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Title: Jeff Allen is reportedly a terrific dance teacher in person . . .
Review: . . . however, he writes so poorly that this book (and, going by his book reviews, any other books that he wrote without help) is simply useless.We're not talking about mere inelegance of phrase or lack of organization (although the book certainly has those problems). Allen--who claims to be a college graduate--is completely ignorant of basic rules of grammar and punctuation. Much of the book reads as if someone had picked up handfuls of magnets printed with dance-related terms, and thrown them at a refrigerator.The barest, most cursory proofreading would have cleaned up a lot of this. Moreover, most people who write this poorly are aware that writing isn't one of their strengths. So why didn't Allen bother to have someone look over his manuscript? Did he think his writing was adequate? Did he think the publisher would handle those tasks? Was he less-than-sober when he wrote it?The world may never know.
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