Worlds of Social Dancing: Dance Floor Encounters and the Global Rise of Couple Dancing, c. 191040
By (Author) James Nott
Edited by Klaus Nathaus
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
22nd March 2022
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
793.309041
Hardback
304
Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 17mm
599g
A global history of couple dancing in commercial venues in the era of the two world wars.
By the 1920s, much of the world was dance mad, as dancers from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from Manchester to Johannesburg and from Chelyabinsk to Auckland, engaged in the Charleston, the foxtrot and a whole host of other fashionable dances. Worlds of social dancing examines how these dance cultures spread around the globe at this time and how they were altered to suit local tastes. As it looks at dance as a social world, the book explores the social and personal relationships established in encounters on dance floors on all continents. It also acknowledges the impact of radio and (sound) film as well as the contribution of dance teachers, musicians and other entertainment professionals to the making of the new dance culture.
Klaus Nathaus is Professor of History at the University of Oslo
James Nott is a Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of St Andrews