{"product_id":"advice-for-dancers-9780787964061","title":"Advice for Dancers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDancers experience pain, joy, frustration, rapture, failure, applause, and are above the worldly concerns of food, money, and financial security. They live only to dance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOr do they?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reality is dancers of all ages, types, and skill levels often experience incredible physical and psychological stress and have traditionally bore their pain in stoic silence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this much needed new book, \u003ci\u003eDance Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e''s Linda Hamilton offers dancers the same type of advice and understanding they have come to trust from her popular monthly column. Psychologist Hamilton--a former dancer with New York City Ballet under the legendary George Balanchine--offers a complete resource for coping with the day to day pressures of being a dancer. Page after page is filled with the insight that can only come from a person who has been intimately involved in the world of dance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHamilton outlines strategies for dancers for dealing with a variety of common physical and ps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"an inspiring book with an impressive repertory of solutions to the psychological and physical problems that challenge every dancer.\" (Dance Magazine, January 1999)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Excerpt in Dance Magazine, October, 1997.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Listed as a resource in Dance Magazine, January 1999.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Linda Hamilton, an associate professor at Fordham University, lecturer, psychologist, former dancer with the New York City Ballet, and author of Advice for Dancers, also writes a monthly article, Advice for Dancers, in Dance Magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Accepting the Dancer You Are 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Teaching Practices: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Focusing on Body Shape and Appearance 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Your Relationships: Friends or Foes? 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 So You Want to Be a Professional 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Performing at Your Peak 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Mind-Body Connection: Injuries and Your Health 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Is There Life After Dance? 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource Directory 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 221\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405043835223,"sku":"9780787964061","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787964061.jpg?v=1730488477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/advice-for-dancers-9780787964061","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}