Frauenprojekt im Dezember: The Lady of Irish Dance

Für mein Frauenprojekt habe ich mir im Dezember die Biographie einer großen Choreographin ausgesucht: Mary Duffy. Als Lehrerin und Trainerin hat sie viele Weltmeister des Irischen Tanzes gefördert und trainiert, später hat sie an Lord of the Dance mitgewirkt. Ich habe jetzt etwas mehr als die Hälfte der Biographie gelesen und sie gefällt mir sehr gut.

 

Für ein Monatsprojekt 2020 habe ich noch kein Thema ausgewählt, aber ich könnte mir gut vorstellen, wieder mehr Bücher über das Tanzen zu lesen. Mal sehen, da müsste ich mir halt noch etwas kaufen, denn ungelesene Bücher über das Tanzen habe ich nur eines oder zwei Zuhause.

 

Mein Frauenbuch im Dezember:

Marie DUFFY / Eddie ROWLEY

The Lady of the Dance

The Choreographer Who Helped
Michael Flatley Conquer the World

Description: “Marie Duffy is one of the best choreographers in the world. She has been my dance master and right-hand person since 1996. She is like my twin sister. I will love her forever.” – Michael Flatley

 

Marie Duffy is the undisputed queen of Irish dancing: she has trained more world champions than any other teacher, and has been Michael Flatley’s right-hand woman for twenty years. She works tirelessly to promote Irish dance and culture internationally.

 

In this honest and entertaining book, Marie gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of professional Irish dance, and draws back the curtain on her own fascinating and inspiring life.

 

Marie first gained recognition dancing on entertainment shows in the 1960s, and went on to become a hugely successful Irish dancing teacher. Watching the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in her living room, Marie was filled with pride as she’d taught many of the dancers in the famous Riverdance interval act.

 

Two years later, Marie received a phone call that transformed her life when Michael Flatley offered her a job on a new show he had devised. Lord of the Dance would go on to become a worldwide hit, beginning years of fruitful collaboration between Marie and Flatley. Sadly however, Marie’s professional highs have been accompanied by many personal lows, including the loss of her mother (who didn’t live to see her daughter’s success) and first husband Ian, and being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. Marie had a mastectomy, but in the showbiz tradition of ‘the show must go on’ she went back to her work rehearsing the dance troupe.

A Christmas Carol

Wie jedes Jahr habe ich auch in dieser Weihnachtszeit wieder "A Christmas Carol gelesen. Ich finde das Buch jedes Jahr wieder schön und schaue mir auch die entsprechenden Filme im Fernsehen immer an.

 

Meine heutige Lektüre:

Charles DICKENS
A Christmas Carol

Description: A beautiful edition of Dickens's timeless Christmas classic. A Christmas Carol is the book that defines the Christmas spirit. Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean-spirited miser, is visited by three ghosts one Christmas Eve. The ghosts show Scrooge the true value of Christmas: charity, good humour and love for his fellow man. Quentin Blake's colourful illustrations guide the reader through Scrooge's lively journey to find the meaning of Christmas. This unabridged edition contains a foreword by the illustrator and is the ultimate Christmas gift book.

Weihnachts-Liebesroman

Schon am Freitag habe ich mit meiner alljährlichen Liebesschmonzette zum Thema Weihnachten begonnen. Wie immer, leicht zu lesen und mit viel Weihnachten im Roman. Über 400 Seiten sind vielleicht etwas zu lang, aber bisher ganz witzig.

 

Mein Weihnachts-Liebesroman:

Heidi SWAIN
The Christmas Wish List

Description: After being let go from her job in a swanky hotel just weeks before Christmas, Hattie is feeling lost. Even more so when her high-flying boyfriend announces he's landed his dream job in Abu Dhabi and asks her to move with him. Luckily, Hattie's long-time friend Dolly is on hand to help and invites Hattie to spend one last holiday in the small, festive town of Wynbridge, determined to give her a Christmas to remember . . . Upon Hattie's arrival, holiday preparations are in full swing. But for Hattie, whose Christmas cheer has long since run out, it'll take more than mince pies and mistletoe to open her heart to the season once more. Relishing the task of reigniting Hattie's Christmas spirit, Dolly suggests they create a wish list of all the things the season can offer, and with the helpful hands of Wynbridge's resident handyman, Beamish, Hattie finds her frosty exterior is starting to thaw. As Wynbridge prepares for its most spectacular Christmas yet, will Hattie leave snowy England behind for life in a sunnier clime, or will she in fact realise that her heart's desire lies much closer to home?

