Prologue -- Science -- Stage -- Stardom -- Safety -- Sideshow -- Sport -- Synching up -- Spectacle -- Silver screen -- Swimming synchronized -- Epilogue: Faster, higher, stronger-together -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Index

A groundbreaking history of how women found synchronicity--and power--in water

Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of synchronized swimming's elevation to Olympic status, this breathtaking book, tracing a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville and dime museums to the Olympic arena, honors the grit, glamor and sheer athleticism of an utterly unique sport that forever changed women's relationships with water