Dancing Through History

Paperback cover of Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories that Define Canada by Lori Henry.

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Probably two of my favourite things to do are to dance and to travel. For years I’ve worked as a travel writer, spending my time on the road and catching as many dance classes as I could whenever I was home. But, I thought, there had to be a way to include more dance in my professional life. So I did what anyone else would do: I danced across Canada.

Ebook cover of Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories that Define Canada by Lori Henry.

Slated for release in spring 2012, the book that came out of my various trips within the country, Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories that Define Canada, follows me on my adventures as I learn numerous traditional dances I have never done before.

Inuit drum dancing and throat singing, and Greenlandic folk and mask dancing in Nunavut, step dancing in Cape Breton, Ukrainian dancing in Alberta and Saskatchewan; I tried my hand in the circus (and got a behind-the-scenes account of performing in Cirque du Soleil from my friend Melena Rounis), and even entered into a Métis jigging competition. I was honoured to be invited to join in at pow wow competitions in Ontario and Manitoba, and witnessed Gitxsan and Haida dancing in Vancouver and Skidegate, Haida Gwaii.

I hope my book does justice to all the people I met across Canada, to the dance traditions that are being upheld, and to the stories that keep those traditions alive.