alt.arts.ballet FAQ 6: Reading List
From: Tom <twp@panix.com> Newsgroups: alt.arts.ballet Subject: alt.arts.ballet FAQ 6: Reading List Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <celftp$2tk$6@reader1.panix.com> User-Agent: tin/1.4.7-20030322 ("Suggestions") (UNIX) (NetBSD/1.6.2 (i386)) Archive-name: dance/ballet-modern-faq/part4 Posting-frequency: bimonthly Last-modified: Jul. 21, 2004 ================================ Part 6 of seven parts ================================ Copyright (c) 1995-2004 by Thomas Parsons; all rights reserved. This FAQ MAY NOT be posted to any USENET newsgroup, on-line service, BBS, or Web page, without the written consent of the author. This FAQ MAY NOT be distributed in part or in full for financial gain. No portion of this FAQ may be included in commercial collections or compilations without express permission from the author. ================ 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 ================ 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 svkeeley@aol.com.) 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 svkeeley@aol.com.) 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 svkeeley@aol.com.) 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 svkeeley@aol.com.) 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 ----------------------- 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 ---------------- 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 redaktion@ballet-tanz.de 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: ladance@ni.net 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: dancemag@dancemagazine.com For subscriptions: subscriptions@dancemagazine.com Web: http://www.dancemagazine.com Dance Now Dance Books Ltd. 15 Cecil Court St. Martin's Lane London WC2N 4EZ, England. e-mail: dances@dircon.co.uk 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 csims@lifestyleventures.com Dance Technique Newsletter Cynthia Roses, Editor Dance Publications P.O.Box 1021 Nokomis, Fla 34274-1021 e-mail: dancepub@gte.net $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 vspatz@access.digex.net 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 vjohnson@lifestyleventures.com. 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: zonadedanza@yahoo.com I've seen a Hungarian publication, Tancm"uv'eszet (literally, "Dance art"), but I didn't have an opportunity to translate the publication information. 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