Besinnliche Weihnachten

ist das Thema meines nächsten Weihnachtsbuches, und es geht darum, das Weihnachten nicht nur Kaufzwang und Stress bedeuten. Es geht auch über den religiösen Aspekt und Familientraditionen und den Zauber von Weihnachten. Ich habe etwa 60 Seiten gelesen und bisher gefällt es mir recht gut. Da ich aber sowieso nie im Weihnachtsstress bin, ist es aber vielleicht nicht das richtige Buch für mich und den Selbsttest, welcher Weihnachtstyp man ist, habe ich einfach übersprungen.

 

Mein neues Weihnachtsbuch:

Beth KEMPTON
Calm Christmas and A Happy New Year

A Little Book of Festive Joy

Description: This is a book about Christmas. But it's also a book about belonging, connection, self-care, joy and ordinary magic.

 

Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year offers inspiration for a new kind of holiday season - one where you radiate calm and cultivate delight. Spanning late November to early January, Calm Christmas embraces the festive build-up, the celebrations and the turn of the year in a holistic, nurturing way. Beth Kempton will whisk you away from the frenetic energy of the high street and invite you to come sit awhile by the fire, pausing to explore what a more mindful festive season could mean for you.

 

Full of personal stories, tips and advice for slowing down, staying calm and connecting with others, it offers a welcome retreat from the pressure to create 'the perfect Christmas'.

 

At its heart Calm Christmas is about a book about wellbeing in winter, which will encourage you to use this time of natural hibernation to germinate new dreams and nurture a beautiful life in the year ahead. Instead of entering January exhausted, further in debt, and already regretting broken resolutions, you will begin the New Year with precious memories, feeling rested, rejuvenated and inspired.

 

This atmospheric book will lead you through the darkness of winter, back to the enchantment of an authentic and meaningful Christmas and New Year.

Ein Weihnachtskinderbuch

In den letzten Jahren haben mich die Weihnachtskinderbücher von Matt Haig verzaubert - und auch dieses Jahr fand ich "The Truth Pixie" total entzückend und es hat mich verzaubert. Leider war es in einem Tag auch schon wieder ausgelesen, und heuer kam kein neues Buch heraus. Ich hoffe, das es nächstes Jahr aber wieder Nachschub von Matt Haig und dem genialen Zeichner Chris Mould gibt.

Matt HAIG
The Truth Pixie

Description: Wherever she is, whatever the day,She only has one kind of thing to say.Just as cats go miaow and cows go moo,The Truth Pixie can only say things that are true.”

 

A very funny and lovable tale of how one special pixie learned to love herself. The Truth Pixie is an enchanting, rhyming story that will delight younger readers – with words by the bestselling mastermind Matt Haig and pictures by the inky genius Chris Mould.

Ein Tag im Dezember...

… ist der Titel meines neuen Weihnachtsbuches. Ich habe zwar erst etwas über 60 Seiten gelesen, finde es aber bisher eher langweilig. Ob ich mich über 400 Seiten und 10 lange Romanjahre durchquälen kann, bis die beiden Protagonisten sich bekommen - ich bezweifle es. Aber vielleicht wird das Buch ja noch besser. Ich kann allerdings ganz gut verstehen, warum es letzten Jahr im EVVA-Bücherkarusell gelandet ist.

 

Mein drittes Weihnachtsbuch:

Josie SILVER
One Day in December

Description: Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But then, through a misted-up bus window one freezing day, she sees a man she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away.

 

Laurie thinks she'll never see the boy from the bus again. But at a party later that year, her best friend Sarah introduces her to the new love of her life. Who is, of course, the boy from the bus.

 

Determined to let him go, Laurie gets on with her life. But what if fate has other plans?

Züge, Schnee und Weihnachten

Mein erstes Buch im Dezember ist natürlich wieder ein Weihnachtsbuch, ich werde es heute Nachmittag auch noch auslesen. Ich habe letztes Jahr auf YouTube den Film gesehen und als ich gelesen habe, das es eine Buchvorlage gibt, diese auch gleich gekauft. Zum Lesen bin ich allerdings erst in diesem Dezember gekommen.

Mein zweites Weihnachtsbuch:

David BALDACCI
The Christmas Train

Description: Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to LA in time for Christmas. Forced to take the train across the country because of a slight 'misunderstanding' at airport security, he begins a journey of self-discovery and rude awakenings, mysterious goings-on and thrilling adventures, screwball escapades and holiday magic.

 

He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, where he will rediscover people's essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost.