TheDance

Acelebrationinverseofthesilentpoetryofdanceandthedancer，thisanthologyfeaturesadizzyingrangeofsubjects：ChinesedaggerdancesandHindufestivaldances，bellydancersandwhirlingdervishes，highschoolpromsandweddingwaltzes，tango，tarantella，flamenco，moderndance，reelsandjigs，disco，andballet.Someoftheworld'smostfamouschoreographersanddancersmovethroughthepoemsgatheredhere：fromNijinskyandPavlovatoGeneKellyandFredAstaire，fromIsadoraDuncantoGeorgeBalanchineandMarthaGraham，fromBojanglestoBaryshnikov.Theworkofmorethan150poets--includingShakespeare，Milton，Hafiz，Rumi，LiPo，Rilke，Rimbaud，Lorca，Akhmatova，Whitman，Dickinson，Cummings，Eliot，andMerrill--reflectsthegrace，thedrama，theexpressivepower，andthesheerjoytobefoundindancearoundtheworldandthroughtheages.