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Contents:
PART 6: READING LIST
6.1. Books
6.1.1. Introductory Books
6.1.2. General History
6.1.3. Biography, Memoirs, and Specific History
6.1.4. Criticism and Analysis
6.1.5. Reference
6.1.6. Source Materials
6.1.7. Technique
6.1.8. Stretching, fitness, & sports/dance medicine
6.1.9. Books for young people
6.1.10. Dance photography
6.1.11. Fiction
6.1.12. Miscellaneous
6.2. Periodicals
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6. Reading List
6.1. Books
You will never learn ballet or any other kind of dance just by
reading about it; you will never learn a step that way. But you should
know the cultural and historical background of your art, even if you are
an amateur, and once you have been shown a step, it helps to have an
additional description to which you can refer at home.
A list like this is necessarily incomplete. Moreover, dance books
seem to go out of print more quickly than do other books, so some of these
may be difficult to find except in a well-stocked library. The nucleus of
this list consists of books that can probably provide answers to questions
like the ones in this FAQ; but most of the list now consists of books that
have been recommended by people on a.a.b. New books are added in almost
every release of this FAQ.
6.1.1. Introductory Books
-------------------------
Dufort, Anthony. _Ballet Steps: Practice to Performance_. Potter, 1990;
ISBN 0-517-57770-4. Describes, with words and excellent drawings, the
essential steps and movements of ballet. Starts with warm-ups, then
barre and center work, partnering, and shows how these moves are
assembled using examples of classical ballets. NOT a textbook for
students; intended for an audience member to help appreciate the
language of ballet. (Summary courtesy of
[email protected].)
Early, Barbara. _Finding the Best Dance Instruction: Look before you Leap_.
Betterway Books, 1992, ISBN 1-55870-259-8. Finding a dance school for
you or your child. For people who are just starting out.
Elliott, Donald. _Frogs and Ballet_. Illustrated by Clinton Arrowood
Gambit, 1979; ISBN 0-87645-119-9. A whimsical book that explains some
of the more common moves, demonstrated in the illustrations by frogs.
Although at first glance it may look like a children's book, the text
is quite wry and sophisticated. (Summary courtesy of
[email protected].)
Greskovic, Robert. _Ballet 1.0.1_. New York: Hyperion, 1998, ISBN 0-7868-
8155-0. As its name implies, a general introduction. History,
dancers, watching ballet, and a summary of a few representative
ballets. Includes extensive glossary and bibliography.
Jacob, Ellen. _Dancing: the All-in-One Guide for Dancers, Teachers, and
Parents_. Revised edition. New York: Variety Arts, 1993, ISBN 0-
937180-10-6. This and Robbins (below) are probably the best
introductory books. Jacobs does not restrict herself to ballet but
describes the dance world generally: what it's like to dance; dance
for amateurs, children, and professionals; what the options are; what
classes are like; what a career may be like.
Kerner, Mary, _Barefoot to Balanchine: How to Watch Dance_. Anchor Books,
1990, ISBN: 0-385-26436-4. Contains a brief history of dance, chapters
on choreographers, steps, combinations, training, and how performances
are mounted. (Summary courtesy of
[email protected].)
Paskevska, Anna. _Getting Started in Ballet: a Parent's Guide to Dance
Education_. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997, ISBN 0-19-511716-6.
An excellent general introduction; a good complement to Barbara Early's
book.
Robbins, Jane. _Classical Dance_. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston,
1981, ISBN 0-03-048941-5, probably out of print. The other of the two
good introductory books. This one is more for spectators; Jacobs is
more for aspiring dancers. Strictly ballet; describes some steps in
remarkably great detail for an introductory, non-professional book.
Summarizes some ballets and provides a concise but exceptionally good
history of technique.
Terry, Walter. _Ballet Companion_. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1968.
6.1.2. General History
----------------------
Anderson, Jack. _Ballet and Modern Dance: a Concise History_. Second
edition. Princeton: Princeton Book Company, 1986, ISBN 0-87127-172-9.
Shorter and less comprehensive than either Kirstein or Sachs, but more
recent and (IMHO) more readable. This is the history of dance I would
have written, if I could.
--------. _Art Without Boundaries_. University of Iowa Press, 1997, ISBN
0-87745583-X. A very thorough look at the evolution of modern dance
from both US and German perspectives.
Au, Susan. _Ballet and Modern Dance_. Thames & Hudson, 1988, ISBN 0-500-
20219-2. Also a college text, slightly less focussed on the US than
Anderson, but no primary source materials.
--------. _Dance and Music of Court and Theater--Selected Writings of
Wendy Hilton_. Reprint, Pendragon Press, Dance & Music Series No.
101997, ISBN 0-945193-98-X. Facsimile of 1981 book, _Dance of Court
and Theater_ with two other articles added. Includes a complete course
in reading dance notation of the period.
Kirstein, Lincoln. _Dance: A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing_.
Princeton: Princeton Book Company, 1987, ISBN 87127-019-6. Covers
everything from ancient times to approximately the 1940s.
--------. _Four Centuries of Ballet_. New York: Dover Books, ISBN 0-486-
24631-0. Some general historical background followed by discussions of
fifty ballets. Generously illustrated.
Lawson, Joan. _A History of Ballet and Its Makers_. London: Pitman Pub.
Corp., 1964. More narrowly focussed than Sorell, Kirstein, or Sachs
but, within its limits, more detailed.
Quirey, Belinda. _May I have the Pleasure?_ London: Dance Books, 1976 (in
U.S., Princeton: Princeton Books), ISBN 1-85273-000-5. A history of
social dancing, apparently based on a BBC television series.
Interesting and informative.
Reyna, Ferdinando and Jean-Claude Dienis. _Histoire du ballet_, second
edition. Paris: Editions A. Somogy, 1981. ISBN 2-85056-151-7. A
rather complete little book about dance history (but maybe focusing a
bit too much on French dance), with an interesting index of ballets and
many photographs and drawings.
Sachs, Kurt. _World History of the Dance_. New York: Norton, 1953,
apparently out of print. The definitive history in its time, now dated
but not yet superseded.
Sorell, Walter. _Dance in its Time_. New York: Columbia University Press,
1981, ISBN 0-231-06391-1. A social history of dance.
Tatchell, Judy. _The World of Ballet_. Usborne Publishing, 1994, ISBN
0-7460-1692-1. Lots and lots of pretty pictures; at first glance it
seems to be ALL pictures, but there's a lot of info crammed in there,
too. Gives hints on watching ballets, describes the changing styles
from century to century, costumes, scenery, also describes (with photos
and captions) the basic moves, gives short bios of some famous dancers
and choreographers and companies, short synopses of about 30 ballets.
(Summary courtesy of
[email protected].)
Zorina, Vera. _Vera Zorina_. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1986,
ISBN not known.
6.1.3. Biography, Memoirs, and Specific History
-----------------------------------------------
Acocella, Joan. _Mark Morris_. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1993, ISBN 0-
374-20295-8.
Anderson, Jack. _The One and Only, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo_.
