Simone Forti, groundbreaking improvisor, has spent a lifetime weaving together the movement of her mind with the movement of her body to create a unique oeuvre situated at the intersection of dancing and art practices. Her seminal Dance Constructions from the 1960s crafted a new approach to dance composition and helped inspire the investigations of Judson Dance Theater. In the 1970s, Forti's explorations of animal movements expanded that legacy to launch improvisation as a valuable artform...

Winner of the Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance Aesthetics (2014)For twenty-five years, Ann Cooper Albright has been exploring the intersection of cultural representation and somatic identity in dance. For Albright, dancing is a physical inquiry, a way of experiencing and participating in the world, and her writing reflects an interdisciplinary approach to seeing and thinking about dance. In her engagement as both a dancer and a scholar, Albright draws on her kines...

How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World foregrounds the importance of embodiment as a means of surviving the disorientation of our twenty-first century world. Linking somatics and politics, author Ann Cooper Albright argues that a renewed attention to gravity as both a metaphoric sensibility and a physical experience can help transform moments of personal disorientation into an opportunity to reflect on the important relationship between individual resiliency and communal...

Resistance and Support: Contact Improvisation @ 50 is a ground-breaking anthology that collects twenty original writings that elucidate critically important somatic and political perspectives on Contact Improvisation (CI). This form of partner dancing that was started in the United States in 1972, has spread into a vibrant global community in the twenty-first century. Resistance and Support is edited and includes an introduction by veteran CI practitioner and dance studie...

Explore the Louisiana swamp with a brave butterfly girl and her two little sisters! Venture into the wild, meet swamp animals, and let your imagination soar in this beautifully illustrated tale.In Book 2 of the Butterfly Wishes Series, The Swamp Tour, our young heroine Addy proves that the mind is the most exciting playground of all. With a boundless imagination and a spirit of adventure, Addy takes on the persona of a fearless 'butterfly girl', ready to explore th...

The history of food is not as straightforward as it may seem. Food isn't just food. It is ritual, tradition and memory. So begins Ann Cooper's groundbreaking new book on the history of sustenance. Cooper, a renowned chef and graduate of New York's famed Culinary Institute of America, expertly guides us from the roots of agriculture in North America through the profound changes initiated by the Industrial Revolution, all the way up to the present day, offering analyses of recent controversi...

Paintings by the renowned aviation artist plus "lots of wartime photographs and plenty of entertaining and informative text. . . . absorbing reading" ( Aviation History).Climb in to the cockpit of some of America's most heralded warbirds, like the P-38 that carried Richard Bong to his forty kills, and fly along with Paul Tibitts in the Enola Gay as it makes its final approach on Hiroshima. This lavishly illustrated book covers the most famous air e...

What does the Congress do? How does it do it? Is the Congress up to the challenges ahead? This primer offers students an introduction to Congress and the role it plays in the US political system. It explores the different political natures of the House and Senate, and examines Congress's interaction with other branches of the Federal government.

This book is a resource for understanding why Lightning continues to be a major health hazard, especially in the developing world, and equips researchers, governments, and public health advocates with the knowledge and techniques needed to reduce lightning casualties worldwide.

This book is about a famous performer in the French Quarters of New Orleans, Louisiana. Its about Eddie Gabriel, who perished in the devastating Katrina flood. Fans from all over the world inquired about the well-being of Eddie during the aftermath of the flood. His daughter wants those who appreciated his talent to also know what a good dad he was.

Ann Westlake weaves a beautiful story about life as an identical twin, the death of her twin and her personal journey of pain and grief. This book is in a sense her journal, which will help many others cope with the loss of a loved one. It reminds us that it is never too late to take the time to honor our own stories and begin the healing process, whether these feelings are current or in our past.