Dance books

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

A Chance to Dance explains everything parents need to know to help their child pursue dance, as a temporary hobby...  Read More >>

David G. Pier offers an ethnographic study of the Senator Extravaganza traditional dance competition in Uganda,...  Read More >>

With over 25 years experience, ballet teacher Charlie Plunkett guides you through a ballet class. With her lighthearted...  Read More >>

After more than twenty years as a professional ballet and modern dancer and teacher, Shahab Nahvi blends his life-lessons...  Read More >>

In this compelling interdisciplinary work, Ann Axtmann examines powwows as practiced primarily along the Atlantic...  Read More >>

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Before she ruled the Kingdom of Sweets as the Sugar Plum Fairy...she was Princess Plum from Fairyland. When the...  Read More >>

For more than forty years, legendary dance photographer Lois Greenfield has captured the beauty and form of some...  Read More >>

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Magisterial, revelatory, and-most suitably-entertaining,...  Read More >>

When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also...  Read More >>

When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also...  Read More >>

"The Tahiti Ora Ballet, under the expert leadership of Tumata Robinson, assisted by manager Roland Garrigou, are...  Read More >>

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A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic...  Read More >>

Meet Catalina the Shy Ballerina After meeting her dance teacher and making new friends, Catalina was no longer afraid...  Read More >>

An award-winning author's journey to break out of the expectations of midlife and reclaim the daring of her girlhood...  Read More >>

An award-winning author's journey to break out of the expectations of midlife and reclaim the daring of her girlhood...  Read More >>

When Kenny Pearl arrived in New York City, determined to succeed as a dancer, he was penniless, friendless and jobless....  Read More >>

Swedish-born traditional dancer and researcher Mats Melin has worked and performed extensively in the Scottish Highlands,...  Read More >>

When Kenny Pearl arrived in New York City, determined to succeed as a dancer, he was penniless, friendless and jobless....  Read More >>

This book captures the spirit of a unique art form through hundreds of photographs and stories from many who were...  Read More >>

This book illuminates the relationship between philosophy and experimental choreographic practice today in the works...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Folk-Dances of Finland: Containing Sixty-Five Dances Selected, Edited and Translated About the Publisher...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Handbook of School-Gymnastics of the Swedish System: With One Hundred Consecutive Tables of Exercises...  Read More >>