Anna Harsh

La Danza (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Imagine an assignment in college as a dance major opening a door and leading you to a life-long mission after just one performance.

Anna Harsh made a vision board in 6th grade about dancing professionally, traveling to Italy, and meeting the Pope. Fast forward to her senior thesis project that catapulted her journey fulfilling that vision and so much more.

Her quest to find traditional Italian dances creates questions about her own life. Be prepared to immerse yourself in Italian dances, how families deal with grief, and the highs and lows of directing a dance company.

You'll discover:

How her dream and desire for preserving traditional Italian dances manifested in unexpected ways.

How, through this journey, she learns more about her family legacy by meeting long-lost family and friends.

How chance meetings and happy accidents change her perspective and convince her why she must preserve these precious dances.

La Danza Conflict, Passion, and Healing is a travel memoir of an adventure that has forever changed the life of this Italian-American dancer. Through experiences and humor, Anna invites you along her dancing journey, exploring villages steeped in tradition and local culture. Take a contemporary look of Italy through the eyes of a dancer and experience firsthand the Italian gusto, traditions, history, culture, and family legacy in this exciting read.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anna Harsh
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798985355918
• Artikelnr.: 63331434

Autorenporträt

Anna Pishner Harsh is the Artistic Director and founder of Allegro Dance Company. Anna's grandparents made a home when they came to the United States in the early 1920's from Reggio di Calabria, Italy. She holds a M.A. degree in Communication from West Virginia University and a B.A. degree in Dance from Slippery Rock University. She is also a certified Pilates and RYT200 Yoga instructor. Through her extensive research in Italy over the years with various teachers, she continues to grow her repertoire of authentic Italian dances to share with audiences of all ages. These precious dances hold history, express various emotions and are sacred and ceremonial.

Her determination to preserve traditional Italian dances is seen. Her creative and sunny disposition is found in her writing and choreography. Her never-ending passion for dance along with her Italian heritage is boundless. Anna and her husband Greg enjoy traveling and researching together. Read more about Anna's travels, her family heritage and the start of her company in her first book, La Danza, Conflict, Passion, and Healing.