For a full year, Bo Lai Ning traveled to dance halls, county fairs, festivals, gymnasiums and arenas to capture every conceivable form of dance, from ballet to ballet folklorico, hip-hop to modern, tap-dancing to the tango. The results are breathtaking: 200-plus photos represent dance styles from Argentina, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Liberia, Lithuania, Mexico, Philippines, Scotland, Turkey, and many more. A true tribute to American diversity, unveiled in lush color. A low-resolution preview is available above.

Follow Bo Lai Ning as he travels from the mountains of Tibet to the small towns of Cuba, encountering belly-dancers, boxers, cockfighters, drag queens, leopards and sword-wielding maidens along the way. This cross-cultural study of the beautiful and bizarre has 99 black-and-white prints–each a vivid reminder that a core characteristic of human experience is the element of surprise. It is an ambitious book, full of mischief.