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Supple
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 152

Supple

As a veteran in the art of circus with more than 50 years of experience in training, performing, and instructing Mongolian contortion, this book will prove itself important for many contortion coaches and a handy manual for students. In this book, the author has shared her extensive background, providing detailed warm-ups, step-by-step stretch exercises, and key techniques that are required for executing complex movements. The book also imparts guidance for injury prevention and encourages everyone with simple exercises to remind us, at all ages, to practice contortion to maintain a healthy level of flexibility. Not only does the book feature scientific research and discussion of body mobility pertinent to contortionists, it is also an excellent historical account of the Mongolian national circus and fascinating aspects of success that led contortion to where it is today.

Twisted Tales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 196

Twisted Tales

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-04-21
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  • Publisher: Balboa Press

At age seven, Otgo first fell in love with the beautiful art form that is contortion; and since then, she has never changed her mind. Throughout her life, her goal of being one of the top contortionists has not been a smooth journey. From the grasp of a socialist country, she escaped a morose childhood and transformed herself into a world famous performer. This is the story of Otgo reaching for the rare treat of success that seemed almost impossible as any challenge could have overtaken her. Since she was armed with intense devotion to her success, contortion saved her life and gifted Otgo with many opportunities.

Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209

Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts

An illustrated guide to anatomy and biomechanics for aerialists who want to optimize their performance and train safely Specifically designed for aerialists—including those who do trapeze, silks, and other aerial arts— Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts is an invaluable resource for those who want to optimize their performance and train safely. Using a biomechanical and movement-based approach, Emily Scherb—a physical therapist who specializes in the care, treatment, and education of circus performers—explains the anatomical rationale for progressions of learning and demonstrates simple movements to achieve the coordination, muscular control, strength, and fitness to hang with correct fo...

The Contortionist's Handbook
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 226

The Contortionist's Handbook

Following a near fatal overdose of painkillers, Daniel Fletcher is resuscitated in a Los Angeles trauma centre and detained for psychiatric evaluation. However, what the psychiatrist doesn't know is that 'Daniel Fletcher' is actually John Dolan Vincent, a young forger who continually reinvents himself to evade capture. Originally published: London.

The Little Handbalancing Book
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

The Little Handbalancing Book

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-04-12
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Nicolo Kehrwald, a professional circus artist, introduces you to the world of handbalancing. With insightful descriptions, beautiful color photographs, and unique drills, this book is the first of its kind. Whether you are hoping to learn to balance a handstand, or want to explore shapes in the one-arm handstand, this book will help you do it. Kehrwald has trained with the masters of handbalancing, including Yury Bozyan in Canada, Claude Victoria in France, and Bileg Batmonkh and Tumurbaatar Bud in Mongolia. Now, he shares the secrets of handbalancing with you. In The Little Handbalancing Book,you will learn The basics of handbalancing, including proper alignment and methods for training the...

Women, Business and the Law 2018
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 584

Women, Business and the Law 2018

  • Categories: Law

How can governments ensure that women have the same employment and entrepreneurship opportunities as men? One important step is to level the legal playing field so that the rules for operating in the worlds of work and business apply equally regardless of gender. Women, Business and the Law 2018, the fifth edition in a series, examines laws affecting women’s economic inclusion in 189 economies worldwide. It tracks progress that has been made over the past two years while identifying opportunities for reform to ensure economic empowerment for all. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2017 and explores new areas of research, including financial inclusion.

Personnel Roster
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 262

Personnel Roster

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Collection Or Contortion?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 112

Collection Or Contortion?

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Ten years ago, Dr. Gerd Heuschmann rocked the equestrian world with his international bestseller Tug of war, a searing indictment of modern training and riding techniques that are sometimes used to the detriment of the horse. Now Dr. Heuschmann returns with this new book: a critical examination of two conceptsflexion and bendthat are necessary to understand in absolute terms when the goal is to achieve collection on horseback. Citing the many masters of classical dressage who wrote essays and even entire books about flexion at the horse's poll and longitudinal bend of the horse's body, Dr. Heuschmann strives to conflate the often complex classic literature with the results of his own studies as an expert in equine anatomy and biomechanics, supporting his explanations with precise illustrations and numerous photographs. The outcome is a book that finally makes the concepts of flexion and bendand ultimately, collectioneasy to understand, promising more correct, conscientious riding, better results in training and competition, and happier, healthier horses in the long run.

Aerial Silks Coloring Book
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 86

Aerial Silks Coloring Book

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-06-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Featuring 40 original illustrations of aerial instructors and students. As aerial silk fabrics swirl beneath the artist during a spell bounding performance, it creates a colorful pattern of moves, twists, turns and flips. This artistic display also creates a canvas of beauty, grace and strength. This book awaits your colorful touch of warmth, vision and symmetry as though you were performing at your own event. Feel free to make each coloring book page, exactly how you see it. Your imagination is ready to awaken. www.aerialphysique.com

The Governor's Dilemma
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 314

The Governor's Dilemma

The Governor's Dilemma develops a general theory of indirect governance based on the tradeoff between governor control and intermediary competence; the empirical chapters apply that theory to a diverse range of cases encompassing both international relations and comparative politics. The theoretical framework paper starts from the observation that virtually all governance is indirect, carried out through intermediaries. But governors in indirect governance relationships face a dilemma: competent intermediaries gain power from the competencies they contribute, making them difficult to control, while efforts to control intermediary behavor limit important intermediary competencies, including e...