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Dance Your Way Home
- A Journey Through the Dancefloor
- Narrated by: Emma Warren
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite tune comes on. It's more than a social history: it's a set of interconnected histories of the overlooked places where dancing happens . . .
Why do we dance together? What does dancing tells us about ourselves, individually and collectively? And what can it do for us? Whether it be at home, '80s club nights, Irish dancehalls or reggae dances, jungle raves or volunteer-run spaces and youth centres, Emma Warren has sought the answers to these questions her entire life.
Dancing doesn't just refract the music and culture within which it evolves; it also generates new music and culture. When we speak only of the music, we lose part of the story - the part that finds us dancing as children on the toes of adults; the half that triggers communication across borders and languages; the part that finds us worried that we'll never be able to dance again, and the part that finds us wondering why we were ever nervous in the first place.
At the intersection of memoir, social and cultural history, Dance Your Way Home is an intimate foray onto the dancefloor - wherever and whenever it may be - that speaks to the heart of what it is that makes us move.
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- Mr. W. Nicol
- 26-05-23
Thoughtful and thought provoking
By turns both personal and explorative, Emma’s book touches on scenes I was part of, avoiding the cliches that go with those and goes deep on lots I missed along the way. Highly recommended for anyone who has taken their place at the dance.
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- 13-05-23
Heartbeat of Movement!
This is an amazing articulation of a fundamental act which can be performed (in variation) by anyone. Dance and the ability to express oneself is as rudimental as air. Think on it too hard and reveal complexity or let it wash over you and bathe in it's simplicity.
You dance, you're a dancer.
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- Mark
- 05-05-23
A beautiful wide-ranging masterpiece
For me this book has reminded me of a great lost love (dance), given me a greater depth of understanding of scenes I knew and introduced me to those I missed. I loved how the science is seamlessly interwoven with culture.
Emma’s narration is calming but beautifully conveys the emotion and authority of the book.
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- Mr. J. Rayner
- 04-12-23
Interesting but, a bit too long
I was looking forward to reading 'Dance Your Way Home', however it was not what I was fully expecting. Yes, there is a lot information about why people dance and there is a lot of info about specific people & events. The people and places aspect does go on and on though & could do with editing down by an hour or two & putting more into context with the specific music. It must be difficult to write about music and dance without actually playing what you are on about. I also recently read the 'Rave New World' by Kirk Field and he interspersed his book with short snippets of music and a top of the chapter recommended tune. This worked really well, although what the copyright issues are in doing this I don't know? I also felt the Kirk Field book captured 'the buzz, the thrill and downsides' around rave culture whilst 'Dance Your Way Home' felt more monotone in comparison. Having said that, Emma Warren is certainly enthusiastic about her subject and does make some very interesting points. She is fully focused people coming together around a 'good tune or song' and explores how rhythm can heal. This aspect of 'Dance Your Way Home' was excellent, so I would recommend.
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