Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood

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Born to Dance: Celebrating Moments of Joy, from Toddler to Teen is a lovely and stunning collection of images of young dancers caught in motion. Paired with empowering words from the dancers themselves, the photographs convey each child’s declaration that they were born to dance.

With Caitlyn strongly denying it, Maddy finds her practising ballet in secret and realises there must be more to Caitlyn's story. The only things that have been changed are some modernizing of the dialogue (and mentions of texting, cell phones, etc. Using his special gift for photographing dancers in the midst of daily life and focusing it on kids between the ages of 4 and 17, Matter captures a sense of exuberance and joy - what it must feel like to be a young dancer and perform the amazing, gravity-defying things that your body can do. Bonus Features: Scan the QR code next to dozens of photos and watch behind-the-scenes videos documenting the shoots. There are about 9 chapters dedicated to specific themes highlighting dancer’s emotions or thoughts such as love, dreams, growing up etc.What they all share is the skill to elevate their hopes and dreams with beauty, humor, grace, and surprise. Though she’s occasionally frustrated by her family’s single-minded dedication, she loves to dance too.

Jean also worked as a nurse and at the BBC before enrolling at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she met her husband. From Jordan Matter, author of Dancers Among Us with more than 100,000 copies in print and a social media star with over 800,000 followers, comes his most irrepressible project yet, Born to Dance. Request Rejected This page is unavailable due to either geographic restrictions or other restrictions in place at this time. Everything else is exactly the same - Maddy, the narrator, is the daughter of a famous former ballerina and a renowned ballet choreographer. He and his work have been featured in ABC World News, Nightline, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Today, the BBC, The New York Times, Huffington Post, Daily Mail, UK, O, the Oprah Magazine, NPR, and New York Magazine, and in newspapers, magazines and exhibitions all over the world.It's even inspired me-- I always wanted to be a dancer when I was a kid and sadly that was taken away from me, I discovered belly dance when I was 15 and became really good at it, performed all over the UK and abroad and then went on to be a yoga teacher. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. New York Times From Jordan Matter, YouTube star and New York Times–bestselling author of Dancers Among Us, a celebration of what it means to be young and full of possibility, featuring gorgeous photographs of well-known dancers (including Tate McRae and Sofie Dossi) as well as stars in the making. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF.

Children and young people can do much that older people cannot and some of these "dance/acrobat" positions are hard to believe.As the youngest daughter of a famous ballerina and a world-renowned choreographer, she has been training since the age of four. I have watched almost all of Jordan Matter’s YouTube videos, and it was amazing to see the photos I have seen him take, as well as the ones I have never seen before all showcased together in one book. Fun fact is that a lot of these pictures were taken during the 10 Minute Photo Challenge, featured on YouTube.

When civil war causes Jose's family to flee to the United States, he takes along memories of luscious fruit, flamenco dancers and marching soldiers. Maddy is sure she must be a fellow ballet dancer and she certainly has all the poise and grace of a ballerina! He has over 18M followers across social media, and his dance photography videos have been viewed over 2B times. Jonathan’s Leap by Celia Purcell is another strong contemporary ballet story with a boy in the ballet shoes.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In addition, he and his photographs have been featured on ABC World News, Nightline, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Today, and the BBC, and in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, New York magazine, and newspapers, magazines, and exhibitions all over the world. Please try again later as the restrictions may be lifted, or contact your service provider if the issue persists. It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service.