Oppenheimer Hosts the McEnroe Show: The Elegance (And Pleasure) Of Dancing
Mark Oppenheimer guest hosts a conversation about dancing in America.
Published: Apr 28, 2011
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Colin McEnroe Show: The Elegance And Pleasure Of Dancing
When was the last time you danced? Not in the kitchen while preparing dinner, but publically on a dance floor with loud music, maybe even a partner ...
If you're life is anything like mine, your only dancing these days takes place at weddings, where people gather and dance ironically, as if they are embarrassed to be caught having fun. I’m Mark Oppenheimer, editor of the New Haven Review. Today I’ll be talking about the place of dancing in American culture. From the elegance of partner dancing in the old movies to break dancing in the 1980s to the swing dancing in the 1990s … Where has dancing been in American culture? And where is it headed?
Leave your comments below, e-mail colin@wnpr.org or Tweet us @wnprcolin.
Find Mark on Twitter @markopp1 or visit the New Haven Review.
**This originally aired on April 28, 2011**
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If this arrives in time for today's (4/27) show, Friedrich Nietzche is quoted as saying: "And every day should be considered lost in which we have not danced at least once."
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