Zadie Smith: dance lessons for writers

From Fred Astaire’s elegance to Beyoncé’s power, Zadie Smith is inspired by dancers as much she is by other writersThe connection between writing and dancing has been much on my mind recently: it’s a channel I want to keep open. It feels a little neglected – compared to, say, the relationship between music and prose – maybe because there is something counter-intuitive about it. But for me the two forms are close to each other: I feel dance has something to te