Princeton: Princeton Books, 1981, 0-87127-127-3, out of print. Before
the Ford Foundation money, the Ballet Russes style was American ballet.
--------. _The American Dance Festival_. Duke University Press, 1987,
ISBN 0-8223-0683-2. History of the festival with a great index to
productions and teachers.
Ashley, Merrill. _Dancing for Balanchine_. New York: Dutton, 1984, ISBN
0-525-24280-5. A memoir, but full of technical detail as well as the
usual reminiscences; explains why Balanchine thought _battement tendu_
so important. Required reading for any serious student.
Banes, Sally. _Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theater 1962-1964_. Duke
University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8223-1399-5. Painstaking documentation
of a volatile period.
--------. _Terpsichore in Sneakers_. 2nd ed. University Press of New
England, 1987, ISBN 0-8195-6160-6. (Make sure to get the second
edition; it has an extended introduction with a wonderful pocket
analysis/description of postmodern dance.)
Bentley, Toni. _Costumes by Karinska_. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995,
ISBN 0-8109-3516-3. A gorgeous coffee-table book about the
extraordinary designer who produced most of the costumes for the New
York City Ballet. Lavishly illustrated.
Blair, Fredrika. _Isadora Portrait of the Artist as a Woman_. McGraw-
Hill, 1985, ISBN 0-07-005598-X, out of print. Probably the best of the
biographies.
Cohen, Selma Jeanne. _The Modern Dance: Seven Statements of Belief_.
Wesleyan University Press, 1966, ISBN 0-8195-6003-0. Interviews seven
modern choreographers (including Nikolais, Limon, Sokolow), includes
their responses to a hypothetical commission (choreograph a work about
the Prodigal Son!)
Crowle, Pigeon (pseud.). Moira Shearer: Portrait of a dancer. London,
Faber and Faber, 1949, pre-ISBN.
De Mille, Agnes. _Dance to the Piper_. Da Capo Press, 1980, ISBN 0-306-
79613--9. From California youth through _Oklahoma_.
--------. _Martha: the Life and Work of Martha Graham_. New York: Random
House/Vintage, 1991, ISBN 0-679-74176-3 (paper).
Dunham, Katherine. _A Touch of Innocence_. University of Chicago Press,
1994, ISBN 0-226-17112-4. Early life, how she got to Haiti,
Fokine, Michel. _Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master_. Boston: Little,
Brown, 1961.
Fonteyn, Margot. _Autobiography_. Warner, 1977, ISBN 0-446-81380-X.
Descriptions of early Royal Ballet especially nice.
Garafola, Lynn. _Diaghilev's Ballet Russe_. Oxford University Press,
1992, ISBN 0-19-507604-4. Thorough discussion of a complex and
influential part of dance history.
Graham, Martha. _Blood Memory_. Pocket Books, 1992, ISBN 0-671-78217-7.
Green, Martin. _Mountain of Truth: The Counterculture Begins--Ascona
1900-1920_. University of New England Press, 1986, ISBN 0-87451-365-0.
Genesis of Rudolph Laban's work (also beginnings of Germany's Green
Party).
Gruen, John. _People Who Dance_. Princeton: Princeton Books (juvenile),
1988, ISBN 0-916622-74-6, out of print.
Guerrier, Claudine. Michael Denard : l'interpre`te et la creation Paris:
Chiron, 1992. ISBN 2-7027-0474-3. A book about Michael Denard's
career. The author often has a somewhat awkward style, but knows a lot
of things about Denard's career, and the Paris Opera Ballet in general.
Guest, Ivor Forbes. Le ballet de l'Opera de Paris : trois siecles
d'histoire et de tradition. Trans. Paul Alexandre. Paris: Theatre
national de l'Opera, c1976. ISBN not known. A very nice book about
the POB--very complete, including a list of its repertory until 1976,
a list of its ballet masters and main dancers, many anecdotes.
Hodgson, John, and Preston-Dunlop, Valerie Rudolph. _Laban: An Introduc-
tion to His Work and Influence_. Princeton: Princeton Books, 0-7463-
0584-2, out of print. Just what it says.
Horosko, Marian: _Martha Graham: The Evolution of Her Dance Theory and
Training 1926-1991_. Includes discussion of Graham technique by many
Graham dancers past and present from Bessie Schonberg to Christine
Dakin and a syllabus from the Graham school as well as a listing of
the dancers and works over the years. [Suzie Snyder]
Humphrey, Doris. _Doris Humphrey: An Artist First_. University Press of
New England, 1972, ISBN 0-8195-6054-5, out of print. Humphrey's
autobiography, finished by Selma Jeanne Cohen.
Kahane, Martine. Les Ballets russes a` l'Ope'ra Paris : Hazan/
Bibliothe`que nationale, c1992. ISBN 2-85025-249-2. Published in
conjunction with the exhibit Les Ballets Russes a l'Opera, held at the
Bibliotheque-Musee de l'Opera in 1992. A very nice book, quite similar
to Richard Shead's book, except that it focuses on Paris seasons
(Shead's deals more with London seasons), and it includes pages about
all the ballets they danced (first cast, plot, etc.) and many excerpts
of reviews or books (of people such as Cocteau, Rodin, etc.)
Kain, Karen. _Movement Never Lies: An Autobiography_. (with Stephen
Godfrey and Penelope Reed Doob). Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc.,
1995, ISBN 0-7710-4575-1. Her training and career with National Ballet
of Canada. "Rich in details of the dancer's life."--Steve Keeley
Karsavina, Tamara. _Theater Street_. 2nd ed. Princeton: Princeton Books,
1981, ISBN 0-903102-47-1. Autobiography, description of life at the
Maryinsky as well as early Ballet Russe.
Kendall, Elizabeth. _Where She Danced: The Birth of American Art Dance_.
University of California Press, 1984, ISBN 0-520-05173-4. With this,
the Blair and Shelton, excellent overview of the birth of American
Modern Dance.
Klosty, James, ed. _Merce Cunningham_. Dutton, 1985, ISBN 0-8415-0372-9,
out of print. Hard to find, but great essays by many former
collaborators and company members.
Kochno, Boris. _Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes_, translated from the French
by Adrienne Foulke. Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, no ISBN. Kochno was
Diaghilev's personal secretary during the final decade of the Ballets
Russes and was the company's official historian. A beautiful large-
format book loaded with photos, design illustrations for sets and
costumes, and reprints from the original programs, and the text
describes the genesis of each of Diaghilev's productions. (Note from
Tim Victor.)
Levieux, Francette and Duvernoy, Anne. Michael Denard danse l'Oiseau de
feu: ballet de Maurice Bejart Paris: Julliard, c1979. ISBN 2-260-00185-
8. A book about Bejart's version of "The Firebird" (premiered by the
POB in 1970, with Michael Denard in the main role), interesting mostly
because of its numerous beautiful photographs in black and white.
Lieven, Prince Peter. _The Birth of the Ballets Russes_. Trans. by L.
