![]() ![]() ![]() He has organized his material into chapters on the text, the music and the early and later influences of certain dances. He met with current practitioners, their teachers, their fans. Thompson's research took him into clubs, dance halls, bars and movie theaters. ![]() Writing from a perspective that moves forward and backward in time, he helps us understand the way in which artistry and ancestry combine in individual dancers to make an art form of the body in motion. He addresses various human habits, including ways that we touch, our sensuality and even our facial expressions, making it clear that our bodies carry cultural references that are given public expression by dances such as the tango. Thompson, a gifted art historian, also examines the way the body enhances and shapes our culture. "It was the fabulous dance of the past hundred years," he writes in his preface.īut Tango isn't just about one particular dance. His book is an energetic, vivid account of the music, movement, poetry and songs that evolved into the beautiful, difficult and sensual dance that is tango today. ![]() Actually, it would be more correct to say subjects, because he has gone far beyond the conventional notion of tango. The word "love" in the subtitle of Robert Farris Thompson's new work reflects the passion the author feels for his subject. ![]()
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