Little Movements    by Lauren Morrow Order:  USA  Can Random House, 2025 (2025) Hardcover, e-Book      Reviewed by Barbara Lingens Lauren Morrow is both a writer and a dancer, and Little Movements details what happens when choreographer Layla is awarded the chance of a lifetime — to be fully supported while creating a new dance. However, life for her quickly gets difficult, with marriage problems, sponsor troubles and continuing cast changes. It's a remarkable story. Even more remarkable, within the story we get to hear Layla philosophizing about what it means to create. What responsibility does she as a choreographer have to her audience, dancers, supporters or to herself? These questions are even more interesting because Layla is Black, and all the dancers chosen for her to work with are also Black, a situation they find most unusual and quite freeing. When the (all-White) sponsors find out the dance is going to be about life they react negatively. It turns out they were looking for a Black piece. How all of this came about and how it is worked out is important, but what shines is how the dance grows from Layla's initial idea to a passionate team effort. This requires a lot of hard work and great learning by each individual, making the resulting performance one that will be truly remembered by all. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Contemporary books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews