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The Catherine Wheel (dance)
Catherine wheel may refer to: * wheel or breaking wheel, an instrument of torturous execution originally associated with Saint Catherine of Alexandria * Catherine wheel (firework), a firework that rotates when lit Arts and entertainment * Catherine Wheel (band), 1990s British alternative rock band * ''The Catherine Wheel'', (dance) a 1981 dance by Twyla Tharp, with music by David Byrne ** ''The Catherine Wheel'' (album), a 1981 recording of David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for the dance ** ''The Catherine Wheel'', a 1983 BBC film of the Twyla Tharp dance * "Catherine Wheels", a song by Crowded House from the 1993 album ''Together Alone'' * "Catherine Wheel", a song by Megan Washington from the 2020 album ''Batflowers'' *"Katherine Wheel", a song by HIM from the 2010 album '' Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice'' * ''The Catherine Wheel'', a 1949 crime novel by Patricia Wentworth *''The Catherine Wheel'', a 1952 novel by Jean Stafford Other uses * Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaking Wheel
The breaking wheel or execution wheel, also known as the Wheel of Catherine or simply the Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages into the early modern period by breaking the bones of a criminal or bludgeoning them to death. The practice was abolished in Bavaria in 1813 and in the Electorate of Hesse in 1836: the last known execution by the "Wheel" took place in Prussia in 1841. In the Holy Roman Empire it was a "mirror punishment" for highwaymen and street thieves, and was set out in the ''Sachsenspiegel'' for murder, and arson that resulted in fatalities. Punishment Those convicted as murderers, rapists, traitors and/or robbers to be executed by the wheel, sometimes termed to be "wheeled" or "broken on the wheel", would be taken to a public stage scaffold site and tied to the floor. The execution wheel was typically a large wooden spoked wheel, the same as was used on wooden transport carts and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Wheel (firework)
The Catherine wheel or pinwheel is a type of firework consisting either of a powder-filled spiral tube, or an angled rocket mounted with a pin through its center. When ignited, the energy of the fireworks not only create sparks and flame, but cause the wheel to quickly rotate, making the display much more spectacular. The physics of the process are those of an aeolipile. The firework is named after Saint Catherine of Alexandria who, according to Christian tradition, was condemned to death by “breaking on the wheel”. When she touched the wheel it miraculously fell to pieces. The largest Catherine wheel ever made was designed by the Lily Fireworks Factory of Mqabba, Malta. The Catherine wheel had a diameter of , and was lit on 18 June 2011, the eve of the annual feast of ''Our Lady of the Lilies''. In Malta, Catherine wheels are a traditional fixture during every village 'festa'. Some villages even hold competitions on the eve of the parish feast, while others display the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Wheel (band)
Catherine Wheel were an English alternative rock band from Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The band was active from 1990 to 2000, releasing five full-length albums in their career, embarking on many lengthy tours and experiencing fluctuating levels of commercial success. Initially receiving attention and success after releasing their debut album ''Ferment'' in 1992, the band achieved peak success with the release of " Crank" and their album '' Chrome'' in 1993. The band also achieved minor success with other albums, including ''Happy Days'', which featured a popular song " Judy Staring at the Sun" as a collaboration with Tanya Donelly. Catherine Wheel also scored heavy rotation on MTV and performed there several times. Despite never having any albums or songs that achieved major success in their homeland, Catherine Wheel continue to be popular among alternative rock and shoegaze fans and critics. History Catherine Wheel formed in 1990, comprising singer-guitarist Rob Dickinson (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Catherine Wheel (dance)
Catherine wheel may refer to: * wheel or breaking wheel, an instrument of torturous execution originally associated with Saint Catherine of Alexandria * Catherine wheel (firework), a firework that rotates when lit Arts and entertainment * Catherine Wheel (band), 1990s British alternative rock band * ''The Catherine Wheel'', (dance) a 1981 dance by Twyla Tharp, with music by David Byrne ** ''The Catherine Wheel'' (album), a 1981 recording of David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for the dance ** ''The Catherine Wheel'', a 1983 BBC film of the Twyla Tharp dance * "Catherine Wheels", a song by Crowded House from the 1993 album ''Together Alone'' * "Catherine Wheel", a song by Megan Washington from the 2020 album ''Batflowers'' *"Katherine Wheel", a song by HIM from the 2010 album '' Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice'' * ''The Catherine Wheel'', a 1949 crime novel by Patricia Wentworth *''The Catherine Wheel'', a 1952 novel by Jean Stafford Other uses * Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp (; born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. From 1971 to 1988, Twyla Tharp Dance toured extensively around the world, performing original works. In 1973 Tharp choreographed ''Deuce Coupe'' to the music of The Beach Boys for the Joffrey Ballet. ''Deuce Coupe'' is considered the first "crossover ballet", a mix of ballet and modern dance. Later she choreographed ''Push Comes to Shove'' (1976), which featured Mikhail Baryshnikov and is now thought to be the best example of crossover ballet. In 1988, Twyla Tharp Dance merged with American Ballet Theatre, since which time ABT has premiered 16 of Tharp's works. On May 24, 2018, Tharp was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree by Harvard University. Early life and education Tharp was born in 1941 on a farm in Portland, Indiana, the daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Catherine Wheel (album)
