Tanaka Patrice編著圖書。
基本介紹
- 中文名稱：Becoming Ginger Rogers
- 定價：$16.89
- 作者：Tanaka Patrice
- ISBN：9781936661039
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媒體推薦
"...an absorbing, inspirational memoir of a gutsy woman navigating through crises toward self-fulfillment."
Publishers Weekly
"Becoming Gingers Rogers is a timely exploration of the problems faced by high-flying modern women, as well as a persuasive manifesto for the real-world applications of ballroom—and for the sheer joy of dance."
Dance Today
Tanaka's toe-tapping tale of how she awakens to the rhythms of her body and learns to dance through her mistakes at work as well as in the ballroom shines with inspiration. It may even send you off to buy a sequined dress and some Ginger Rogers shoes of your own.”
Alice Schroeder, best-selling author of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
In her compelling Becoming Ginger Roger: How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, a Better Partner and Smarter CEO, she reports how she reached stardom in her newfound hobby while morphing her into a more effective manager and boss. Once I started reading, I couldn’t stop!”
Publishers Weekly
"Becoming Gingers Rogers is a timely exploration of the problems faced by high-flying modern women, as well as a persuasive manifesto for the real-world applications of ballroom—and for the sheer joy of dance."
Dance Today
Tanaka's toe-tapping tale of how she awakens to the rhythms of her body and learns to dance through her mistakes at work as well as in the ballroom shines with inspiration. It may even send you off to buy a sequined dress and some Ginger Rogers shoes of your own.”
Alice Schroeder, best-selling author of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
In her compelling Becoming Ginger Roger: How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, a Better Partner and Smarter CEO, she reports how she reached stardom in her newfound hobby while morphing her into a more effective manager and boss. Once I started reading, I couldn’t stop!”
Harold Burson, Founder and Chairman, Burson-Marsteller
"If you’re a Dancing With the Stars” fan, you'll love this book about ballroom dancing and how it transformed Patrice Tanaka's life and made her a happier woman and more successful CEO."
"If you’re a Dancing With the Stars” fan, you'll love this book about ballroom dancing and how it transformed Patrice Tanaka's life and made her a happier woman and more successful CEO."
Edyta Sliwinska, Ballroom Champion, Dancing With the Stars” Seasons 1-10
"This is such a great analogy how performing fearlessly in the ballroom world can impact one's courage and perspective in the business world. Patrice Tanaka's inspiring memoir about the lessons she learned on the dance floor and how she applied them to her life and career is a joy to read."
"This is such a great analogy how performing fearlessly in the ballroom world can impact one's courage and perspective in the business world. Patrice Tanaka's inspiring memoir about the lessons she learned on the dance floor and how she applied them to her life and career is a joy to read."
Nina DiSesa, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, McCann New York
Becoming Ginger Rogers is about performing full out and fearlessly in the ballroom world and adopting that approach to great success in the business world. As her client of more than a decade, I can vouch for that being the case. Patrice has written a joyful and inspiring memoir about the lessons learned from competitive ballroom dancing that have helped her to a richly rewarding business and personal life.”
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, President, Charles Schwab Foundation
If you’ve ever thought about learning to ballroom dance, this inspiring book by Patrice Tanaka will convince you to run, not walk, to your nearest dance studio.”
Becoming Ginger Rogers is about performing full out and fearlessly in the ballroom world and adopting that approach to great success in the business world. As her client of more than a decade, I can vouch for that being the case. Patrice has written a joyful and inspiring memoir about the lessons learned from competitive ballroom dancing that have helped her to a richly rewarding business and personal life.”
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, President, Charles Schwab Foundation
If you’ve ever thought about learning to ballroom dance, this inspiring book by Patrice Tanaka will convince you to run, not walk, to your nearest dance studio.”
John Kimmins, President, Arthur Murray Studios
Through [Tanaka’s] courage and sense of purpose she makes us see what love and determination can achieve."