Zarine. George Allen & Unwin, 1936. Reprint with new introduction by
Catherine Lieven Ritter. New York: Dover Books, 1973.
Livingston, Lili Cockerille. _American Indian Ballerinas_. Univ. of
Oklahoma Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8061-2896-8. Rosella Hightower, Maria
Tallchief, and others.
Mannoni, Ge'rard. _Les 'Etoiles de l'Ope'ra de Paris; Paris: The'a^tre
national de l'Ope'ra de Paris_. S. Messinger, 1981. ISBN 2-86583-010-
1. (Second edition, 1982, ISBN 2-86583-024-1.) Biographies of all the
POB _'etoiles_ in 1981, with photos by Colette Masson.
Mason, Francis, editor. _I Remember Balanchine_. New York: Doubleday
Anchor Books, 1991, ISBN 0-385-26611-1. Reminiscences of dancers and
others who worked with Balanchine. A good view of ballet in general
and 20th-century ballet history as well as of Balanchine.
Masson, Colette and Mannoni, Gerard. _Maurice Bejart_. Second edition.
Paris: Editions Plume, 1995. ISBN 2-84110-033-2. About Bejart
(interviews of him, many photographs by Masson, chronology of all his
ballets.)
Mazo, Joseph. _Prime Movers_. Princeton: Princeton Books, 1983, ISBN 0-
916622-27-4, out of print. History of American Modern Dance.
--------. _Dance is a Contact Sport_. Da Capo Press, Inc, 1976, ISBN 0-
306-80044-6. Account of a full year living with and observing the New
York City Ballet. A warts-and-all picture, now of considerable
historical interest.
McDonagh, Don. _Rise and Fall and Rise of Modern Dance_. A Capella
Books, 1990, 1-55652-089-1. Some factual errors, but nice description
of transition in modern dance in the 60's.
Migel, Parmenia. _The Ballerinas: From the Court of Louis XIV to Pavlova_.
Da Capo Press, 1980, ISBN 0-306-80115-9. Ballet history in biographic
vignettes, a charming read.
Mueller, John. _Astaire Dancing_. Random House, 1991, ISBN 0-517-06075-2.
Excellent analysis and great photos.
Page, Ruth. _Class: Notes on Dance Classes Around the World 1915-1980_
Princeton: Princeton Book Co., 1984, ISBN 916622-29-0
Petit, Roland and Gerard Mannoni. _Roland Petit: un chor'egraphe et ses
danseurs_. Paris: Editions Plume, 1992. ISBN 2-908034-38-7. A big
book about Roland Petit, including mostly photographs and bios of most
of the dancers he worked with (including Nureyev, Baryshnikov,
Plissetskaia, Makarova, Fracci, Guillem, Bruhn...) with Petit's
comments.
Scholl, Tim. _From Petipa to Balanchine: Classical Revival and the
Modernization of Ballet_. Routledge, 1994, ISBN 0-415-09222-1. The
development of ballet in the 20th century, viewed as a continuation and
extension of Petipa's work.
Shead, Richard. _Ballets Russe_. London: Quarto Publishing, 1989.
Reprint [apparently]. Secaucus (New Jersey): Wellfleet Press, n.d..
ISBN 1-55521-438-X. Lavishly illustrated coffee-table book with
intelligent and well-written accompanying text.
Shelton, Suzanne. _Ruth St. Denis: A Biography of the Divine Dancer_.
University of Texas at Austin Press, 1990, ISBN 0-292-77046-4. She's
not taken as seriously as Duncan today, but St. Denis was immensely
influential.
Siegel, Marcia. _Days on Earth: The Dance of Doris Humphrey_. Duke
University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8223-1346-4. Excellent description of
work and explanations of Humphrey's theoretical underpinnings, great
sympathies for Humphrey as a humanist.
Solway, Diane. _A Dance Against Time: The brief, brilliant life of a
Joffrey dancer._ Pocket/Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0-671-78894-9.
Relates the story of Edward Stierle, dancer with the Joffrey Ballet who
died of AIDS-related illness in 1991.
Sorrel, Walter. _Dance Has Many Faces_. A Capella Books, 1992, ISBN 1-
55652-124-3.
Stanciu-Reiss, Francoise _Ecrits sur Nijinsky_. Paris: Editions Chiron,
1992. ISBN 2-906204-09-9. A collective book about Nijinsky--texts of
various interest, some very interesting, and nice photographs.
Stevens, Franklin. _Dance As Life: a Season with American Ballet Theatre_.
New York: Harper & Row, 1976, ISBN 0-06-014103-4. Out of print but
available from used-book dealers. This description of life in ABT is
prefaced with a vivid memoir of the author's own dance training which
brings the experience home to the reader as no other memoir I've read
does. Worth the price for that alone.
Stuart, Otis. _Perpetual Motion: the Public and Private Lives of Rudolph
Nureyev_. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995, ISBN 0-671-87539-6. Life;
loves and affairs; how he became a dancer; how he made all that money.
Swift, Mary Grace. _A Loftier Flight: the Life and Accomplishments of
Charles-Louis Didelot, Balletmaster_. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan
Univ. Press, 1974, ISBN 0-8195-4070-6. Very complete, very readable.
Draws heavily on Russian sources, especially Yuri Slonimsky.
Taper, Bernard. _Balanchine: A Biography_. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1984, ISBN 0-520-06059-8. Vivid and revealing;
provides some insight into Balanchine's working methods.
Taylor, Paul. _Private Domain_. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1988, ISBN 0-
86547-322-6. Autobiography, very anecdotal (lots of good stories!).
Tharp, Twyla. _Push Comes to Shove_. Bantam, 1993, ISBN 0-553-37264-5.
Autobiography, sounds the way her dances look.
Vaughan, David. _Frederick Ashton and His Ballets_. Knopf, 1977, ISBN 0-
394-41085-8, out of print. Great biography and analyis of style, hard
to find.
Villella, Edward. _Prodigal Son_. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, ISBN
0-671-79717-4. The story of a tough, ambitious, willful man who worked
with, loved, and frequently fought with George Balanchine. Gives a
feeling of what it's like to take classes and to find one's way in a
world-class company.
6.1.4. Criticism and Analysis
-----------------------------
Acocella, Joan, and Garafola, Lynn. _Andre Levinson on Dance_. Hanover,
New Hampshire: Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8195-5227-5.
Selected writings of one of the most important dance critics of the
20th century.
Anderson, Richard L. _Calliope's Sisters: A Comparative Study of
Philosophies of Art_. Prentice-Hall, 1989, ISBN 0-13-1554125-5. Looks
at several non-Western art philosophies.
Banes, Sally. _Writing Dancing in the Age of Postmodernism_. University
Press of New England, 1994, ISBN 0-8195-6268-8. Collection of recent
materials, excellent on postmodern dance.
Chazin-Bennahum, Judith. _The Ballets of Antony Tudor_. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-19-507186-7. The great choreographer's
career and works.
Cohen, Selma Jeanne. _Next Week, Swan Lake_. University Press of New
England, ISBN 0-8195-6110-X. Excellent introduction to philosophical
issues in dance without needing a philosophy background.
