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Ballroom

a people's history of dancing
Author: Search for this author French, Hilary (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Hilary French
Medium identifier: SKH
Year: [2022]
Publisher: London, Reaktion Books
Media group: Buch
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In the early twentieth century, American ragtime and the Parisian tango fuelled a dancing craze in Britain. Public ballrooms were built throughout the country, providing a glamorous setting for dancing. The new English style, defined in the 1920s and followed by the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the '30s, ensured that ballroom dancing continued to be the most popular British pastime until the 1960s, rivalled only by the cinema. This book explores the vibrant history of ballroom and Latin dancing: the dances, lavish venues, competitions and influential instructors. It also traces the decline of couple dancing and its resurgence in recent years with the hugely popular TV shows Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars

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Author: Search for this author French, Hilary (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Hilary French
Medium identifier: SKH
Year: [2022]
Publisher: London, Reaktion Books
Works included: Introduction - 1 "A flood of splendour": Blackpool's New Ballrooms - 2 Jazz, Ragtime and Tangoitis - 3 The democratization of dancing - 4 Basis technique takes shape - 5 Dancing in public - 6 Nightlife and private clubs - 7 Hollywood glamour, 8 Everyday glamour - 9 Togetherness: Holiday camps and sequence dancing - 10 Jitterbug, Rock'nroll and Jive - 11 Latin, the 1960s and change - 12 Television, "Come Dancing" and Peggy Spencer, 13 The end of an era - 14 Twenty-First-Century Ballroom - Appendix: The ten international style ballroom and latin dances
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ISBN: 9781789145151
Description: 320 Seiten, with 80 illustrations, 9 in colour
Tags: Ballroom dancing; Ballroom dancing / Social aspects; Gesellschaftstanz; Großbritannien; Dance history ; Jazz; Latin jazz ; History and criticism
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Language: Englisch
Media group: Buch