Best Books About Dance History: 40 Titles

The most widely held books on dance history in libraries, from Open Library's catalog of 199 titles on the subject. Many have free borrowable digital editions.

Cover of Ballet

Ballet

Anna Paskevska, Bent Schonberg · 1990

13 editions
Cover of Weltgeschichte des Tanzes

Weltgeschichte des Tanzes

Curt Sachs · 1937

9 editions
Cover of Dance history

Dance history

Janet Adshead-Lansdale, June Layson · 1983

9 editions
Cover of Dance

Dance

Jamake Highwater · 1978

8 editions
Cover of Dancing modernism / performing politics

Dancing modernism / performing politics

Mark Franko · 1995

8 editions
Cover of Moving Words

Moving Words

Gay Morris · 1996

7 editions
Cover of The art of making dances

The art of making dances

Doris Humphrey · 1959

7 editions
Cover of Nobiltà di dame

Nobiltà di dame

Fabritio Caroso · 1970

7 editions
Cover of Yes? no! maybe--

Yes? no! maybe--

Emilyn Claid · 2006

7 editions
E

European Dance Since 1989

Joanna Szymajda · 2014

7 editions
A

A queer history of the ballet

Peter Stoneley · 2006

7 editions
Cover of Democracy's body

Democracy's body

Sally Banes · 1983

7 editions
Cover of Serpent of the Nile

Serpent of the Nile

Wendy Buonaventura · 1989

6 editions
Cover of Somewhere

Somewhere

Amanda Vaill · 2005

6 editions
Cover of Chronicles of the American dance

Chronicles of the American dance

Paul Magriel · 1948

6 editions
Cover of Rethinking Dance History

Rethinking Dance History

Geraldine Morris, Larraine Nicholas · 2017

6 editions
Cover of Shadowplay

Shadowplay

Donna Perlmutter · 1991

6 editions
Cover of Appreciating Dance

Appreciating Dance

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

5 editions
Cover of De pratica seu arte tripudii

De pratica seu arte tripudii

Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro, Guglielmo Ebreo of Pesaro, Barbara Sparti · 1463

5 editions
D

Dance Studies

Jo Butterworth · 2011

5 editions
M

Modern Dance in France

Jacqueline Robinson · 2013

5 editions
Cover of Traces of light

Traces of light

Ann Cooper Albright · 2007

5 editions
Cover of Dancing

Dancing

Gerald Jonas · 1992

5 editions
Cover of The dance in ancient Greece

The dance in ancient Greece

Lillian B. Lawler · 1964

5 editions
Cover of Step Dancing in Ireland

Step Dancing in Ireland

Catherine E. Foley · 2016

5 editions
B

Bodies of Sound

Susan C. Cook, Sherril Dodds · 2016

5 editions
Cover of The passion of music and dance

The passion of music and dance

William Washabaugh · 1998

5 editions
Cover of Black dance

Black dance

Lynne Fauley Emery · 1980

5 editions
Cover of Preserving dance across time and space

Preserving dance across time and space

Lynn Matluck Brooks, Joellen A. Meglin · 2013

5 editions
Cover of Dance and the music of J.S. Bach

Dance and the music of J.S. Bach

Meredith Little, Natalie Jenne · 1991

5 editions
Cover of Howling Near Heaven

Howling Near Heaven

Marcia B. Siegel · 2006

5 editions
Cover of Meet the Dancers

Meet the Dancers

Amy Nathan · 2008

4 editions
Cover of The anthropology of dance

The anthropology of dance

Anya Peterson Royce · 1977

4 editions
Cover of History of the dance in art and education

History of the dance in art and education

Richard G. Kraus · 1969

4 editions
Cover of Shakespeare and the dance

Shakespeare and the dance

Alan Brissenden · 1980

4 editions
E

Eine Weltgeschichte des Tanzes

Curt Sachs · 1933

4 editions
Cover of Landscapes of indigenous performance

Landscapes of indigenous performance

Fiona Magowan, Karl Neuenfeldt · 2005

4 editions
Cover of American Allegory

American Allegory

Black Hawk Hancock · 2013

4 editions
Cover of The shapes of change

The shapes of change

Marcia B. Siegel · 1979

4 editions
Cover of Dance and Instrumental Diferencias in Spain During the 17th and Early 18th Centuries

Dance and Instrumental Diferencias in Spain During the 17th and Early 18th Centuries

Maurice Esses · 1992

4 editions

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