Overview

Malnig examines exhibition ballroom dance as both a theatrical genre and a cultural and social phenomenon, promoting new cultural standards, including the emancipation of women and a new casualness and spontaneity between the sexes. A lively and thorough account of a dance form that has found renewed popularity in recent years.

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<p> A delightful and much-needed examination of twentieth-century American ballroom dance and its relation to other performing arts. Malnig employs a lively, rapid-fire writing style that sustains interest throughout the book...An important historical and cultural guide.

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Julie Malnig is Assistant Professor in the Gallatin Division of New York University where she teaches courses in Performance History, American Culture, and Gender Studies.

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