Aging with Panache—Mikhail Baryshnikov Shows the Way
I watched Mikhail Baryshnikov dance at the 2010 Ringling Museum International Festival. He came onto a plain stage with nothing but a screen. Then he started dancing to a video of a young man dancing. And the young man was Baryshnikov at a much earlier age. He danced to his younger self. You saw three dancers-the younger, the older and the shadow.
Many paths to retirement happiness
Ellen Goodman wrote in her final column before retiring: “There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit…It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving on rather than out.”
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How Age Biased Are You?
Posted by Nancy K. Schlossberg, Ed.D. on October 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I have been part of a group that is trying to establish a national institute which we are tentatively calling the Institute of the Ages. Some community leaders have commented that people don’t want to be part of something that suggests aging. That led me to conclude that age bias is alive and well. There are two aspects of age bias.Editorial Controls
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