And then we danced
Subtitle: a voyage into the groove
By: Henry Alford
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781501122255; 9781501122262
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Dance; Social aspects; Dancers; Humor; Biography
Description: "Tackling a wide range of forms (including ballet, hip-hop, jazz, ballroom, tap, contact improvisation, Zumba, swing), this grand tour takes us through the works and careers of luminaries ranging from Bob Fosse to George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp to Arthur Murray. Rich in insight and humor, Alford mines both personal experience and fascinating cultural history to offer a witty and ultimately moving portrait of how dance can express all things human"--
Table of contents: title: Social entrée; title: Politics; title: Rebellion; title: Emotion and release; title: Pure physicality; title: Religion and spirituality; title: Nostalgia; title: Intimacy and socializing; title: Healing; title: Epilogue.