Dance
Kuklin's stunning photographs of dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones float on the page with a genuine sense of air, space, and motion. Kuklin expresses a strong awareness of the human form, along with a way to communicate about the external and internal aspects of dance. Jones's supple, poetic text is breif but evocative of both the movement and the mystery of dance. "When I am dancing, I can fly high / and soar through the air. ...When I am dancing, I am everyone / and I am only one." From various perspectives readers see expressive hands, legs, feet, and arms. The crisp white pages and flowing typeface offset Kuklin's full-color photographs of Bill T. Jones' expressive movement. That movement is Dance! Highly Commended, 1999 Charlotte Zolotow Award ©1999 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Susan Kuklin
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-9
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
African Americans
Dance and Dancers
Diversity subject:
Black/African
LGBTQ Character/Topic
Publisher:
Hyperion
Publish Year: 1998
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0786823070
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 792 Jones