Swing Dancing (The American Dance Floor)
• Provides readers with a consolidated and inspirational source of information regarding the history of swing dancing in America• Includes information gained from personal interviews with prominent dance sources including several world-renowned dancers from the 1930s and 1940s• Presents unique insights from authors who were at the forefront of the swing revival of the late 1990s, now often referred to as the "second era of swing"• Contains insights from personal interviews with a variety of prominent dancers, scholars, and historians• Presents a chronology of the emergence of vernacular American dancing and the development of swing, from colonial times to the present day• Includes numerous illustrations and photographs depicting the diverse influences on the genre, from legendary musicians to iconic swing dancers and more• Contains a select bibliography of diverse source material, such as books, films, and magazine and newspaper articles• Provides a helpful index offering access to names, places, people, and all important subjects