With a foreword by Oti Mabuse. Dance is at the heart of diverse
cultures around the globe, from the increasing popularity of salsa
clubs, to break dance battles that gather crowds in the street, to
the constant stream of dance routines going viral on TikTok. Every
Saturday from September to December, 8 million people tune in to
watch Strictly Come Dancing. But behind the glitzy performances are
amazing and unpredictable histories: the shocking debut of the
waltz in eighteenth-century Vienna; the power of African-American
influence on the jive and Lindy hop; and the early foundations of
hip-hop in funk and disco styles. Tango, samba, Charleston, cha cha
cha, rumba - each dance has distinct rhythms, quality of movement
and complex rules to learn and follow. But they all shook up
society and gave ordinary people the freedom of self-expression.
Choreographer Robert Hylton navigates an extraordinary array of
photographs, periodicals and ephemera from the British Library
collections, which reveal the true origins of the popular dance
styles that have, at one point or another, swept the population off
their feet.
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