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''Dancing the Dream'' is a 1992 book of poems and reflections written by American recording artist Michael Jackson. His second book, it followed his 1988 autobiography ''Moonwalk''. ''Dancing the Dream'' was dedicated to both his mother, Katherine, and to Deepak Chopra. Its foreword was written by Jackson's friend, actress Elizabeth Taylor. The book also contains an assortment of around 100 photographs of Jackson. ''Dancing the Dream'' was published by Doubleday on June 18, 1992, seven months after the release of Jackson's 1991 ''Dangerous'' album. Though not being a significant commercial success, the book is rather a present from Jackson to his fans. The book was reissued by British publisher Transworld on July 27, 2009 following Jackson's death the previous month on June 25, 2009. ==Content== Jackson dedicated ''Dancing the Dream'' "with love" to his mother Katherine, and has an introduction written by his longtime friend Elizabeth Taylor.〔Campbell (1993), p. 324〕 The volume consists of 46 pieces of poetry and essays. The subjects Jackson writes about are primarily children, animals and the environment. For example, one specific poem titled ''Look Again, Baby Seal'' promotes environmentalism as Jackson imagines anthropomorphic seals who brood about the fate of being killed by hunters. Another poem (''So the Elephants March'') presents elephants that refuse to be killed in order for ivory pieces to be made from their tusks. A third piece (''Mother Earth'') describes a struggle to cope with the discovery of an oil-covered seagull feather. To stress the theme of environmentalism and the necessity for action, Jackson writes in the essay: "We've been treating Mother Earth the way some people treat a rental apartment. Just trash it and move on."〔 Jackson also writes about the degree to which the 1990 death of AIDS sufferer Ryan White affected him in a poem titled after the youth, and as he presents in the poem, Jackson believes the teenage boy suffered through general ignorance of the disease.〔 The poem ''Mother'' was written for his mother Katherine, whom Jackson loved deeply.〔Campbell (1993), p. 325〕 In one stanza Jackson writes "No matter where I go from here/You're in my heart, mother dear".〔 The poem had previously been published by his mother in her 1990 autobiography ''My Family'', and was not the only material in ''Dancing the Dream'' to have appeared elsewhere. The poems ''Dancing the Dream'' (titled as ''The Dance'') and ''Planet Earth'' were included in the sleeve notes for Jackson's 1991 ''Dangerous'' album (and in its 2001 special edition re-release). Furthermore, the lyrics to the songs "Will You Be There" and "Heal the World"—also from the 1991 album—were included in ''Dancing the Dream''.〔 A spoken version of the poem "Planet Earth" was featured on the 2009 posthumous album ''This Is It''. ''Dancing the Dream'' includes approximately 100 photographs. Although the volume was promoted to include previously unreleased photographs of Jackson, some of the photographs had been previously published, such as those that were published in the 1985 Jackson calendar, and others that had been published in magazines such as ''Ebony'' and ''People''. Furthermore, the volume included photographs converted from stills of Jackson's music videos "Black or White" (1991) and "Remember the Time" (1992), in addition to images of his 1991 performance at MTV's tenth anniversary celebration.〔 Jackson commissioned artwork for ''Dancing the Dream'' from Nate Giorgio and David Nordahl, whom Jackson met in the 1980s and subsequently developed a professional relationship. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dancing the Dream」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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