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With a foreword by Oti Mabuse. 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.
About the author
Robert Hylton is a London-based international choreographer, director, performer and teacher. He works across multiple forms from hip-hop to ballet and contemporary dance, creative movement and abstract dance. He has worked with Netflix and Channel 4, and with institutions including The National Gallery and The Royal Opera House.
Oti Mabuse is a South African talent show judge, presenter, dancer and Latin dance champion currently based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series
Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2019 and 2020, and its German equivalent,
Let's Dance. She was a Dance Captain on
The Greatest Dancer. Since 2021, she has been a panelist on
The Masked Dancer and became a judge on
Dancing on Ice in 2022.
Summary
With a foreword by Oti Mabuse. 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.
