Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

Season 1

A professional dancer (Goodman) and historian (Woolsley) tell the story of social dancing through history replete with the costumes, music, settings of the times, and a demonstration of the dance.

Where to Watch Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance • Season 1

3 Episodes

The Devil's Work?
E1
The Devil's Work?A look at how dancing went from being frowned upon as dangerous and debauched in the 17th century to being celebrated as an essential social skill in the 18th.
Revolution on the Dance Floor
E2
Revolution on the Dance FloorHow Britain's dance floors were revolutionised in the 19th century as the slow, stately dances of an earlier era were replaced with faster, freer ones.
The Shock of the New
E3
The Shock of the NewLen Goodman and Lucy Worsley show how the first few decades of the 20th century saw the most rapid and revolutionary change in the history of British dance.