{"product_id":"why-dance-matters-9780300204520","title":"Why Dance Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eA passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] smart, bracing book of reflection, analysis, memoir and history.\"--Willard Spiegelman, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A veritable master class.\"--Anne Doventry, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mindy Aloff, a journalist, an essayist, and a dance critic, analyzes dance as the ultimate expression of human energy and feeling. From her personal anecdotes, her engaging collection of stories about dance from around the world, or her description of the captivating photograph by Helen Levitt of two children dancing, which she sees as one embodiment of the mystery and joy that dancing can evoke, Aloff's exploration of the aesthetic, social, and spiritual impacts of dance will prove spellbinding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aloff takes us on a journey through various forms of dance--rituals, religious observances, storytelling, musical interpretations--to show why dance matters to human beings. Interlaced with personal experiences, this book builds on analysis to reveal the intimate relationship we have with dance--personal, spiritual, soul-searching, medicinal, and entertaining. The ideas speak to both specialist and general readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMindy Aloff's\u003c\/b\u003e writing on cultural topics has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eDance in America\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eHippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645187985682,"sku":"9780300204520","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93d05007-94f4-4ec2-be2c-94be1148aab1.jpg?v=1733142476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-dance-matters-9780300204520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}