DAN 490

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

This bibliography is a work-in-progress and highly arbitrary. It does represent cursory collected listings from us, practitioners in dance. Some of the sources are out of print but are included here because they are still useful. We invite your suggestions if you would like to suggest any other sources. In the pursuit of good scholarship and collegiality, we would request that you send us any additions you deem worthy.

 

Modern Dance:

 

Cheney, Gay and Janet Strader. Modern Dance, 3rd edition.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1980.

 

Cheney, Gay. Basic Concepts in Modern Dance, A Creative Approach, 3rd edition.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Publishers, 1989.

 

H’Doubler, Margaret. Dance: A Creative Art Activity.  Madison, WI: Univ. of WI Press, 1968.

 

Hawkins, Alma. Creating Through Dance.  NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964.

 

Hays, Elizabeth. An Introduction to the Teaching of Dance. NY: Robert E. Krieger Publ. Co., 1980 reprint.

 

Hays, Joan F. Modern Dance – A Biomechanical Approach to Teaching.  St Louis: C.V. Mosby Co., 1981.

 

Herrigel, Richard. Zen in the Art of Archery.  NY: Random House, 1971.

 

Lockhart, Aileen and Esther Pease. Modern Dance: Building and Teaching Lessons.  Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown Co., 1982.

 

Minton, Sandra. Modern Dance: Body and Mind – A Basic Approach for Beginners.  Englewood, CO: Morton Publishing Co., 1984.

 

Nagrin, Daniel. Dance and the Specific Image.  Pittsburgh and London: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994.

 

Penrod, James and Janice Gudde Plastino. The Dancer Prepares – Modern Dance for Beginners, 3rd edition.  Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co., 1990.

 

Preston-Dunlop, Valerie. A Handbook for Modern Educational Dance.  London: MacDonald  and Evans, 1980.

 

Schurman, Nona and Sharon Leigh Clark. Modern Dance Fundamentals.  NY: Macmillan, 1972.

 

Sherbon, Elizabeth. On the Count of One.  Palo Alto, CA: National Press Books, 1989.

 

Sherbon, Elizabeth. On the Count of One: Modern Dance Methods, 2nd edition.  Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co., 1975.

 

*Schlaich, Joan and Betty DuPont. The Art of Teaching Dance Technique, 2nd printing.  Reston, VA: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1996.

 

Jazz:

 

Cayou, Delores. Modern Jazz Dance.  Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publ. Co., 1971.

 

Kraines, Minda Goodman and Esther Kan. Jump Into Jazz.  Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publ. Co., 1990.

 

Stearns, Marshall and Jean. Jazz Dance – The Story of American Vernacular Dance.  NY: Da Capo Press, 1994.

 

Ballet:

 

Grant, Gail. Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet.  NY: Dover Publication, 1967.

 

Hammond, Sandra Noll. Ballet Basics.  Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publ. Co., 1974.

 

_____________. Ballet: Beyond the Basics.  Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publ. Co., 1982.

 

*Grieg, Valerie. Inside Ballet Technique.  Pennington, NJ: Princeton Book Co., 1994.

 

Karsavina, Tamara. Ballet Technique.  NY: Theatre Arts Books, 1976.

 

Lawson, Joan. The Teaching of Classical Ballet.  NY: Theatre Arts Books, 1983.

 

Anatomy/Injury Prevention/Somatics:

 

Arnheim, Daniel D. Dance Injuries, Their Prevention and Care, 2nd edition.  St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Co., 1980.

 

Calais-Germain, Blandine. Anatomy of Movement.  Seattle: Eastland Press, 1991.

 

Clarkson, Priscilla and Margaret Skrinar, eds. Science of Dance Training.  Champaign,. IL: Human Kinetics, 1988.

 

*Fitt, Sally Sevey. Dance Kinesiology, 2nd ed.  NY: Schirmer Books, 1996.

 

*Franklin, Eric. Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance.  Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1996.

 

*Franklin, Eric. Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery.  Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1996.

 

Howse, Justin and Shirley Hancock. Dance Technique and Injury Prevention.  New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1988.

 

*Olsen, Andrea. BodyStories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy.  Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press, 1991.

 

Shell, Caroline G., ed.The Dancer as Athlete.  Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1986.

 

Solomon, Ruth and John, and Sandra C. Minton, eds. Preventing Dance Injuries: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.  Reston, VA: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1990.

 

Vincent, L.M., M.D. The Dancer’s Book of Health.  Kansas City: Sheed Andrews & McMeel, Inc., 1975.

 

Watkins, Andrea and Priscilla M. Clarkson. Dancing Longer Dancing Stronger.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Publishers, 1990.

 

 

Linda’s Recommended Bibliography (mostly dealing with ballet):

 

 

Grant, Gail. Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet.  NY: Dover Publications, 1967.

 

Another good place to research ballet terminology.  This book is a required text for the 108 class, and suggested for the 107.

 

Grieg, Valerie. Inside Ballet Technique.  Pennington, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 1994.

 

Good resource for understanding the body in ballet class, and how to work safely.

 

Hammond, Sandra Noll. Ballet Basics.  Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1974.

 

Great resource for ballet vocabulary.  Gives very easy to understand descriptions of the terminology.  This book is a required text for the 107 class, and suggested for the 108.

 

Kassing, Gayle and Danielle M. Jay. Teaching Beginning Ballet Technique.  Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1998.

