Why people dance by Irina Sirotkina
CoFo Robert from Contrast Foundry and Aeroport from Brownfox in use on the cover and in the interior of Зачем люди танцуют (“Why do people dance”) by Irina Sirotkina. Illustrated by Maria Titova, and designed by publisher Ad Marginem who write (translated from Russian):
Why did ballerinas stand on pointe shoes in the nineteenth century, and changed to sneakers in the twentieth century? What is “modern” in modern dance and what is the difference between modern and postmodern dance? And – most importantly – why have people been dancing for as long as they can remember?
(…) Irina Sirotkina is a renowned researcher of dance and movement culture, a PhD candidate in psychology at Moscow State University and a PhD candidate at Manchester University. Why Do People Dance? is her first children’s book. The fact that for twenty years Irina has not only studied dance, but also dances herself helped her to write it: she practices free dance and “musical movement” – a local version of Isadora Duncan’s dance.
