"Indeed," he writes, "the whole meaningless story, with its atmosphere of dance-halls, movie-palaces, cheap perfume, false names and stolen cars, belongs essentially to a war period" - and, as he also points out, "the brutalising effects of war" may have lent extra vehemence to the expressions of outrage that erupted when Jones was imprisoned rather than, like her male accomplice, executed.
The colorfully dressed women then parade through the streets bearing a bounty of foods, below, to the site of a feast in the Cajun and the French traditions, amid an atmosphere of Caribbean dance, music and hospitality.
Introspective melodies jostle with climatic highs, and the semi-seated venue develops the heady atmosphere of a festival dance tent.
The desire for her to 'fail' clearly comes from the same ingrained truth that a DJ has to look and behave a certain way, or come from a certain background; an idea completely at odds with the atmosphere of inclusivity the best of dance music thrives on.
And the atmosphere of the second "Wanderer" dance takes us somewhere else again.
Unlike Poliakoff's signature atmosphere of dream-like concealment, Dancing on the Edge feels unusually lively, as if swept up by the energy of jazz.
Switch quit last year, citing "creative differences", but the mission remains: to bring dancehall music to a wider audience – and with the live shows, "to take some of the theatrical atmosphere of carnival music into the dance scene," in Jillionaire's phrase.
I assume that Mr. Taylor knows perfectly well that Mr. Pärt's music — which Mark Morris has recently, and quite fairly, called dance resistant — has become a cliché of modern choreography, adding nebulous atmosphere without dance.
Incidental Intelligence: The Arcadia Ballroom on Broadway has a sign on its marquee inviting one and all to "dance in an atmosphere of intimate opulence".
