Dancing Before Storms

America 1776

France 1789

Europe 1848

China 1911

Russia 1917

These five revolutions shaped the power structures of our modern world.

Each time, the elites of the day ignored the warning signs. Each time they continued 'dancing before storms'.

Dancing Before Storms is about times of anger and upheaval, the connections between them, and the personal stories of men and women who had power and influence but were overtaken by events.

Is revolution brewing again? What can we learn from the violence of the past?