Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood

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What they all share is the skill to elevate their hopes and dreams with beauty, humor, grace, and surprise. In her first novel, Kessler (One Night) explores sophisticated issues of cultural contrast between life in America and a remote African village through the eyes of a 14-year-old California girl. Born to Dance by Jordan Matter is a dance photography book completely dedicated to “celebrating the wonder of childhood,” as it says on the cover.Matter was an Arts Envoy through the State Department on a speaking tour of South Korea sponsored by the U.

Born to Dance: Celebrating Moments of Joy, from Toddler to Teen by Jordan Matter is a celebration of what it means to be young and full of possibility. Now, in one dazzling photograph after another, he portrays dancers--ages 2 through 18--in ordinary and extraordinary pursuits, from hanging with friends to taking selfies, from leaping for joy to feeling left out. Paired with empowering words from the dancers themselves, the photographs convey each child’s declaration that they were born to dance. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. Colon's signature style with its visible scratch marks and swirling brushstrokes provide a grainy, textured quality that deftly combines a sense of movement and stillness, as when Jose enters a dance studio for the first time.Dance is storytelling and a language; it is a means of expressing emotions, both powerful and beautiful. 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.

Paired with empowering words from the dancers themselves, the photographs convey each child’s declaration that they were born to dance. I am thoroughly enjoying reading the little snippets on Jordan’s life while looking at the amazing photos. Matter’s follow-up book, DANCERS AFTER DARK, features public nudes at night throughout Europe and North America, from Notre Dame to Times Square.Second lady of the United States Biden turns her family’s experiences into an earnest picture book that encourages support of those serving in the military and their families.