PositiveThe New York TimesThis is far from a complete or even adequate survey of American-ness in dance — it never once mentions Isadora Duncan, 'West Side Story,' Alvin Ailey’s 'Revelations' or Mikhail Baryshnikov — and yet it’s valuable, original, refreshing, wide-ranging. You can find errors in it; you may howl about its omissions; you should argue with it. But it’s good company: Ms. Pugh’s writing is excellent, and the book is mind opening.