 

This book has some useful sections about planning classes, ballet etiquette, etc.  Lists common errors that you should look out for.  The pictures are a little too tense and extreme for my liking, (but Sarah Cullen is in there a lot!).

 

LaPointe-Crump, Janice D. In Balance.  Debuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Company, 1985.

 

A little antiquated in her ideas about ballet.  One nice feature – she not only describes vocabulary, she gives reasons for the exercise and things to think about/ look for.  I don’t agree with all of it, but she makes some good points.

 

 

Laws, Kenneth. The Physics of Dance.  New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1984.

 

Interesting book worth checking out.  Offers suggestions for improving ballet technique based on physics.

 

Paskevska, Anna. Ballet From the First Plié to Mastery. Pennington, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 1990.

 

Written about teaching younger children, but the various basic ideas and principles of ballet technique in the first few chapters are applicable and interesting.  Gives ideas for lessons at progressing levels.  Decent glossary of ballet terminology.

 

Paskevska, Anna. Both Sides of the Mirror: the Science and the Art of Ballet, 2nd edition. Pennington, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 1993.

 

Nice explanation of working to one’s capacity (not forcing turn-out, etc.).  Good description of the order of a ballet class and why (what each exercise is for).  Easy to understand glossary.

 

Schlaich, Joan and Betty DuPont. The Art of Teaching Dance Technique, 2nd printing.  Reston, VA: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1996.

 

I use this book as a textbook for Teaching Workshop.  Although I find it to be a little condescending and old-fashioned in it’s beliefs, there are some very valid sections, and it always stimulates discussion!

 

 

 

 

 

Watkins, Andrea and Pricilla M. Clarkson. Dancing Longer Dancing Stronger.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Publishers, 1990.

 

Good for understanding and helping injuries.  Would be a good resource to use in developing warm-up or stretch to address a class-wide problem.  Chapters on basic anatomy followed by answers to common questions followed by suggested exercises.  Answers many common questions.  Also shows some ways to modify stretches for certain bodies.

 

Music Sources:

 

Appel, Willi and Daniel, Ralph T. The Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music. New York: Washington Square Press, 1961, but reprinted more recently.

 

This is one of the best all-around “in your pocket” library books.It gives excellent working definitions of terminology useful to studio teachers.

 

Chase, Gilbert. America’s Music. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

 

A wonder of historical information on music and dance in the U.S. There is an excellent bibliography of sources for research purposes. Chase’s approach is unique in that it promotes the idea of a national amalgam of styles which make up all the various musics that are part of “American Music.”

 

Copland, Aaron.What to Listen for in Music. New York: Penguin.1999.

 

I used this as a text in my music classes for a long time. If you need to brush up on some basics, this would be an excellent source.

 

_______________. Music and Imagination. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1952 and 1980.

 

A much more philosophical journey than the previous listing.

 

Davie, Cedric Thorpe. Musical Structure and Design. New York: Dover.1966.

 

A good source of music theory with examples in classical literature. A bit old fashioned for my taste; but good in terms of complete thoughts and on structure and form.

 

Hopkins, Antony. Sounds of the Orchestra. New York, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993.

 

Hopkins, Antony. Understanding Music. . New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

 

I use this book in Music Theory for Dance –Dance 168. It has only one drawback – the terminology is British, and long-winded to boot.

 

Humphrey, Doris. The Art of Making Dances. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959.

 

This often cited and highly opinionated text offers some basic ideas on communication between the two disciplines, music and dance.

 

 

 

Kaplan, Rob. ?

 

Rob is the music director in dance at Arizona State University. His yet to be published book is heavy on rhythmic analysis, the Old School.

 

Karolyi, Otto. Introducing Music.New York, New York: Viking Penguin Press,1984.

 

Karloyi’s text belongs in the personal pocket library with the Harvard Brief Dictionary. It is the best field guide to music I have seen.

 

Kerman, Joseph. Listen, Third Brief Edition. New York: Worth Publishers. 1996.

 

Kerman’s book is the source of much information on music history and style. His emphasis on vocal music and opera is slightly irritating. I use this book in the Music Literature class.

 

Manoff, Tom. Music: A Living Language. New York: W.W. Norton. 1982.

 

If only this book were in print! It has been reissued recently but at considerable cost to the reader. I would highly recommend this book as a basis for any course of study in music basics.

 

Nettl, Bruno and Capwell, Charles, et al. Excursions in World Music. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1997.

 

One of the best overall world music surveys from an ethnomusicological perspective, as opposed to the Rough Guide Series which emphasizes World Pop. Becky’s dad is co-author!

 

Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton. 1983.

 

This book is a gem for information on African Diasporic research.

 

Starer, Robert. Rhythmic Training. Milwaukee: MCA Music Publishing, 1969.

 

Teck, Katherine. Ear Training for the Body. Pennington, New Jersey: Princeton Book Co. 1992.

 

Before Teck’s book, there was no music for dance text. Some would say there still is none. She has written several other good books on related topics.

 

Various Authors. The Rough Guide Series. New York: Penguin. 1995-2000.

 

These books are good because they emphasize World Pop or world Beat music and excellent disographic information. If you want to find out about a certain style from son to soukous  these are the books to use. They are available both in the library and at various bookstores.

 

Zorn, Jay D. The Music Listener’s Companion. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1995.

 

A good “hands-on” guide to music listening, an art unto itself.