List of partner dance books
Listed below are books that describe the techniques of various partner dances.
Ballroom dancing
Basic books for the International Style
- Alex Moore:
- The Ballroom Technique
- Ballroom Dancing, an elaboration on the above book (9th Edition, 1986, ISBN 0-7136-2794-8)
- Popular Variations (numerous reprints and editions since 1954)
- Victor Silvester, Modern Ballroom Dancing. Stanley Paul, London (first published 1928, 1993 edition ISBN 0-09-178193-0, current edition 2005)
- Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD):
- The Ballroom Technique, (numerous reprints and editions since 1948) originally based on a work of the same name by Alex Moore.
- The Revised Technique of Latin-American Dancing, (reprints and editions since 1971)
- Popular Variations in Latin-American Dancing, (1982)
- Guy Howard, Technique of Ballroom Dancing
- Walter Laird:
- Technique of Latin Dancing
- Technique of Latin Dancing Supplement
Advanced books for the International Style
- Christopher R. Willis (FISTD):
- Leading Competition Figures: Waltz and Foxtrot, ISBN 0991406214; ISBN 978-0991406210
- Leading Competition Figures: Tango and Quickstep, ISBN 0991406222; ISBN 978-0991406227
- Competition Figures: Charts and Footpatterns, ISBN 0991406230; ISBN 978-0991406234
Basic Books for the American Style
- Matt Barber, Beginning Ballroom: Why's, Do's, Don'ts, and Shoes. (2011). ISBN 978-1-4535-5262-9 [1]
- Richard M. Stephenson, Joseph Iaccarino, "Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing" (1992) Main Street Books, ISBN 0-385-42416-7
- Jeffrey Allen, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing", 2nd edition 2006, ISBN 1-59257-577-3
- Kaye Anderson "Fancy Dancing Series" 1992: Dance Action, PO Box 7162, Mesa, AZ 85216
- Fancy Footwork: The Art of Round Dancing ISBN 0-9625895-3-5
- Fancy Figures: Two-Step ISBN 0-9625895-1-9
- Fancy Figures: Easy Level Waltz ISBN 0-9625895-2-7
- Fancy Figures: Phase III Moderns (Foxtrot, Quickstep, Argentine Tango) ISBN 0-9625895-4-3
- Fancy Figures: Phase III Latins (Cha Cha, Rumba, Mambo, Jive) ISBN 0-9625895-6-8
Partner and social dance research and scholarship
- Juliet E. McMains (2006) "Glamour Addiction: Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry" Wesleyan University Press, ISBN 0-8195-6774-4
- Kristine M. McCusker, Diane Pecknold (2004) "A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music", University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 1-57806-678-6
- About roles gender plays in creating and marketing the Country /Western musical and dance forms.
References
- ↑ Barber, Matt (2011). Beginning Ballroom: Why's, Do's, Don'ts, and Shoes. La Vergne, TN: Ingram. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-4535-5262-9.
- ↑ "Dance fever: Recovery can be hard", an article about the book and the author at the University of Washington newspaper, University Week, November 30, 2006
- ↑ A review of Glamour Addiction in the Dance Research Journal, Volume 40, Number 1, Summer 2008
External links
- Wikibooks:Swing Dancing, for Swing dance