Danse Russe
Author(s): William Carlos Williams
Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)
Narrators: Annie Coleman Rothenberg, Chris Goringe, Cori Samuel, Ezwa, Ianna Drake Rosenthal, John Gonzalez, JemmaBlythe, Featherheadfop, Kristin Hughes (1974-2021), Lenny Glionna Jr., Laura M.D., Michael Sirois, Maria Morabe, Maddie, Sean McKinley, Sean McGaughey
Number of Chapters: 16
Length: 17 minutes
Language: English
Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of blank prescription pads that he kept in his pocket. This particular poem was written in just such a spontaneous way, after seeing the Russian Ballet perform in Manhattan. Each of the 16 readers in this collection took the challenge to make the same kind of leap - reading it spontaneously.
(Summary by Alan Davis-Drake)