Description: This hardcover book titled "Dancing the Dream" by Michael Jackson was published in 1992. It contains a collection of poems and reflections about music and dance, with a focus on the subject of dance. The author, a renowned musician and dancer, explores the power and beauty of movement through his writing. The book has a series number of 1 and falls under the categories of Books, Comics & Magazines, Textbooks, Education & Reference, and Adult Learning & University. The binding format is Hardcover, and the subject area is music. The author's name is Michael Jackson, and the subject of the book is Dance. This is genuine item Jackson dedicated Dancing the Dream "with love" to his mother Katherine, and has an introduction written by his longtime friend Elizabeth Taylor.[1][2] The volume consists of 46 pieces of poetry and essays. The subjects Jackson writes about are primarily children, animals and the environment. For example, one specific poem titled "Look Again, Baby Seal" promotes environmentalism as Jackson imagines anthropomorphic seals who brood about the fate of being killed by hunters. Another poem ("So the Elephants March") presents elephants that refuse to be killed in order for ivory pieces to be made from their tusks. A third piece ("Mother Earth") describes a struggle to cope with the discovery of an oil-covered seagull feather. To stress the theme of environmentalism and the necessity for action, Jackson writes in the essay, "We've been treating Mother Earth the way some people treat a rental apartment. Just trash it and move on."[1] Jackson also writes about the degree to which the 1990 death of the AIDS sufferer Ryan White affected him in a poem titled after the youth, and as he presents in the poem, Jackson believes the teenage boy suffered through general ignorance of the disease.[1][3] The poem "Mother" was written for his mother Katherine, whom Jackson loved deeply.[4] In one stanza Jackson writes, "No matter where I go from here/You're in my heart, mother dear."[4] The poem had previously been published by his mother in her 1990 autobiography My Family, and was not the only material in Dancing the Dream to have appeared elsewhere. The poems "Dancing the Dream" (titled as "The Dance") and "Planet Earth" were included in the sleeve notes for Jackson's 1991 Dangerous album (and in its 2001 special edition re-release). Furthermore, the lyrics to the songs "Will You Be There" and "Heal the World" also from the 1991 album were included in Dancing the Dream.[4] A spoken version of the poem "Planet Earth" appeared on the 2009 posthumous album This Is It. Dancing the Dream includes approximately 100 photographs. Some photographs had been previously published, such as those that were published in the 1985 Jackson calendar, and others that had been published in magazines such as Ebony and People. Furthermore, the volume includes photographs converted from stills of Jackson's music videos like "Black or White" (1991) or "Remember the Time" (1992).[1] Jackson commissioned artwork for Dancing the Dream from Nate Giorgio and David Nordahl, whom Jackson met in the 1980s and with whom he subsequently developed a professional relationship.[5]
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Binding: Hardcover
Publication Year: 1992
Series: 1
Type: peoms and reflection
Format: Hardcover
Subject Area: music
Publication Name: Doubleday
Author: Michael Jackson
Subject: Dance
