Dance books

Legendary ballet dancer and entertainer Wayne Sleep looks back on the extraordinary times he's lived through.  Read More >>

This book sets out to search for the Second World — the (post)socialist context — in dance studies and examines...  Read More >>

Strategies for recovering the Africanist roots of jazz dance in teaching and practice. Decolonizing contemporary...  Read More >>

This collection presents a selection of essays written from a point of view that has dance, movement, or performance...  Read More >>

This collection brings together international researchers and artists to explore the relationship between live performance...  Read More >>

The story of the first decade of The Prodigy, by founding member Leeroy Thornhill, fully illustrated with never...  Read More >>

This book focuses on works with children who occupy various roles in performance practice that have been shown in...  Read More >>

Teaching Dance Improvisation serves as an introduction to, and a springboard for the author’s theories, practices,...  Read More >>

Teaching Dance Improvisation serves as an introduction to, and a springboard for the author’s theories, practices,...  Read More >>

Reflecting the myriad options available to London audiences at the turn of the eighteenth century, this volume offers...  Read More >>

Centres on an artistic material encounter with costumes from the archive of iconic British choreographer Lea Anderson....  Read More >>

Five Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg offers fascinating new looks at five classic story ballets: Giselle (1841),...  Read More >>

This book develops an original theory of performative beauty. Philosophical aesthetics has largely neglected one’s...  Read More >>

Discovering Dance is the premier introductory dance text for high school students. It helps students grasp the foundational...  Read More >>

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This ultimate handbook for legions of Swifties details the remarkable evolution of the most powerful fandom in pop...  Read More >>

Argues that Ito Michio’s invented stories, unrealized projects, and questionable political affiliations are as fundamental...  Read More >>

The second edition of Frederick Ashton's Ballets: Style, Performance, Choreography adds two further ballets to this...  Read More >>

The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit details unique perspectives and approaches to support stage managers...  Read More >>

This monograph is the first history of ballets based on William Shakespeare’s works from the birth of ballet as...  Read More >>

This collection offers conceptual approaches towards bodies becoming shields by addressing the idea of bodily integrity,...  Read More >>

Dance Injuries presents a holistic wellness model and in-depth coverage of how to reduce the risk of injury in dance...  Read More >>

The Nutcracker Chronicles, a modern twist on the beloved holiday ballet, intertwines the story of Clara and her...  Read More >>

The escapist and sweeping new romance from Strictly star Anton Du Beke  Read More >>

Explores consent as a principle to guide practices and policies in university level performing arts education. Describes...  Read More >>