Madeline DeVries Hooper, Founder, DeVries PR
Through [Tanaka’s] courage and sense of purpose she makes us see what love and determination can achieve."
Madeline DeVries Hooper, Founder, DeVries PR
作者簡介
Patrice Tanaka is co-chair, chief creative officer, and whatcanbe SM ambassador for CRT/tanaka, an entity she helped co-found in September 2005. Her agency has been recognized as the Best Agency to Work for in America,” Most Admired Mid-Size PR Agency in the U.S.,” and #1 Most Creative PR Agency in America,” among other accolades by various PR organizations and trade media. CRT/tanaka has also won more than 300 PR and marketing awards for client campaigns.
Patrice has been honored by many public relations, marketing, business, and civic organizations, including the Public Relations Society of America (Paul M. Lund Award for Public Service”), The Holmes Group (Creativity All-Star” Award), New York Women in Communications (Matrix” Award), Association for Women in Communications (Headliner” Award), Girl Scout Council of Greater New York (Woman of Distinction” Award), Working Mother Magazine (Mothering That Works” Award), and Asian Women in Business (Entrepreneurial Leadership Award”).
Patrice has been honored by many public relations, marketing, business, and civic organizations, including the Public Relations Society of America (Paul M. Lund Award for Public Service”), The Holmes Group (Creativity All-Star” Award), New York Women in Communications (Matrix” Award), Association for Women in Communications (Headliner” Award), Girl Scout Council of Greater New York (Woman of Distinction” Award), Working Mother Magazine (Mothering That Works” Award), and Asian Women in Business (Entrepreneurial Leadership Award”).
Born and raised in Hawaii, Patrice graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1974 and following that worked as an editor at Hawaii Press Newspapers in Honolulu and later served as PR Director of the Hotel Inter-Continental Maui in Wailea. In 1979, she fulfilled a life-long dream of moving to New York City. Patrice joined Jessica Dee Communications, a PR agency she helped to build, which was acquired by Chiat/Day Advertising in 1987. In 1990, she led a management buyback of a group of eleven colleagues to co-found PT&Co. and served as the PR agency’s CEO & Chief Creative Officer. In 2005, Patrice and her co-founders sold PT&Co. to Richmond, Virginia-based Carter Ryley Thomas to form CRT/tanaka.
A widow since 2003, Patrice lives in Manhattan. She devotes much of her free time to serving on the boards of non-profit organizations dedicated to helping women and girls, including the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the American Friends of Phelophepa (the South African health care train), and Asian Women in Business. She also serves on the Past Presidents Council of New York Women in Communications and is a former trustee and member of the Women’s Forum New York. Patrice is a competitive ballroom dancer and avid tennis player.
A widow since 2003, Patrice lives in Manhattan. She devotes much of her free time to serving on the boards of non-profit organizations dedicated to helping women and girls, including the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the American Friends of Phelophepa (the South African health care train), and Asian Women in Business. She also serves on the Past Presidents Council of New York Women in Communications and is a former trustee and member of the Women’s Forum New York. Patrice is a competitive ballroom dancer and avid tennis player.
目錄
Chapter 1: The Whirl of Manhattan
Chapter 2: The Arabian Prince
Chapter 3: What Brings You Joy?”
Intermezzo: Foxtrot
Chapter 4: Samba Girl
Intermezzo: Samba
Chapter 2: The Arabian Prince
Chapter 3: What Brings You Joy?”
