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Chargement... Jackson Haines: The Skating Kingpar Ryan Stevens
Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  Louanne | Sep 24, 2023 | 
 "Informative, lively, and scholarly without being dry, packing in a wealth of figure skating history information that uses the life of Jackson Haines to bring together the influences and innovations that make figure skating a notable sport and attraction today. Libraries and readers interested in a biography which also serves as a sports history, holding the ability to reach out into a general-interest audience, must obtain Jackson Haines: The Skating King. Its blend of scholarly history and engaging information is impeccable." "Ryan's journalistic ability to unearth historical details and mix them into a compelling story is first-class! While balancing accuracy and fairness, he reveals a man whose life demonstrated enormous talent and creativity, celebrity and human frailty. You may not like every part of Jackson Haines, but you will definitely marvel at his genius and at the sacrifices he made as an artist and inventor of modern skating." "I've known the name for many years and I thought I knew his place in history. This book has given me a whole new level of insight to a man who created his own path and helped pioneer the sport I love." "Jackson Haines in my opinion is one of the most important ice skaters in the history of figure skating. His influence on the art and sport of figure skating should not be underestimated. When you follow the historical journey of ice skating you can see his footprint (or should I say blade print) in today's competitive and artistic skating. He was the father of spins, he populated music with skating and the use of the most elaborate costumes. This book by Ryan Stevens is a wonderful read and insightful account of the man that would be called The Skating King."
"Ryan's journalistic ability to unearth historical details and mix them into a compelling story is first-class! While balancing accuracy and fairness, he reveals a man whose life demonstrated enormous talent and creativity, celebrity and human frailty." - Debbi Wilkes, Olympic Silver Medallist, author and figure skating commentatorThe definitive biography of Jackson Haines, The Father of Figure Skating.The legend of The Skating King has been one of the most enduring stories in figure skating history.Jackson Haines left America during the height of the Civil War and toured extensively through Europe. He translated ballet to the ice. He performed for Czars and Emperors. He inspired the formation of many of the world's oldest skating clubs. He changed the world's most exciting winter sport forever and our fascination with him has never waned.In this magisterial and dramatic portrait, figure skating historian Ryan Stevens chronicles Haines' story from his humble beginnings in New York to his premature death in Finland in 1875 - both on and off the ice.Through meticulous research of 19th century archives and unpublished material housed at the K.H. Renlunds Museum and World Figure Skating Museum, Stevens proves that fact can be far more intriguing than fiction.A must-have book for anyone interested in figure skating history! Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Passées les premières pages qui abordent sa généalogie, plutôt rébarbatives selon moi, le lecteur entre dans le vif du sujet et découvre les origines du patin à glace, et la fièvre du public pour ce sport novateur, qui a rassemblé des foules, dans tous les pays.
Ainsi, le "Roi" du Patin a commencé à l'age de 12 ans et ne cessera de perfectionner son art, ses arabesques et son talent.
Son nom devient emblématique du Patin sur glace et sa grâce affine encore davantage ses prouesses sur la glace.
Sa courte vie est chroniqué, d'une manière journalistique et chronologique, et relate intensément les faits qui l'ont promu le Roi incontestable grâce à des années d'assiduité à la pratique du Ballet.
C'est l'Europe qui le sacralisera et reconnaitra sa valeur, en l'encençant, lui et ses pirouettes prodigieuses toutes droit sorties de son imagination.
Un Homme qui marquera à jamais le spectacle artistique du patinage. (