Copeland, Roger, and Cohen, Marshall, eds. _What is Dance?_. Oxford
University Press, 1983, ISBN 0-19-503197-0. Anthology of primary
source readings in several areas, good overview.
Croce, Arlene. _Afterimages_. Random House, 1977, ISBN 0-394-41093-9, out
of print. Her first anthology, great discussion of Balanchine and NYCB.
Denby, Edwin. _Dance Writings_. Knopf, 1986, ISBN 0-394-54416-1.
Anthology of everything, beautiful writing even if you don't agree with
him, considered spiritual father of many contemporary critics.
--------. _Looking at the Dance_. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1949.
Some of the best dance criticism written in the 20th century. The
first part of the book ("Meaning in Ballet") is a particularly good
introduction to ballet for the newcomer.
--------. _Dancers, Buildings, and People in the Streets._ New York:
Horizon Press, 1965. Collected dance criticism.
Emery, Lynne Fauley. _Black Dance From 1619 to Today_. Ayer Co.
Publishing, 1988, ISBN 0-88143-074-9.
Foster, Susan. _Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary
Choreography_. University of California Press, 1986, ISBN 0-520-06333-
3. Deconstruction applied to contemporary dance, very influential text.
Humphrey, Doris. _The Art of Making Dances_. Princeton: Princeton Book
Company, ISBN 0-87127-158-3. Humphrey on choreography.
Jowitt, Deborah. _Dance Beat_. Books on Demand, ISBN 0-317-28434-7. Her
first anthology, great look at "dance boom" NYC.
--------. _Time and the Dancing Image_. University of California Press,
1989, ISBN 0-520-06627-8. Connecting eras in dance to their historical
contexts. (Why does Romantic ballet look the way it does?)
--------. _The Dance in Mind_. David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0-87923-534-9.
Anthology of more recent reviews.
Kraus, Richard, Chapman, Sarah, & Dixon-Stowell, Brenda. _History of the
Dance in Art and Education_. Prentice-Hall, 1990, ISBN 0-13-389362-6.
College text, very helpful for dance education history (not always easy
to find).
Langer, Susanne. _Problems of Art_. Macmillan, 1977, ISBN 0-02-367510-1.
One of the first contemporary philosophers to take dance seriously.
Lewis, Daniel. _The Illustrated Dance Technique of Jose Limon_. New York:
Harper & Row, 1984, ISBN 0-06-015185-4.
Matteo. _The Language of Spanish Dance_. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1990.
ISBN not known.
McFee, Graham. _Understanding Dance_. Routledge, 1992, ISBN 0-415-07810-
5. British philosopher.
Pagels, Jurgen. _Character Dance_. Indiana Univ. Press, 1984. ISBN not
known.
Siegel, Marcia. _Watching the Dance Go By_. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1977, ISBN 0-395-25173-7, out of print. Her first anthology.
--------. _The Shapes of Change_. University of California Press, 1985,
ISBN 0-520-04212-3. The history of American dance seen through
specific works--excellent description.
--------. _The Tail of the Dragon_. Duke University Press, 1991, ISBN
0-8223-1156-9. Recent anthology.
Sparshot, Francis, _Off the Ground: First Steps in a Philosophical
Consideration of Dance_. Princeton University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-692-
07327-9.
Stearns, Marshall, and Jean. _Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular
Dance_. Da Capo Press, 1994, ISBN 0-306-80553-7.
van Praagh, Dame Peggy, and Peter Brinson. _The Choreographic Art_. New
York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963, no ISBN. A masterly survey of every
aspect of the choreographer's art.
6.1.5. Reference
----------------
Balanchine, George, and Francis Mason. _101 Stories of the Great Ballets_,
edited by Francis Mason. Garden City, N. Y.: Anchor/Doubleday, 1989.
Exactly what its title says.
Baril, Jacques. _Dictionnaire de danse_. Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1964.
ISBN not known, out of print. A small dictionary divided into 3
sections: technique, dancers, and ballets.
Bourcier, Paul: _Histoire de la danse en Occident_. 2 volumes. Paris,
Editions du Seuil, 1994, ISBN 2-02-023516-1, 2-02-022868-8 and 2-02-
023512-9 (???). Lots of pictures.
Brown, Ann Kipling and Monica Parker. _Dance Notation for Beginners_.
London: Dance Books, 1984, ISBN 0-903102-71-4. Covers both
Labanotation and the Benesh Notation.
Chujoy, Anatole, and P. W. Manchester. _Dance Encyclopedia_. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1978. Huge and encyclopedic, a first-rate reference;
unfortunately now out of print.
Getz, Leslie. _Dancers and Choreographers: A Selected Bibliography_,
Moyer Bell, 1995, ISBN 1-55921-109-1 . Getz edits "Attitudes and
Arabesques," an excellent bibliography/index--this should be as good.
Grant, Gail. _Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet_. New
York: Dover Books, 1982, ISBN 0-486-21843-0. Describes just about
every step in minute detail; the descriptions are in balletic
terminology and require more than a beginner's knowledge of ballet.
Highly recommended for advanced students.
Guest, Ann Hutchinson. _Dance Notation_. New York: Dance Horizons,
1982, ISBN not known. An exhaustive history of dance notation from the
15th century to the present, with numerous examples.
Hager, Bengt. _Les Ballets Su'edois_. Paris, J. Damase, Deno"el, 1989,
ISBN: 2-207-23627-7. A big nice book with many pictures of sets and
costumes, excerpts of reviews, etc.
Jonas, Gerald. _Dancing_. Harry N. Abrams, 1992, ISBN 0-8109-3212-1.
"Companion text" to PBS series, but much better than that implies!
Kersley, Leo, and Janet Sinclair. _A Dictionary of Ballet Terms_. 2nd
ed. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1964. Reprint. Da Capo Press,
1979, ISBN 0-306-80094-2. Illustrated with attractive line drawings;
more helpful to a beginner than Grant. Definitions of steps are
accompanied, where possible, by citations of ballets in which they
may be seen. Discusses _arqu'e_ and _jarret'e_.
Kirstein, Lincoln, Muriel Stuart and Carlus Dyer, _The Classic Ballet_.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. No ISBN. Another essential reference for
looking up steps, positions, etc., alongside Vaganova and Gail Grant.
It's by far the nicest looking book of the three with the most detailed
illustrations. (Note from Tim Victor.)
Koegler, Horst. _Oxford Concise Dictionary of Ballet_. Oxford University
Press, 1977, second edition, ISBN 0-19-311330-9, out of print. Very
nice source for performance dates, original casts, brief descriptions
(not a technique dictionary), not exclusively ballet.
Mara, Thalia. _The Language of Ballet_. Princeton: Princeton Book Company,
ISBN 0-87127-037-4. Definitions of common ballet terms. Prepared in
cooperation with the National Academy of Ballet.
