Travels on the Dancefloor: One Man's Journey to the Heart of Salsa - Couverture souple

Lindop, Grevel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0233002987 ISBN 13 : 9780233002989

Editeur : Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2010

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 dancehalls of Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia to those of Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Miami - land of Cuban exiles - he stumbles across a colourful 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 colour, detail and atmosphere. Funny, passionate and inspiring by turns, it is a book that will be loved by dance addicts and armchair travellers alike.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in Liverpool, Grevel Lindop was educated at Oxford and taught English Literature at Manchester University, becoming Professor of Romantic Studies before leaving in 2001 to become a writer. His books include six collections of poems - most recently Playing With Fire and Selected Poems - as well as The Opium-Eater: A Life of Thomas De Quincey and A Literary Guide to the Lake District (Lakeland Book of the Year 1994). Married with three children, he lives in Manchester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Andre Deutsch Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0233002987
• ISBN 13: 9780233002989
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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