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Author(s): Grevel Lindop  
ISBN: 0233002367
ISBN-13: 9780233002361
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Publication Date: 11 Aug 2008
Pages: 256pp (198 x 129 x 28mm)
Format: Hardback
Published Price: £14.99
Travels on the Dance Floor One Man's Journey to the Heart of Salsa
by Grevel Lindop  
Unique Selling Points
    RADIO FOUR'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
Outline
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.
Contents
IIntroduction, set in the UK, with subsequent chapters covering Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Miami.
Link to Author Web Site
http://www.grevel.co.uk/