Reyna, Ferdinando. Dictionnaire des ballets. Paris: Larousse, 1967,
ISBN not known. A rather complete little book about dance history
(but maybe focusing a bit too much on French dance), with an inter-
esting index of ballets and many photographs and drawings. English
translation: _Concise Encyclopedia of Ballet_. Chicago: Follett
Publishing Company, 1974, ISBN 0-695-80470-7. May be out of print.
Robertson, Allen, and Donald Hutera. _The Dance Handbook_. Boston, G. K.
Hall & Co., 1988. ISBN 0-8161-9095-X. A handy dictionary of dance and
dancers, arranged by categories.
Ryman, Rhonda. _Dictionary of Classical Ballet Terminology._ Hightstown,
N. J.: Princeton Book Company, 1997, ISBN 0-9524848-0-3. Based on the
practice of the Royal Academy of Dancing.
Terry, Walter. _Ballet Companion_. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1968.
6.1.6. Source Materials
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Arbeau, Thoinot. _Orchesiography_. 1589. Trans. by Mary Stuart Evans:
Kamin Dance Pub., 1948. Reprint, with introduction and notes by Julia
Sutton and Labanotation section by Mireille Backer and Julia Sutton,
New York: Dover Press, 1967, ISBN 0-486-21745-0. For comments, see
Question 4.3.
Blasis, Carlo. _Theory and Practice of the Art of Dancing_. 1820. Trans.
by [?] Cyril Beaumont. Reprint. New York: Dover Press, 1968, ISBN not
known. For comments, see Question 4.8.1.
--------. _The Code of Terpsichore_. 1828. Trans. by R. Barton.
Reprint. Brooklyn: Dance Horizons, no date, ISBN not known. Probably
out of print. Part 1 is a brief history of dance; part 2 is essen-
tially a repetition of _Theory and Practice_, part 3 deals with
pantomime & part 4 with choreography. Part 5 gives the plots of 20
representative ballets--all lost now--& part 6 covers social dances.
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, _Dance as a Theater Art_. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton
Book Company, 1992, ISBN 0-87127-173-7. Very good collection of source
materials on all aspects of dance from 1581 to 1991.
Ebreo of Pesaro, Guglielmo. _De Pratica seu Arte Tripudii_ ("On the
Practice or Art of Dancing."). 1463. Trans. by Barbara Sparti and
Michael Sullivan. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-
816574-9. One of the earliest treatises on dance by a court dancing
master in Renaissance Italy.
Noverre, Jean Georges. _Letters on Dancing and Ballets_. 1803. Trans. by
Cyril Beaumont, 1930. Reprint. Brooklyn, New York: Dance Horizons,
1975, ISBN not known. For comments, see Question 4.7.
Steinberg, Cobbett, ed. _The Dance Anthology_. New York: New American
Library, 1980, ISBN 0-452-25702-6. Anthology of primary source
readings with brief historical essays--very valuable but very out
of print.
6.1.7. Technique
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Barringer, Janice, and Sarah Schlesinger. _The Pointe Book_. Pennington
(New Jersey). Pennington (N. J.): Princeton Book Company, 1991, ISBN
0-87127-150-8.
Dolin, Anton. _Pas de Deux: the Art of Partnering_. New York: Dover.
ISBN 0-486-22038-9
Grieg, Valerie. _Inside Ballet Technique: Separating anatomical fact from
fiction in the ballet class_. Princeton, 1994. ISBN 0-87127-191-5.
Explains anatomical laws and body mechanics in relation to ballet
technique.
Hammond, Sandra Noll _Ballet Basics_ (Third Edition). Mountain View,
California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1993, ISBN: 1-55934-134-3.
"Designed for the adult beginner, _Ballet Basics_ provides basic
instruction for ballet technique and conditioning, information on the
history of ballet, and a guide for evaluating and appreciating ballet
performance." --from the blurb.
Kostrovitskaya, Vera. _100 Lessons in Classical Ballet_ (trans. Oleg
Briansky) New York: Limelight Editions, 1987, ISBN 0-87910-068-0.
The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School.
-------- and A. Pisarev. _School of Classical Dance_ (trans. John Barker).
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1979. The book bears the following
identification numbers: 80105-1003 / K----------123-79 / 014(01)-79.
Lawson, Joan. _Teaching Young Dancers_. Brooklyn: Theatre Arts Books,
1984, out of print. Good on placement (contains some instructive
anatomical drawings); explains many steps (although by no means all),
with descriptions and photographs showing right and wrong ways to
execute them.
Messerer, Asaf. _Classes in Classical Ballet_. Garden City: Doubleday,
1975, ISBN 0-385-04599-9.
Moss, Dena Simone and Allison Kyle Leopold. _The Joffrey Ballet School's
Ballet-Fit._ New York: St Martin's Griffin, 1998, ISBN 0-312-19470-6.
In effect, two books: an essential introduction to ballet for adult
beginners, and a ballet-based workout. (The title refers to the second
part.) The first part is invaluable for adults starting ballet. Read
this and you won't just try one class and give up in despair. Highly
recommended.
Royal Academy of Dancing. _Step-by-Step Ballet Class_. Chicago:
Contemporary Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8092-3499-8. Describes and
illustrates elementary steps; organized by grade from pre-primary to
grade five.
Vaganova, Agrippina. _Basic Principles of Classical Ballet_. New York:
Dover Books, 1969, ISBN 0-486-22036-2. Recommended to all students.
Gives basic conceptions of classical ballet, on through the most
advanced form of each movement. Includes sample lessons and musical
accompaniment information. 118 illustrations.
Warren, Gretchen. _Classical Ballet Technique_. Tampa: University of
South Florida Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8130-0945-6. A picture book for
serious dancers: a dictionary of steps defined by photographs of them
as done by professionals. A companion book to Grant or to Kersley and
Sinclair.
6.1.8. Stretching, fitness, & sports/dance medicine
---------------------------------------------------
Alter, Judy. _Stretch and Strengthen_. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1986,
ISBN 0-395-52808-9. One of the references recommended in Brad
Appleton's stretching FAQ.
Alter, Michael. _Sport Stretch_. Leisure Press, 1990, ISBN 0-88011-381-2.
One of the references recommended in Brad Appleton's stretching FAQ.
Arnheim, Daniel. _Dance Injuries: Their Prevention & Care_. 2nd edition.
St Louis: C. V. Mosby, 1980, ISBN 0-8016-0313-7
Berardi, Gigi. _Finding Balance: Fitness and Training for a Lifetime in
Dance_. Princeton:. Princeton Book Company/Dance Horizons, ISBN 0-
87127-160-5.
Blakey, W. Paul. _Stretching Without Pain_. Twin Eagles Educational &
Healing Institute, Box 2031, Sechelt, British Columbia V0N 3A0, Canada.
ISBN 1-896238-00-9.
--------. _The Muscle Book_. Twin Eagles Educational & Healing Institute,
Box 2031, Sechelt, British Columbia V0N 3A0, Canada. ISBN 1-896238-01-7
Chmelar, Robin and Sally Fitt. _Diet for Dancers_.
