Swing Dance Encyclopedia

by Tom Nelson

296 pages, Paperback

First published March 6, 2008

About the author

Tom Nelson is an award-winning author and speaker and the founding pastor of Christ Community Church, a large multisite church in Kansas City. He is founder and executive chairman of the national nonprofit Made to Flourish, which helps church leaders equip their people for everyday life in the workplace and the economy. He also is a founding council member of The Gospel Coalition and previously served on the leadership team of the Oikonomia Network. Nelson and his wife, Liz, have two grown children and live in Leawood, Kansas

Reviews

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The introduction makes it clear: Dance to the music and how the music makes you feel! The movement patterns that are defined then, almost in contradiction, are spelled out - with varying degrees of success & accuracy - to how they might occur on the social dance floor.

This book offers an interesting viewpoint of dance and its performance. This is but one volume of an encyclopedia. It felt to me like most cross-references are contained in this volume. I was initially unaware and remain unsure why the glossary (sec. 7) is separate from the main content of this volume (sec. 6). If you have a formal partner dancing background, then peek at the glossary first to save some time flipping pages.