Bringing Genius Hour to Your Library

Picasso was born a Spaniard and, so they say, began to draw before he could speak. As an infant he was instinctively attracted to artist’s tools. In early childhood he could spend hours in happy concentration drawing spirals with a sense and meaning known only to himself. At other times, shunning children’s games, he traced his first pictures in the sand. This early self-expression held out promise of a rare gift. Málaga must be mentioned, for it was there, on 25 October 1881, that Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born and it was there that he spent the first ten years of his life. Picasso’s...

Matteo, an internationally known teacher of ethnic dance, choreographer of more than 50 original works, current president of the Spanish Dance Society and creator of the Foundation of Ethnic Dance, has put together an extensive analysis of the traditions of Spanish Dance. Contained within this study is a section on basic positions and techniques, an alphabetical listing of 800 terms with definitions, drawings, Labanotation diagrams, samples of typical music, and historical and contemporary photographs illustrating styles and positions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Did you know that, according to director Chris Columbus, Robin Williams improvised so much during the filming of Mrs. Doubtfire that the studio had enough footage to release PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 versions of the movie? Or that Robin ad-libbed all his lines in Good Morning, Vietnam because the DJ the movie was based on didn’t really do comedy during his shows? Robin Williams, American Master looks at Robin’s seventy movies, from his earliest appearance in Can I Do It…’Til I Need Glasses? to his final posthumous voice-only appearance in Absolutely Anything. Each film is discussed...

Estudio sobre las diferentes formas en que se desarrollaron los criterios de modernidad, vanguardia y posmodernidad en el arte argentino, especialmente desde los años sesenta hasta la actualidad.