Cooper, Robert K. _Health & Fitness Excellence: The Scientific Action_.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1989, ISBN 0-395-54453-X. One of the
references recommended in Brad Appleton's stretching FAQ.
Fitt, Sally S. _Dance Kinesiology,_ second edition. New York: Schirmer
Books, 1998, ISBN 0-02-864507-3. General introduction to bones and
muscles of the human body, with application to dance. Good selection
of exercises, and also brief summary of exercise and conditioning
systems such as Feldenkrais, Rolfing, etc.
Howse and Hancock. _Dance Technique and Injury Prevention_. London: A & C
Black, 1992, ISBN 0-7136-3601-7; Theatre Arts Books/Routledge, 1992,
ISBN 0-87830-022-8.
Kurz, Tom. _Stretching Scientifically: a Guide to Flexibility Training_.
Stadion, 1994, ISBN 0-940149-30-3. One of the references recommended
in Brad Appleton's stretching FAQ.
Landis, Robyn. _Body-Fueling: the Ground-Breaking Approach to Eating for
Health, Energy, Fitness, and Fat Loss_. Warner Books, 1994, ISBN 0-446-
51767-4.
Nagrin, Daniel. _How to Dance Forever: Surviving Against the Odds_. New
York: William Morrow, 1988, ISBN 0-688-07479-0.
North, Larry. _Get Fit! The Last Fitness Book You Will Ever Need_.
Summit, ISBN 1-56530-026-2.
Root, Leon & Thomas Kiernan. _Oh, My Aching Back_. New York: David McKay Co.,
1973, no ISBN.
Ryan and Stephens. _The Dancer's Complete Guide to Healthcare and a Long
Career_. Bonus Books, 1988, ISBN 0-933893-79-0.
6.1.9. Books for young people
-----------------------------
_Starting Ballet_. Peter Usborne, (ISBN 0-7460-0982-8). This gives
beginner's techniques, proper skills and how to practice as well as a
basic introduction. Step-by-step illustrations give clear direction.
For Ages 5-8. [Usborne books are available in the U. S. from Debby
McConnell, 1-800-727-1105 x55 or (703) 781-8230.]
Varriale, Jim. _Kids Dance: The Students of Ballet Tech._ New York:
Dutton Children's Books, 1999, ISBN:0-525-45536-1. Ballet Tech is "the
first public school for ballet." This book is about Ballet Tech and
the youngsters who go there.
_Usborne Guide to Dance_ (ISBN 0-7460-0087-1) and _Usborne Guide to Ballet_
(ISBN 0-7460-0085-5). Peter Usborne. Both guides contain a combina-
tion of illustrations and full color photographs and is a practical,
informative introduction for absolute beginners. Includes simple steps
and exercises to try. For Ages 10 and up.
_World of Ballet_. Peter Usborne, ISBN 0-7460-1692-1. A complete guide
to the glamour and excitement of the world of ballet. With full color
photographs throughout. For Ages 10 and up.
6.1.10. Dance photography
-------------------------
(These titles contributed by Jim Williams. The quoted comments are his.)
Brodovitch, Alexey. _Ballet: 104 Photographs by Alexey Brodovitch, text
by Edwin Denby_. New York: J. J. Augustin, 1945, pre-ISBN. Extremely
rare collection of his photographs of Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo
from the 1930s.
Crickmay, Anthony. _Dancers_. Introduction by Andrew Porter. New York:
W. Morrow, 1982, ISBN 0-688-01239-6. "Crickmay, a British photographer,
concentrates on studying dancers where they work, practice and perform,
but his uncanny eye for composition and feeling for light raise his
work far beyond the level of routine reportage."
Edwards, Harvey. _The Art of Dance_. Foreword by Bruce Marks. Boston:
Little, Brown, c1989, ISBN 0-8212-1734-8. This is the Edwards who did
the poster of the girl in the torn legwarmers.
Ewing, William A. _Dance and Photography_ (U. S. title); _The Fugitive
Gesture_ (British title). New York : H. Holt, c1987, ISBN 0-8050-0591-
9. A history of the field, "the only serious scholarly work I've seen
on the subject."
Ewing, William A. _Breaking Bounds: the dance photography of Lois
Greenfield_. London : Thames & Hudson, c1992, ISBN 0-8118-0232-9.
"An extremely gifted and insightful artist...has an amazing ability to
"translate" the psychological elements of dance into two-dimensional
compositions."
Money, Keith. _Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Great Years_. London : Harvill ;
New York : Harper Collins [dist.], 1994, ISBN 0-00-271375-6. "A
wonderful `extended essay'...backstage views of these two brilliant,
highly-contrasting personalities working together to create their art."
Morgan, Barbara. _Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances in Photographs_. Dobbs
Ferry, N.Y.: Morgan & Morgan, c1980, ISBN 0-87100-176-4. Photographs
of the company in its formative years.
Petitjean, Pierre. _Backstage_. (Trans. by Richard and Jeanette Seaver.)
New York : Viking Press, 1979, ISBN not known.
Severn, Merlyn. _Ballet in Action_. With an introductory essay and
critical notes by Arnold L. Haskell. London: J. Lane, 1947, pre-ISBN.
"The first person to make a serious, ongoing effort to photograph
dancers *in performance* as a way of better understanding their art."
Waldman, Max. _Waldman on Dance_. Foreword by Lucille Tortora; special
dedication by Gelsey Kirkland with Greg Lawrence. San Francisco:
Chronicle Books, 1992, ISBN not known. "A very stylized view."
6.1.11. Fiction
---------------
These are mostly recommendations from people on the alt.arts.ballet
newsgroup. I apologize for the scanty bibliographic information.
Anholt, Laurence. _Degas and the Little Dancer._ Publisher, date, ISBN
not known.
Baum, Vicky. _Theme for Ballet._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known. "A
four-hanky tearjerker."
Bernard, Elizabeth. _Satin Slippers._ A series of at least 11 books.
Apparently out of print. Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
Brahms, Caryl and S. J. Simon. _Murder a la Stroganoff_ (British Title:
_Casino for Sale_). International Polygonics, Ltd., 1985. ISBN 0-
930330-33-1
--------. _Six Curtains for Stroganova._ (also _Six Curtains for
Natasha_). International Polygonics, Ltd., 1986. ISBN 0-930330-49-8.
--------. _A Bullet in the Ballet._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
Butterworth, Emma Macalik. _As the Waltz Was Ending._ New York:
Scholastic, 1982, ISBN 0-590-3320-4. German dancer's experiences
before and during World War II.
Daneman, Meredith. _A Chance to Sit Down._ New York: Doubleday, 1971,
ISBN not known. A young woman's career and relationships.
Butterworth, Emma Macalik. _As the Waltz Was Ending._ New York:
Scholastic, 1982, ISBN 0-590-3320-4. German dancer's experiences
before and during World War II.
Daneman, Meredith. _A Chance to Sit Down._ New York: Doubleday, 1971,
ISBN not known. A young woman's career and relationships.
