Emma Warren

'A clarion call to get up on the dance floor.' FINANCIAL TIMES Why do we dance together? What does dancing tell us about ourselves, individually and collectively? Whether at home, in '80s club nights, Irish dancehalls, or youth centres, Emma Warren has sought the answers to these questions her entire life. Dancing is a part of our stories—the part that...

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? What does dancing tell us about ourselves, individually and collectively? And what can it...