Best Books About Choreography: 40 Titles

The most widely held books on choreography in libraries, from Open Library's catalog of 863 titles on the subject. Many have free borrowable digital editions.

Cover of Fifty contemporary choreographers

Fifty contemporary choreographers

Martha Bremser, Lorna Sanders · 2005

12 editions
Cover of As others see us

As others see us

Ellen Goldman, Ellen Goodman · 1994

11 editions
D

Dance Composition

Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard · 1981

11 editions
Cover of Orchésographie

Orchésographie

Thoinot Arbeau · 1589

11 editions
Cover of Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch

Royd Climenhaga · 2007

10 editions
Cover of The art of making dances

The art of making dances

Doris Humphrey · 1959

10 editions
Cover of Invisible connections

Invisible connections

Sita Popat · 2005

9 editions
Cover of Beyond words

Beyond words

Carol-Lynne Moore · 1988

9 editions
Cover of Contemporary choreography

Contemporary choreography

Jo Butterworth · 2009

9 editions
Cover of Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham

David Vaughan · 1998

9 editions
U

Using the Sky

Deborah Hay · 2015

8 editions
Cover of Footnotes

Footnotes

Elena Alexander · 1998

7 editions
Cover of Exhausting Dance

Exhausting Dance

Andre Lepecki · 2006

7 editions
Cover of Fifty contemporary choreographers

Fifty contemporary choreographers

Martha Bremser · 1999

7 editions
Cover of The art of making dances

The art of making dances

Doris Humphrey · 1959

7 editions
Cover of Staging dance

Staging dance

Susan Cooper · 1998

7 editions
Cover of Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham

Roger Copeland · 2003

7 editions
Cover of Stravinsky & Balanchine

Stravinsky & Balanchine

Charles M. Joseph · 2002

7 editions
A

A choreographer's handbook

Jonathan Burrows · 2010

7 editions
Cover of Anarchic dance

Anarchic dance

Billy Cowie · 2006

7 editions
Cover of Envisioning dance on film and video

Envisioning dance on film and video

Elizabeth Zimmer, Dale Ann Stieber, Judy Mitoma · 2003

7 editions
Cover of Dance composition

Dance composition

Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard · 1976

7 editions
Cover of William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Senta Driver · 2000

6 editions
Cover of Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham, David Vaughan · 1999

6 editions
R

Reworking the Ballet

Vida L. Midgelow · 2007

6 editions
Cover of Gratie d'amore

Gratie d'amore

Cesare Negri · 1604

6 editions · free to read
T

The carole

Robert Mullally · 2011

6 editions
D

Dance, Modernism, and Modernity

Ramsay Burt, Michael Huxley · 2019

6 editions
Cover of Michel Fokine & his ballets

Michel Fokine & his ballets

Cyril W. Beaumont · 1935

6 editions
Cover of Choreographing Discourses

Choreographing Discourses

Mark Franko, Alessandra Nicifero · 2018

6 editions
D

Dance and Light

Kevin Dreyer · 2019

6 editions
Cover of Moving Sites

Moving Sites

Victoria Hunter · 2015

6 editions
C

Choreographing Empathy

Susan Foster · 2010

6 editions
C

Choreographing Shakespeare

Elizabeth Klett · 2019

6 editions
Cover of Costume in Motion

Costume in Motion

E. Shura Pollatsek, Mitchell D. Wilson · 2021

6 editions
Cover of Appreciating Dance

Appreciating Dance

Harriet R. Lihs, Editors of Dance Horizons, Harriet Lihs · 1998

5 editions
Cover of Choreography

Choreography

Jenny Roche, Stephanie Burridge · 2022

5 editions
Cover of Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham

David Vaughan, Merce Cunningham · 1996

5 editions
Cover of Mr. B

Mr. B

Jennifer Homans · 2022

5 editions
Cover of Celestial Dancers

Celestial Dancers

Amit Sarwal · 2022

5 editions

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