Ballroom : a people's history of dancing
French, Hilary2022
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A tune-filled, light-footed people's history of ballroom dancing, from Vernon and Irene Castle and Arthur Murray to Dancing with the Stars. 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 all classes to dance. The new styles of dance being defined and taught in the 1920s, as well as the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1930s, ensured that ballroom dancing continued to be the most popular pastime until the 1960s.
Main title:
Ballroom : a people's history of dancing / Hilary French.
Author:
French, Hilary, author
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2022.
Collation:
304 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781789145151 (hbk)
Dewey class:
793.3309793.33
LC class:
GV1746
Language:
English
BRN:
3102785
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