single 90 - minute feature, described on his website as «a series of striking monologues -LSB-...] created by editing and reassembling a collage of artists» manifestos, from declarations penned by the Futurists, Dadaists and Situationists, to the musings of individual artists, architects, dancers and filmmakers such as Sol LeWitt, Yvonne Rainer and Jim Jarmusch.»

On the other hand, its bouts of lurid violence and voyeuristic sex feel as if they've been dragged in from somewhere trashier, like the Taken films or something with Sylvester Stallone in it.Jennifer plays Dominika Egorova, formerly a star dancer at Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet who is forced to quit after a bone - crunching onstage collision.

It obviously doesn't reveal much more about what to expect from the film, apart from Johnson's status as a dancer in the plot.

As Johnson's Susie Bannion twists and turns, she physically kills this other dancer, bone protruding, yellow liquid gushing from her mouth.

There are also some horribly fruity and distracting supporting performances, especially from a shrill Amber Heard as a dancer and a caricatured Adrian Schiller as an art dealer.

To me, Nina, seemed so fragile from the start of the film that it was difficult to see her succeeding as a dancer.»

However, the ones that are here are woefully uninspired; the usually awesome composing team of Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy, who have reliably turned in some superlative work in even the most mediocre of films, seem to have given Carroll leftovers from their scrap bin for him to mangle in his ho - hum picturizations, robotically performed by Larter and Khan, who has never been anything better than an adequate dancer on his best days, making his casting as some brilliant choreographer even more head - scratching (where is Hrithik Roshan where you need him?).

As the music intensifies, the dancers rise from their seats with almost violent choreography, with one of them falling to the floor with a jarring thud each time it's her turn to join the sequence.

On the documentary front, there is as ever simply too much for us to be able to cover, but a few potential standouts are «Uncle Howard,» about a New York filmmaker who died of AIDS which features footage of William S. Burroughs, Jim Jarmusch, Tom DiCillo and more; «Zero Days,» Alex Gibney «s investigation of malware used for international espionage; two docs on famous photographers in «Don't Blink — Robert Frank» and «Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures ``; and finally «Strike a Pose,» a film catching up with the original dancers from Madonna «s «Vogue» video, which sparked a craze and defined an era in pop.

When it's «The Adjustment Bureau,» an adaptation of the hard - to - describe Philip K. Dick short story about a politician (Damon) whose love for a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) faces stiff opposition from a mysterious and powerful group known as — you guessed it — the Adjustment Bureau.

As Nina attempts to channel the evil persona the role requires, she gets an unlikely assist from another dancer in the Swan Lake production.