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CONTENTS

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

AUTHOR’S NOTE

INTRODUCTION

THE SIX TENETS OF BALLROOM

PART 1
A HOUSE/BALL CALL TO ACTION: IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL 2017–PRESENT

PART 2
FROM MASQUERADES TO BALLROOM: THE HISTORY OF IT ALL 1888–2016

1888: THE BIRTH OF BALLROOM

1919–1931: A HARLEM RENAISSANCE

1930S–1960S: THE DRAG BALL EXPANSION

1967–1972: ENTER CRYSTAL LABEIJA

1973–1979: BALLROOM AS A CULTURAL EVOLUTION

1980S: EMPRESS, PRINCESS, DUCHESS, QUEEN

1990S: BALLROOM IN THE SPOTLIGHT

2000–2008: BALLROOM AS A RADICAL PEDAGOGY

2009–2016: MAKING AN IMPACT

EPILOGUE: BALLROOM AS REVOLUTIONARY HOPE

AFTERWORD BY DOMINIQUE JACKSON

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

DISCOVER MORE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

PHOTO CREDITS

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