Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

Season 1

2014 · 3 episodes · 2h 57m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Devil's Work?

   17 Nov 2014 · 59 min

   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.

2. 2

   2. Revolution on the Dance Floor

   24 Nov 2014 · 59 min

   How 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.

3. 3

   3. The Shock of the New

   1 Dec 2014 · 59 min

   Len 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.