Daniels, Kristy. _The Dancer._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
Dean, Karen Strickler. _A Time to Dance._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
--------. _Maggie Adams, Dancer._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
Englebrecht, Pat. _The Promise of Moonstone._ Ballantine Books, 1983, ISBN
0449700933
Godden, Rumer. _A Candle for St. Jude._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
--------. _Pippa Passes._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
--------. _Thursday's Children._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known. (young
adult)
--------. _Listen to the Nightingale._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
(ages 9-12)
Isadora, Rachel. _Lili at the Ballet._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
Kress, Nancy. _Dancing on air._ ISBN 0 96483205=4
Liption, James. _Mirrors._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
McMullan, Kate. _Nutcracker Noel._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known. (for
children)
Murphy, Tom. _Ballet._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
Nunez, Sigrid. _A Feather on the Breath of God._ Publisher, date, ISBN
not known.
Pinard, Nancy. _Shadow Dancing_. Story of a 17-year-old dancer who goes
from the midwest to New York to seek her career. Disc-Us Books, 1998,
ISBN 1-58444-003-1. Available from www.disc-us.com
Powell, Michael and Emeric Pressburger. _The Red Shoes._ London: Ungar
Frederick Pub Co, January 1987, ISBN 0804426872. Also: New York "A
Wyatt Book for St Martin's Press" 1997 ISBN: 0-312-15637-5. Adapted
from the movie.
Rees, Elizabeth. _Heart Beats._ A series of at least 6 books. Publisher
probably Aladdin.
Robinson, Spider & Jeanne Robinson. _The Star Dancers._ Baen Books, 1997.
ISBN: 0-67187802-6. A science-fiction story about a dancer.
Stewart, Edward. _Ballerina._ Doubleday and Company, 1979. ISBN 0-
42505392-X
Streetfield, Noel. _Ballet Shoes._ Random House, 1995. ISBN: 0-67984759-
6.
Sweeney, Joan. _Bijou, Bonbon & Beau._ ISBN 0-8118-1975-2. For children.
Ure, Jean. _What if They Saw me Now?_ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
--------. _You Win Some You Lose Some._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
Whitney, Phyllis. _The Stone Bull._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
--------. _The Black Swan._ Publisher, date, ISBN not known.
6.1.12. Miscellaneous
---------------------
Blom, Lynne Anne, and L. Tarin Chaplin. _The Moment of Movement: Dance
Improvisation_. Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1988, ISBN 0-
8229-3586-4. Just what its title says. Sketchy coverage of contact
improvisation.
_The Dance Directory_. A listing of north American ballet companies with
information about the company: artistic directors, staff, seasons,
audition requirements, salary, contracts, company history, & so on.
There are also European and ballroom-dance editions. THE DANCE
DIRECTORY, P.O. Box 904 New York, New York 10023. Tel (212) 535-3757,
Fax (212) 535-3757.
Folts, Claudia. _Classical Ballet Costumes for Men._ (ISBN not known).
Instructions and patterns for making men's tunics and vests.
Available from Tutu.Com, PO Box 472287, Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287,
(704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
--------. _The Classical Tutu Book_. (ISBN not known). Instructions and
patterns for making a classical tutu. Available from Tutu.Com, PO Box
472287, Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287, (704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
--------. _The Romantic Tutu Book_. (ISBN not known). Instructions and
patterns for making a romantic tutu. Available from Tutu.Com, PO Box
472287, Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287, (704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
--------. _Classical Tutus for Children_. (ISBN not known). Instructions
and patterns for making a classical tutu for children. Available from
Tutu.Com, PO Box 472287, Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287, (704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
--------. _The Ultimate Ballet Skirt_ (ISBN not known). Instructions and
patterns for making various types of ballet skirts. Available from
Tutu.Com, PO Box 472287, Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287, (704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
--------. _Finishing Touches: The Art of Embellishment._ (ISBN not
known). How to design and decorate ballet costumes, with many patterns
and instructions for plates, overlays, sleeves, headpieces, wings.
Available from Tutu.Com, PO Box 472287, Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287,
(704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
--------. _Leotards, Unitards, Tights and Dance Dresses Made Easy._ (ISBN
not known). Instructions and patterns for leotards, unitards, tights,
dance dresses, men's dance boots. Available from Tutu.Com, PO Box
472287, Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287, (704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
--------. _Forms, Flyers, and Policies: The Dance Business Made Easy._
(ISBN not known). Examples, samples, and templates for operating a
successful dance school. Available from Tutu.Com, PO Box 472287,
Charlotte, N.C. 28247-2287, (704) 542-2433
http://www.tutu.com
Gibbon, Monk. _The Red Shoes Ballet And The Tales Of Hoffmann._
New York, London: Garland, 1977, ISBN 0824028783. About the making of
the movies.
Gordon, Suzanne. _Off Balance: the Real World of Ballet_. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1984. The dark side of ballet: anorexia, the position of
women in ballet, stage mothers, etc.
Guest, Ann Hutchinson. _Labanotation: or, Kinetography Laban: the system
of analyzing and recording movement; illustrated by Doug Anderson._
New York : Theatre Arts Books, 1977, ISBN 0-87830-527-0. About the
Laban system of dance notation.
Harrison, Mary Kent. _How to Dress Dancers: Costume Techniques for Dance._
Heightstown (N.J.), Princeton Book Co., 1988, ISBN 0-87127-208-3.
Reprint of 1957 edition, so no information on working with fabrics
containing Lycra (TM). Well illustrated, but not for absolute
beginners.
Korsick, Alex. _An Insiders Guide to to Judging Dance Competitions._
Information on all details of dance competitions; useful for dancers
as well as prospective judges. Available via
http://www.iop.com/~books/handbook/index.htm.
Laws, Kenneth, and Cynthia Harvey. _Physics, Dance, and the Pas de Deux_.
New York: Schirmer Books, 1994, ISBN 0-02-871326-5. Companion
videotape ISBN 0-02-871327-3. This is a revised and expanded edition
of Laws's _The Physics Of Dance_ (Schirmer Books, 1984). Newtonian
mechanics applied to ballet technique. Not for every dancer, but
very illuminating for anyone who comes to ballet with a technical or
scientific background.
Novack, Cynthia. _Sharing the Dance_. Madison: Univ. of Wisconsin Press,
1990, ISBN 0-299-12440-1. About contact improvisation.
Pagels, Jurgen. _Character Dance_. Indiana Univ. Press, 1984. ISBN 0-
253-31337-6.
Sawyer, Elizabeth. _Dance with the Music_. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31925-0. Mostly for pianists who
accompany classes and rehearsals, but interesting reading for anyone
who cares about music for ballet.
Shaffner, Terri. _A Guide for Managing a Successful Dance Studio_.
Cinncinnati: GoodReeder Publications, 1996, ISBN 1-885945-000. What its
title says, written by an author with more than twenty years' experience
directing studios. Available from the author, Terri Shaffner, 5951
Rollingsfjord Dr., Hamilton, Ohio 45011, for $15.95 plus $1.75 shipping.
