Dancing with the World Part 1: The Mediterranean, West Africa and The New World

Dancing With the World Part 1: The Mediterranean, West Africa and The New World explains the forces that shaped these international dance forms.

Beginning with an in depth history of the dance found in the civilizations around the Mediterranean Sea, the book explores:

• West Africa's complex dance traditions that came to the New World
• History of how the America's became the origin of exciting, new dance forms
• Cultural and Social environments from which these dances developed