Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena: of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender and more.
Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cultures, dress and the body. Presenting the author's experiences at an international range of dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers, the book shows how dancing influences mind and body alike. For students of anthropology, dance, cultural and performance studies, Ballroom provides an ethnographic picture of how dancers and others live their lives both on and off the dance floor.

Jonathan S. Marion is Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA and President of the Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA).

Acknowledgements


Photographing Ballroom
How the Book Came About
The Ethics
The Photography
The Images
Photographing Ballroom

Ballroom Dancing: An Introduction
History and Culture
Genres
Dancers
Costuming
Competitions

Rhythm

Smooth

Latin

Standard

Ballroom Dance and Glamour


Appendix 1

Image Captions

References