Dance Crazy

. dancing footballers . a one-legged dancer . the bunny hug, the turkey trot, the lambada . dancing at dawn in front of an ancient Greek temple . belly dancers who can flip a coin with their stomach muscles...and much, much more! Behind the glitter and sparkle of performance Dance Crazy goes behind the scenes of a major ballet production. Which three dancers should star as Sleeping Beauty, which as the Prince? What steps will best show the character of the 'baddie', Carabosse? How many feet of tulle will be needed for tutus, and how much money will be left for costumes for the rat army? Natalie Prior also writes about some great names in dance history - legendary Anna Pavlova, tragic Isadora Duncan, toe-tapping film star Fred Astaire, Fonteyn and Nureyev - as well as belly dancers (women and men), courtly dance and modern dance crazes. In between are fascinating snippets - like the spider dance, or Lola Montes being showered with gold nuggets by her audience. If you're dance crazy, this book's for you!