LIFE AND DEATH ON THE NEW YORK DANCE FLOOR

As the 1970s gave way to the 80s, New York's party scene entered a ferociously inventive period characterized by its creativity, int ensity, and hybridity. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor chronicles this tumultuous time, charting the sonic and social eru ptions that took place in the citys subterranean party venues as well as the way they cultivated breakthrough movements in art, per formance, video, and film. Interviewing DJs, party hosts, producers, musicians, artists, and dancers, Tim Lawrence illustrates how t he relati...[Read more]