Wolfram, Eric. _Your Dance Resume_. San Francisco, Calif.: Dancepress
[(800) 815-6422] 1995, ISBN 1-880404-06-0. Provides concise and
easily readable step-by-step advice for dancers negotiating today's
competitive job market: preparation of resumes and cover letters;
photographs and videos; and advice securing and triumphantly navigating
auditions. Out of print, but still available from the author: For
single copy, send a check for $13.95 plus $2 shipping to:
Eric Wolfram
735 Harrison Street, Third Floor
San Francisco, Calif. 94107
(415) 974-0551
Stern's Performing Arts Directory. Lists: agents, choreographers, com-
panies, composers, conductors, managers, performers, schools, teachers.
Available from Dance Magazine for $68.50; phone (510) 839-6060.
6.2. Periodicals
(Thanks to Estelle Souche for names of French magazines.)
American Dance
American Dance Guild
31 West 21st Street
New York, New York 10010
(212) 627-3790
Fax: (212) 675-9657
Articles, reviews, conference reports, member news, ads.
Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine
Dance Giant Steps
1040 Park Place, Suite C-5
Brooklyn, New York 11213
Attitudes and Arabesques (guide to current dance publications)
Leslie Getz
Getz Dance Library
1075 Marcusen Drive
Menlo Park, Calif. 94025
(415) 326-9775
Ballet Review
Marcel Dekker, Inc.
46 Morton Street
New York, N. Y. 10014
(212) 633-8264
Ballet 2000
[France:] BALLET 2000
10, av.du General de Gaullle
06240 Beausoleil
[Italy:] BALLETTO OGGI
Alzaia Naviglio Grande 46
20144 Milano
[Spain:] BALLET 2000
Apartado Postal 17226
28080 Madrid
Ballett International / Tanz Aktuell
Reinhardtstrasse 29
D-10117 Berlin
Germany
[email protected]
http://www.ballet-tanz.de
Contact Quarterly
P.O. Box 603
Northampton, Mass. 01060
Dance and the Arts (was Dance Pages)
P.O. Box 916
Ansonia Station
New York, N. Y. 10023
Dance & Fitness
627 North Palm Drive
Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210
(310) 271-1966
Fax: (310) 271-1288
Email:
[email protected]
Dance Australia
GPO box 606
Sydney NSW
2001
Australia
(02) 2812333
Fax(02) 2812750
Dance Chronicle
Marcel Dekker Journals
POB 5017
Monticello, New York 12701-5176
Dance Chronicle: Studies in Dance and the Related Arts is a scholarly
journal with an emphasis on dance history. The topics are fairly wide-
ranging.
Dance Expression
Subscriptions Dept,
A.E.Morgan Publications Ltd,
Stanley House,
9 West Street,
Epsom, Surrey.
KT18 7RL
England.
Covers more than ballet (tap, ballroom, line-dancing, etc).
Dance Gazette
For information, see
http://www.rad.org.uk
Dance Ink
145 Central Park West
New York, N. Y. 10023
http://www.webcom.com/~ink/
Dance International
Roedde House
1415 Barclay Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 1J6
Canada
(604) 681-1525
Fax (604) 681-7732
Dance Magazine
111 Myrtle Street
Oakland, Calif. 94607
Phone: (510) 839-6060
Fax: (510) 839-6066
Subscriptions: 800-331-1750
e-mail:
[email protected]
For subscriptions:
[email protected]
Web:
http://www.dancemagazine.com
Dance Now
Dance Books Ltd.
15 Cecil Court
St. Martin's Lane
London WC2N 4EZ, England.
e-mail:
[email protected]
Dance Research Journal
subscription comes with a membership in Congress on Research
in Dance (CORD)
CORD/Department of Dance
SUNY/Brockport
Brockport, New York 14420
DRJ is the publication of the Congress on Research in Dance. CORD was
one of the first scholarly organizations in the US, and has presented
research on a wide range of dance topics. DRJ has included articles on
dance ethnology, aesthetics, biomechanics, dance therapy, arts market-
ing, teaching issues and straight history. As well as a journal, CORD
sponsors an annual conference with many papers and presentations, an
occasional special topic or regional conferences.
Dance Teacher Magazine (formerly Dance Teacher Now)
250 West 57th Street, Ste 420
New York, N. Y. 10107
Caitlin Sims, editor
[email protected]
Dance Technique Newsletter
Cynthia Roses, Editor
Dance Publications
P.O.Box 1021
Nokomis, Fla 34274-1021
e-mail:
[email protected]
$19.95/year
Dance View
POB 34435, Martin Luther King Station
Washington, D. C. 20043
Dance View is a publication out of Washington DC that focuses on dance
as a performance art. It includes a number of performance reviews as
well as features. In the past they've run special issues on specific
topics, like the Bournonville Festival, but mostly they cover dance in
the Northeast.
Dancemagazine
SHINSHOKAN
1-21-7 Sengoku, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 112, Japan
Dancer
Dancer Publishing Company, Inc.
2809 Bird Ave.
Suite 231
Coconut Grove, Fla. 33133
(305) 460-3225
Dancing Through Life
P.O. Box 15087
Washington, DC 20003-0087
[email protected]
For adult students of dance and their instructors.
The Dancing Times
45-47 Clerkenwell Green
London EC1R 0EB, England
Tel: +44 171 250 3006
Fax: +44 171 253 6679
DanceView
P.O. Box 34435
Martin Luther King Station
Washington, D. C. 20043
Danse Conservatoire
33 rue de Douai
75009 Paris
FRANCE
fax: 93/41/61/55
Danser
Service des abonnements
BP 68 7
77932 Perthes Cedex
FRANCE
fax: 40/02/63/90
Impulse
Human Kinetics Publishers
Box 5076, Champaign, Ill. 61825-5076
Impulse is fairly new (only 3-4 years) and was founded by academics as
an academic journal. Thus far, most of the articles have been about
teaching issues, both physical and psychological.
Pointe Magazine
250 West 57th Street, Ste 420
New York, N. Y., 10107
Virginia Johnson, editor
[email protected].
Les Saisons de la Danse
Service des abonnements
7 avenue Rachel
75018 Paris
FRANCE
tel: 43/87/08/69
Fax: 42/93/97/74
Studies in Dance History
Princeton Periodicals
P.O. Box 380
Pennington, N. J. 08534
Tanz Affiche
Eggerthgasse 10/1
A-1060 Wien
Tel: 586 80 26
Fax: 586 26 10
TBC News (Newsletter of Trisha Brown's company)
225 Lafayette Street
Suite 807
New York, N. Y. 10012
Zona de Danza
Cerro de las Torres 307, Col. Campestre
Churubusco, C.P. 04200, Mexico D.F.
$150.00 Pesos OR US $30.00 for 6 numbers.
Tels/Fax: 5544-2401, 5544-7953, 5549-7621,
5549-4608, 5549-4683.
01-800-719-36-06
Email:
[email protected]
I've seen a Hungarian publication, Tancm"uv'eszet (literally, "Dance art"),
but I didn't have an opportunity to translate the publication information.
Later, perhaps.
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