Best Books About Ballet History: 40 Titles

The most widely held books on ballet history in libraries, from Open Library's catalog of 115 titles on the subject. Many have free borrowable digital editions.

Cover of On Wings of Joy

On Wings of Joy

Trudy Garfunkel · 1994

15 editions
Cover of Reminiscences of the Russian ballet

Reminiscences of the Russian ballet

Alexandre Benois · 1941

7 editions
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A queer history of the ballet

Peter Stoneley · 2006

7 editions
Cover of Ballet across borders

Ballet across borders

Helena Wulff · 1998

6 editions
Cover of From Petipa to Balanchine

From Petipa to Balanchine

Tim Scholl · 2003

6 editions
Cover of Dance, Desire, And Anxiety in Early Twentieth-century French Theater

Dance, Desire, And Anxiety in Early Twentieth-century French Theater

Charles R. Batson · 2005

5 editions
Cover of Apollo's angels

Apollo's angels

Jennifer Homans · 2010

5 editions
Cover of Mime, music and drama on the eighteenth-century stage

Mime, music and drama on the eighteenth-century stage

Edward Nye · 2011

5 editions
Cover of Nutcracker Nation

Nutcracker Nation

Jennifer Fisher · 2003

5 editions
Cover of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

Lynn Garafola · 1989

5 editions
Cover of Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle

Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle

Marian Smith · 2000

4 editions
Cover of Ballet in Western Culture

Ballet in Western Culture

Carol Lee · 1998

4 editions
Cover of The one and only

The one and only

Anderson, Jack · 1981

4 editions
Cover of Choreography & narrative

Choreography & narrative

Susan Leigh Foster · 1996

4 editions
Cover of Ballet

Ballet

Clarke, Mary, Mary Clarke, Clement Crisp · 1973

4 editions
Cover of Frederick Ashton and his ballets

Frederick Ashton and his ballets

David Vaughan · 1977

4 editions
Cover of Like a bomb going off

Like a bomb going off

Janice Ross · 2015

4 editions
Cover of Dancing lives

Dancing lives

Karen Eliot · 2007

3 editions
Cover of The Royal Opera House in the twentieth century

The Royal Opera House in the twentieth century

Frances Donaldson · 1988

3 editions
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Ballet and modern dance

Craig Dodd · 1980

3 editions
Cover of The private world of ballet

The private world of ballet

John Gruen · 1975

3 editions
Cover of Twentieth century ballet

Twentieth century ballet

A. H. Franks · 1954

3 editions
Cover of The master of the Russian ballet

The master of the Russian ballet

Olga Racster · 1922

3 editions
Cover of Opera on Stage

Opera on Stage

Lorenzo Bianconi · 2001

3 editions
Cover of Vaganova today

Vaganova today

Catherine E. Pawlick · 2011

3 editions
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Diaghilev

Sjeng Scheijen · 2009

3 editions
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Ballet's Magic Kingdom

Akim Volynsky, Stanley J. Rabinowitz · 2008

3 editions
Cover of Mirrors and scrims

Mirrors and scrims

Marcia B. Siegel · 2010

3 editions
Cover of The Cambridge companion to ballet

The Cambridge companion to ballet

Marion Kant · 2007

3 editions
Cover of The Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet

Sasha Anawalt · 1996

3 editions
Cover of The Triumph of Pleasure

The Triumph of Pleasure

Georgia J. Cowart · 2008

2 editions
Cover of The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet

The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet

Edmund Fairfax · 2003

2 editions
Cover of Kenneth MacMillan

Kenneth MacMillan

Edward Thorpe · 1985

2 editions
Cover of Era of the Russian ballet

Era of the Russian ballet

Natalʹi͡a Petrovna Roslavleva · 1966

2 editions
Cover of The Russian ballet

The Russian ballet

A. Demidov · 1977

2 editions
Cover of The ballerinas

The ballerinas

Parmenia Migel · 1972

2 editions
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The birth of ballets-russes

Petr Aleksandrovich Liven · 1973

2 editions
Cover of The story of ballet

The story of ballet

Joan Lawson · 1976

2 editions
Cover of Dance as text

Dance as text

Mark Franko · 1993

2 editions
Cover of Symbolism in nineteenth-century ballet

Symbolism in nineteenth-century ballet

Margaret Fleming-Markarian · 2012

2 editions

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