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Title: Elements of Style...in Dance but not in Writing
Review: This book is of use only to an intermediate to advanced dancer who already has a solid foundation in the steps, and some prior general knowledge of dance vocabulary and concepts. Overall very disappointing as book that will teach you to dance, but enjoyable to read about the subjective though processes involved in the dance.Instead of focusing on teaching the basic steps clearly, the author fills the book with dance theory, history, and conversations. A vexing aspect of this book is his writing style: the book is filled with meaningless repetition and vague 'artsy' expressions that would leave anyone but advanced dancers in the dark. This book is woefully inadequate for the beginner as it has no diagrams of foot placement, and far too few photographs to see the connection between each photograph that makes up any sequence.
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