"Dancing Heads"-a practical 'how to' book for dance teachers and those who would like to teach creative/contemporary dance to children and young people (ages 4 to 18) in studios, community centers and public schools. Approaches to teaching technique, using improvisation and creating dances (choreography) are included, as well as what to teach, when and why (curricula). Hints on what to do on a "bad dance day" and how to start a new class provide concrete solutions to problems that all dance teachers face. "Dancing Heads" offers inspiration, but also very practical approaches to daily...

Suitcase Stories and That Month in Italy - the two story cycles in Passage Confirmed -are about change - of country, of culture and of language - and about transformation. In Suitcase Stories the changes are permanent, motivated by romance, war, persecution, or the desire for a better life. We follow the characters through two world wars and three countries as their lives interweave and relationships begin, develop or end. In That Month in Italy a residency at an artists' retreat brings unforeseen changes in the lives of an international group of artists and intellectuals. The expectations...