Stories
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When contemporary dance meets dyspraxia
Discover why a rare neurological condition meant an enthusiastic club-night dancer struggled with formal dance classes. And how persisting with those classes paid off.
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Wonder years
The confusion and secrecy surrounding his condition seriously affected Chris’s mental health, blighting his teenage years. But somehow he began to hope and plan for the future.
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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How ritual creates meaning
In a world that encourages us to quash our sense of wonder, ritual can help push away apathy and nurture life-enhancing creativity and imagination.
Catalogue
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A dancing lesson: a boy in a sailor suit dances the hornpipe as the teacher plays the violin; the girl is standing with a stretcher across her back. Etching by George Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: Augt. 1st 1835Reference: 34291i- Books
Rational limbering / by Zelia Raye, with thirty-eight illustrations by Eileen Mayo.
Raye, Zelia.Date: 1929- Pictures
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A dancing class: a girl curtsies as a young man bows to her, the teacher plays the violin and a girl stands in a box. Etching by George Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: Augt. 1st 1835Reference: 34289i- Pictures
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A dancing class: a girl and a boy stand in first position, as the teacher plays the violin. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: Augt. 1st 1835Reference: 34288i- Books
Your presence is requested at Suvanto / Maile Chapman.
Chapman, Maile.Date: 2010