Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance
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Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

2014
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing, exploring the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Devil's Work?

    17-11-201459m

    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.

  • Ep 2

    2.Revolution on the Dance Floor

    24-11-201459m

    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.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Shock of the New

    01-12-201459m

    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.

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