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Director Jocelyn Moorhouse's film adaptation of the novel by Whitney Otto stars Winona Ryder as Finn Dodd a Berkeley graduate student on summer hiatus at her grandmother's home to work on her thesis and ponder a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Sam Dermot Mulroney. Finn's grandma Hy Ellen Burstyn lives with her great aunt Glady Jo Anne Bancroft at their idyllic Northern California home. The two fiery women meet with seven older female relatives and close friends for a regular quilting bee led by Anna Maya Angelou. Over the course of the summer Finn contemplates her future while gaining insight into love and relationships from the different members of the quilting bee. Their experiences are brought to life as each woman shares a unique tale with the confused young woman. The interwoven memories of each sage member of the quilting bee--including Constance Kate Nelligan; Anna's daughter Mariana Alfre Woodard; and Finn's free-spirited mother Sally Kate Capshaw--become lessons in love pain and emotional growth

This step-by-step, hand-holding guide to knitting is EASY to watch and makes learning fast and simple. Although this DVD is packed with everything a beginner needs to know, the chapters are bite-sized. Beautiful and clear demonstrations can get you started knitting scarf in only 30 MINUTES._____ There is a companion WEBSITE for the DVD where you can download lots of FREE beginner patterns! Scarves, Ponchos, Baby Blankets, Sweaters, and more._____What you'll learn: Casting On, The Knit Stitch (English & Continental), The Purl Stitch (English & Continental), Adding Yarn & Changing Colors, Bind Off, Increasing, Decreasing, Ribbing, Gauge, Finishing, First Aid Kit (how to fix mistakes)._____Featuring broadcast quality video with close-up demonstrations. Playable WORLDWIDE. Watch on your DVD Player & TV or DVD-compatible COMPUTER!_____We guarantee your satisfaction. If you don't love your DVD, send it back to us and we'll refund your money instantly.

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Actors, directors, and teachers now have the opportunity to study with the legendary actress and teacher Uta Hagen for the first time on DVD. Shot over the course of two years, the interaction between Ms. Hagen and the actors and audience puts the viewer right in the room. All ten of her celebrated Object Exercises are clarified and performed. Jack Lemmon, Whoopi Goldberg and Christine Lahti, among others - all former students - recall their classes with Ms. Hagen and her enduring influence on their work. As Ms. Hagen herself states, "When I believe that there is a human being in action up there, in that moment, alive - right there - then I get spellbound. When you really achieve that understanding of human nature, the ability to place yourselves in the shoes of another human being and reveal that life onstage, is to me the ultimate experience." 2 DVDS, 200 MINUTES TOTAL! Uta Hagen has received the Tony and Drama Critics Awards for her roles in Odets' The Country Girl and Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. She won an Obie Award for her role in Mrs. Klein and was awarded a Tony for Special Lifetime Achievement and the National Endowment for the Arts Medal of Honor. "Because I love the theater, and believe it to be not only the actor's training but testing ground, it is with great pleasure that I recommend this set." - Meryl Streep "Here is Ms. Hagen at her extraordinary best - witty, compassionate, inspired and inspiring. Will watching this make you a better actor, director or teacher? Yes, yes and yes!" - David Hyde Pierce "How fortunate that Hagen's teaching has been captured on film ... This is an important work." - Library Journal "It is absolutely required viewing." - Richard Brown, Professor of Humanities, New York University

NEW! This beautiful and practical DVD by Di van Niekerk titled "One-on-one workshops in Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork" is a definite must have for all embroiderers. Di teaches this popular hobby on a beautiful flower sampler with 13 panels. The first four panels on the design are taught in precise detail in Volume 1.Di will teach the remaining nine panels in volume 2 and 3 and these will be released quarterly in 2007.This way you will be able to attend a class at the press of a button and rewind or pause as you stitch. An ideal way to learn as stitches are magnified four times the actual size. 45 stitches are shown, step-by-step, including 17 different flowers and creatures and 10 stumpwork techniques. Enjoy the detailed, close-up photography with loads of hints and tips along the way. This DVD is equivalent to 12 individual master classes. With over 20 years of teaching experience, you now have access to Di's workshops at your fingertips!This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Release Date: 2007-03-15, Rating: NR (Not Rated)

3 step-by-step projects to become an expert in Glass Art at home. Three projects are: Cloudy Mesa, Irises, and Canyon Window. Includes a suggested supply list and video "craft classroom" to make three frameable glass art and accessories.

DANCE TECHNIQUE OF LESTER HORTON
The Guide for Teaching an Advanced Beginners Class

The first video class that teaches the legendary Lester Horton technique. This Advanced Beginners class was created to show how the Horton studies can be incorporated and taught within a class. The class is based on the book "The Dance Technique of Lester Horton" by Marjorie Perces, Ana Marie Forsythe and Cheryl Bell. The class contains: THE WARM UP with Ana Marie Forsythe, Round Over and Round Up, Flat Back Series, Primitive Squat Descent and Ascent, Lateral Stretches, Release Swing Series, Fortification #1, Prelude #1, Twists with Open Egyptian Arms, Leg Swings, Leg Swings with Stag Position Balance, Preparation for Deep Forward Lunges, Coccyx Balance, IMPROVISATION with Marjorie Perces, CENTER FLOOR work with Ana Marie Forsythe, Lateral T Study, PROGRESSIONS: Side Hip Pull, Side Hip Pull with Figure 4 Turn, Side Hip Pull with Figure 4 Turn and Lateral T Balance, Single Foot Arch Springs, Single Foot Arch Springs with Stag Jump, Fortification #14. All of the dancers in the DVD are graduates or former students in the Ailey School/Fordham University BFA program.

Running time: 90 minutes.