Life on land
Subtitle: the story of Continuum, the world renowned self-discovery, and movement method
By: Emilie Conrad ; foreword by Valerie Hunt.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781556436451
Subjects: Conrad-Da'oud, Emilie; Continuum Movement (Service mark) -- History; Movement therapy -- History
Description: "A description of the life journey and body wisdom of Somatics pioneer Emilie Conrad, whose own psychic and physical collapse--caused by numerous cultural, mental, sexual, and emotional currents--led her to develop Continuum, her movement and self-realization technique based on intrinsic felt movement rather than imposed patterned movement"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Childhood; title: Fear; title: Gravesend; title: The burden of history; title: Muchas gracias, Tito Puente!; title: My body and its woes; title: Dancer; title: Romance; title: Haiti; title: Serpentology; title: Greenwich village; title: Los angeles; title: Meltdown; title: Breath; title: The actors studio; title: Continuum; title: Initiation; title: Nijinski; title: The stravinsky syndrome; title: Enter Dr. Valerie Hunt; title: Paralysis; title: Cultures and bodies; title: The fluid self; title: The three anatomies; title: Afterthoughts.