And Then We Danced: A Voyage into the Groove Audiobook (Free)

“Captivating…identical parts memoir and social history, Henry Alford seamlessly interweaves heartwarming and hilarious anecdotes about his deep dive into everything dance” (Misty Copeland, The New York Moments Book Review).

When Henry Alford wrote approximately his knowledge with a Zumba course for The New York Times, little did he recognize that it was the beginning of something very much bigger. Dance would develop and undertake many tasks for Henry: exercise, stress reliever, self-confidence builder, an excuse to visit, about AND We Danced: A Voyage in to the Groove a source of ongoing wonder, and—when he dances with Alzheimer’s patients—a good sort of community service.

Tackling a wide range of forms (including ballet, hip-hop, jazz, ballroom, tap, contact improvisation, Zumba, golf swing), Alford’s grand tour needs us through the works and careers of luminaries ranging from Bob Fosse to George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp to Arthur Murray. Rich in insight and humor, Alford mines both personal knowledge and fascinating social history to offer a witty and eventually moving portrait of how dance can communicate all things human being. And Then We Danced “is in one sense a special event of hoofer in all its question and range, from forego to refinement. But it is also background, investigation, memoir, as well as, in its wise, sly method, self-help…extremely funny, but more, it really is joyful—a dance all its own” (Vanity Fair).