Dancing Till Dawn - A Century of Exhibition Ballroom Dance

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Malnig, Charles Neimeyer
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1995
• EAN: 9780814755280
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-5528-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Series: Contributions to the Study of; Contributions to the Study of; Contributions to the Study of Music & Dance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics