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Item Details
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TRAVELS ON THE DANCE FLOOR
ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF SALSA |
| By: |
Grevel Lindop |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0233002367 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780233002361 |
| Publisher: |
CARLTON BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
11 August, 2008 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
From the streets, bars and dance halls of Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia to those of Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Miami - land of Cuban exiles - the author stumbles across a colorful cast of characters and a raft of fresh tricks. This book presents the author's solo adventure to find the geographical and cultural roots of salsa. |
| Synopsis: |
When poet and biographer Grevel Lindop takes up salsa dancing in rainy Manchester, all he has are size 12 feet and excruciating adolescent memories of ballroom dancing lessons. But salsa has a way of getting into your blood. Intense and intimate, sexy and addictive, the adrenalin-pumping Afro-Latin-American dance style soon becomes an obsession. Inspired to learn more, Lindop decides on a solo adventure to find the geographical and cultural roots of salsa.From the streets, bars and dance halls of Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia to those of Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Miami - land of Cuban exiles - he stumbles across a colorful cast of characters and a raft of new tricks. His quest also gives rise to basic confrontations with himself: can a 6'4" white, English poet really dance? And what happens when he does? "Travels on the Dance Floor" is Lindop's vibrant and evocative account of his odyssey, written with wry humour and a poet's eye for color, detail and atmosphere. Funny, passionate and inspiring by turns, it is a book that will be loved by dance addicts and armchair travelers alike. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Andre Deutsch Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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