What is the significance of the title, My Father, Dancing?

The title story, My Father, Dancing, seems to encapsulate the symbolism Broyard herself recognizes in the nature of relationships. The fathers in her collection are indeed dancing; they are the ones who move and who seem most alive, particularly in their daughters' minds. Dancing can be seen as a metaphor for movement, and also as a metaphor for human emotion. The act of dancing involves an intimate exchange, a give and take that marks the continuing bond between fathers and daughters.