Dance books

Previously announced on Sun & Moon Press, this is the important volume of dances written by Louis-Ferdinand Céline....  Read More >>

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An illustrated guide to the workings of the San Francisco Ballet, which also looks at the lives of the dancers....  Read More >>

Collection of articles on dance from a feminist perspective.  Read More >>

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This collection of writings by the American dance critic and poet, Edwin Denby, includes his reactions to choreography...  Read More >>

Intended for costuming dancers, this book includes over 400 line drawings that demonstrate how to make a costume...  Read More >>

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Advocates making dance central to every student's education. Hanna (dance, U. of Maryland) examines current trends...  Read More >>

Working within the perspective on the body as a zone of critical praxis, Shapiro lays the foundation for the theory...  Read More >>

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Morris dancing, one of the more peculiar of the English folk customs, has been greatly misunderstood. Traditional...  Read More >>

This collection of essays aims to present a translation from the medium of chroeography to written text. They investigate...  Read More >>

Randy Martin sets in motion an inquiry into the relationship between dance, politics, and cultural theory.  Read More >>

This collection of essays aims to present a translation from the medium of chroeography to written text. They investigate...  Read More >>

Randy Martin sets in motion an inquiry into the relationship between dance, politics, and cultural theory.  Read More >>

Presents the story of the development of modern dance as told by the visionary artists who created it. This work...  Read More >>

This absorbing book is ballet's 'biography' -- a revealing examination of a closed world, its competition and camaraderie,...  Read More >>

This absorbing book is ballet's 'biography' -- a revealing examination of a closed world, its competition and camaraderie,...  Read More >>

A study of Irish folk-dance. Irish dance along with the Irish language has become a way of keeping the national...  Read More >>

""In the history of twentieth-century ballet, no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the...  Read More >>

The first critical history of French ballet that illuminates relations of politics, spectacle, gender, and narrative....  Read More >>

The language of tap dancing is as rich and varied as that of any art, and different choreographers, teachers and...  Read More >>

Comprehensive, thought-provoking, and beautiful to look at, DANCING illuminates the many roles of dance in selected...  Read More >>