Intermezzo: Foxtrot
Chapter 4: Samba Girl
Intermezzo: Samba
Chapter 5: The Ballroom World and the Real World
Intermezzo: Tango
Chapter 6: Practice Failingin the Ballroom and in the Boardroom
Intermezzo: Tango
Chapter 6: Practice Failingin the Ballroom and in the Boardroom
Intermezzo: Rumba
Chapter 7: Partnering for Successwith or without Chocolate
Chapter 7: Partnering for Successwith or without Chocolate
Intermezzo: Mambo
Chapter 8: You Must Be Present to Win: Going with the Flow and Celebrating Successes along the Way Intermezzo: Viennese Waltz
Chapter 9: whatcanbe: Leading with Your Heart
Coda: Cha Cha
Chapter 8: You Must Be Present to Win: Going with the Flow and Celebrating Successes along the Way Intermezzo: Viennese Waltz
Chapter 9: whatcanbe: Leading with Your Heart
Coda: Cha Cha
文摘
Intermezzo
The Samba
The American rhythm samba, which Tony so skillfully choreographed for my samba showcase, captivated me in the musical Flying Down to Rio long before I knew the name of the dance. The ballroom samba evolved from the wilder Brazilian version that can still be seen today, when thousands of dancerssome nearly naked, others in elaborate costumesfrolic their way through the streets of Rio during Carnival. Ballroom samba attempts to keep the spirit of the original while translating it into patterns the average social dancer can learn and enjoy.
The Samba
The American rhythm samba, which Tony so skillfully choreographed for my samba showcase, captivated me in the musical Flying Down to Rio long before I knew the name of the dance. The ballroom samba evolved from the wilder Brazilian version that can still be seen today, when thousands of dancerssome nearly naked, others in elaborate costumesfrolic their way through the streets of Rio during Carnival. Ballroom samba attempts to keep the spirit of the original while translating it into patterns the average social dancer can learn and enjoy.
If the American rhythm version of samba were a character from literature, it would be the irrepressible Tigger: bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, and fun, fun, fun! The timing and coordination of the flexing and straightening of the knees gives the dance its characteristic bouncy motion, which looks and feels very different from all the other rhythm dances. Yet the infectious bounce must be quarantined to the lower half of the body. No bobbing heads or rocking shoulders. Stillness but not rigidity upstairs: picture a fluidly moving showgirl balancing a spectacular feathered headdress, and remember that a wobble up top will bring everything crashing. Downstairs is where you throw the party. In the early stages of learning samba, you may feel that your knees and feet should be thrown in the slammer for disorderly conduct, for going a little too crazy and always being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In more advanced stages of learning, the party really takes off, as your feet and knees cooperate and you also roll the hips and flick the pelvis back and forth. (No side-to-side motion allowed!)
The rhythm of samba follows a one-a-two” syncopated count. Beginners can find it difficult to process that each step taken does not correspond to a single beat of music. The first step, one” of the count, occurs over three quarters of a single beat of music. The second step, a” of the count, takes a quarter of a beat of music. One beat of music, two steps. The third step, two” of the count, requires a full beat of music. One beat of music, one step. None of the steps takes the same length of time. Samba is a very lively dance, so it’s important to master the rhythm before trying to learn a lot of patterns.
The rhythm of samba follows a one-a-two” syncopated count. Beginners can find it difficult to process that each step taken does not correspond to a single beat of music. The first step, one” of the count, occurs over three quarters of a single beat of music. The second step, a” of the count, takes a quarter of a beat of music. One beat of music, two steps. The third step, two” of the count, requires a full beat of music. One beat of music, one step. None of the steps takes the same length of time. Samba is a very lively dance, so it’s important to master the rhythm before trying to learn a lot of patterns.
While all the other rhythm dances cover a limited patch of the floor, the samba travels. The Latin or pop music is playing fast, and the dancers smile and bounce as they make their way around the entire floor. With all the hip-rolling and pelvic-ticking, samba is also unabashedly sexy and looks most natural when the dancer feels earthy and vibrant and does not hesitate to show it. Yet perhaps because of the foot speed, rapid coordination, and upper-body stillness requiredall of which demand a lot of physical controlsamba does not look raunchy or vulgar, it simply exudes the joy of being alive. Alma Guillermoprieto, a former pro dancer and current journalist, sums up the samba this way: There is no point to samba if it doesn’t make you smile.”
