A review by sparklelys
When Langston Dances by Keith Mallett, Kaija Langley

5.0

There are any number of great dance books coming out this fall, but this is the only one that left me with goosebumps. Langston dancing at home and in the streets may not be like "all the other guys", but for sure guys dance like that -- he's seen the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. So he walks right past the classrooms of tappers (those are my people, to be sure), the hip hoppers, the African dancers, and joins a room full of pink tutus and leaps into action to earn his ballet shoes. (PS I have an elementary school friend, Alicia Graf Mack, who was on Alvin Ailey billboards some years ago. Dream big, and go for it!!)