She Changed the Air When She Danced

Mary Hinkson

Judith Jamison in Cry 1976

 

 Isadora Duncan

Loie Fuller 1902

1983ish me with 50 yards of silk
I was lucky enough to dance Loie's and Isadora's dances

via historical reconstruction by Karoun Tootikian click here

Lucky enough to see Mary and Judith perform, and take classes from them. They had stature, baby.

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work, and research

to learn to make one simple gesture,

and I know enough about the art of writing

to realize that it would take as many years

of concentrated effort to write

one simple, beautiful sentence.  

~ Isadora Duncan

You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.

~ Isadora Duncan

Parfum Inconnu by Houbigant 1925

Tai Chi Chuan - Over the Years

My students in a Workshop 1985 Las Vegas, Nevada

September 1981 Las Vegas Review Journal














Pasadena, California 2000















Tai Chi Alumni Reunion
San Francisco, California
1983-ish
Among the smell of eucalyptus
Hubert Lui 3rd from left
author 4th from left

Many of us had started together in Chicago, Illinois in the mid-1970's






Pull down, San Francisco mid-1980s










Pull down, Pasadena City Hall 2000








Tai Chi Chuan, Las Vegas, NV mid-1980s
My students attending Guest Workshop
with H.H. Lui


























Bringing Tai Chi
to
Las Vegas, Nevada
Lura Astor
Albert Phillips
Master Hubert Lui




















Some of my students 1980s

























Hubert in his gorgeous Snake Creeps Down
Las Vegas and San Francisco

Stretch to Feel Better

improve posture - slouch less
better balance
strengthen
relax
rehabilitate
improve range of motion
get rid of "kinks"
make your spine more flexible
add internal strength to external muscle
improve your sports/yoga


Instructor: Lura Astor
over 30 years teaching experience, ages 3-93
photos by: Miguel Munoz
2001 with actor/massage therapist/teacher Cara Barker

My goal is for you to enjoy a healthier lifestyle with more energy, courage, relaxation, less aching, less pain.
I work with your pace and capabilities. Together, we chart goals, landmark your progress, celebrate the achievements.
- Lura Astor

Rhapsody for the Lake

Daly Plaza Outdoor Performance 1978

... part of the Chicago Artists in Residence
performing throughout the city in institutions, schools, hospitals, outdoor venues, and creating the re-birth of Navy Pier into a cultural center for the city.

Chicago 1978
Marilyn Miglin introduces her first fragrance Pheromone
click

Photo of Lura Astor: courtesy of the Chicago Tribune 1978