''The Catherine Wheel'' is David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for her dance project. ''The Catherine Wheel'' premiered September 22, 1981, at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. The tracks "Big Blue Plymouth", "My Big Hands", "Big Business", and "What a Day That Was", were performed live by Talking Heads in 1982 and 1983; the latter two appear in their ''Stop Making Sense'' Stop Making Sense, film, and "What a Day That Was" appears on the Stop Making Sense (album), album. Byrne has also performed several of these tracks in his solo tours, including "What a Day That Was" which featured on his DVDs Live from Austin, TX (David Byrne album), Live from Austin, TX and David Byrne Live at Union Chapel, Live at Union Chapel. Track listing All songs written by David Byrne (musician), David Byrne, except as indicated. LP track listing Cassette and CD track listing Personnel *Adrian Belew – electric guitar, steel guitar, sound effects, steel drums, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together Alone
''Together Alone'' is the fourth studio album by New Zealand-Australian recording artists Crowded House. It was released in October 1993 and was their first album to feature multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart as a full band member. Unlike the band's first three albums, which were recorded in the US and Australia and produced by Mitchell Froom, ''Together Alone'' was recorded in New Zealand with producer Youth. Six singles were released from ''Together Alone'', including "Distant Sun", which was a top 10 hit in New Zealand"Discography Crowded House" ''charts.org.nz'' and Canada, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batflowers
''Batflowers'' is the third studio album released by Australian singer-songwriter Megan Washington. It appeared on 28 August 2020, six years after her previous studio album, ''There There''. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2020, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art for the work by Adam Dal Pozzo, Megan Washington and Michelle Pitiris. Background and release Washington said "I've been working on the record since 2015, I was trying so hard, that was the problem, actually. I was trying to be, like, fancy or something? What I've learned the literal hard way is when I try too hard, it sucks." As quoted in the Daily Telegraph newspaper in 2018, "''Sugardoom'' is about good old-fashioned love. It was deliberately intended to be a departure from 2014's ''There There'', an intensely personal EP that in part detailed a broken engagement. The album is described as 'full of lush', '60s-inspired tones, this album chronicles the intensity of her past two years." Washington stated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In Theory And Practice
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of a strong attraction and emotional attachment.''Oxford Illustrated American Dictionary'' (1998) Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism, as potentially leading people into a type of mania, obsessiveness or codependency. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self, or animals.Fromm, Erich; ''The Art of Loving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Wentworth
Dora Amy Turnbull (formerly Dillon, née Elles; 15 October 1877 – 28 January 1961), known by pen name Patricia Wentworth, was a British crime fiction writer. Early life and education She was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India (then the British Raj), and was educated first privately, then at Blackheath High School for Girls in London. Her father was General Edmond Elles, and her mother was Clare, Lady Elles, nee Rothney. Personal life She and her first husband, Lt. Col. George Frederick Horace Dillon, had one daughter. She also became stepmother to Dillon's three sons, two of whom died during World War I. After Dillon's death, in 1906, she settled in Camberley, Surrey. In 1920, she married Lt. Col. George Oliver Turnbull. One of her stepsons who died in World War I had Wentworth as a middle name, after Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, and she adopted Wentworth as her pen name. Dora Amy Turnbull died on 28 January 1961, aged 83. Her estate was valued at £24 561. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford (July 1, 1915 – March 26, 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for ''The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford'' in 1970. Biography She was born in Covina, California, to Mary Ethel (McKillop) and John Richard Stafford, a Western pulp writer. As a youth Stafford attended the University of Colorado Boulder and, with friend James Robert Hightower, won a one-year fellowship to study philology at the University of Heidelberg from 1936 to 1937. Her first novel, ''Boston Adventure'', was a best-seller, earning her national acclaim. She wrote two more novels in her career, but her greatest medium was the short story: her works were published in ''The New Yorker'' and various literary magazines. In 1955 she won first place in the O. Henry Awards for her story ''In the Zoo''. For the academic year 1964–1965, she was a Fellow on the faculty at the Center for Advanced Studies of Wesleyan University. Stafford's perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartwheel (gymnastics)
A cartwheel is a sideways rotary movement of the body. It is performed by bringing the hands to the floor one at a time while the body inverts. The legs travel over the body trunk while one or both hands are on the floor, and then the feet return to the floor one at a time, ending with the athlete standing upright. It is performed in a variety of athletic activities, including performance dance and some types of Indian dance, in gymnastics and cheer, and in the martial arts of capoeira. It is called a ''cartwheel'' because the performer's arms and legs move in a fashion similar to the spokes of a turning ( cart) wheel. In classical Indian Karana dance, it is called ''talavilasitam'', and in capoeira is called ''aú''. Its first use has been recorded in 1925 by Matthew Douglass, the leader of a popular circus based in Gosforth, Newcastle, who used the trick when dodging flaming spears Technique To perform a cartwheel, one moves sideways in a straight line, keeping the back str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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