Handbook for Dance in Education

Preston-Dunlop, Valerie

Princeton Book Company Publishers

Old Time Sequence Dancing

Arts & Photography

Gwynne, Michael

Performing Arts

Personality assessment through movement

When this book first appeared in 1972 it was the first to attempt an analysis of the relationship between movement and personality. Since reprinted and again newly available, it has become an established text of theory and practice for the serious student of movement.

Personality Assessment Through Movement

Health, Fitness & Dieting

North, Marion

Psychology & Counseling

Mabel Elsworth Todd (1880 - 1956) is known as the founder of what came to be known as 'Ideokinesis', a form of somatic education that became popular in the 1930s amongst dancers and health professionals. Todd's ideas involved using anatomically based, creative visual imagery and consciously relaxed volition to create refine neuromuscular coordination. Lulu Sweigard, who coined the term Ideokinesis, and Barbara Clark furthered Todd's work.[2][3] Todd's work was published in her book 'The Thinking Body' (1937), which is now considered by modern dance schools to be a classic study of physiology and the psychology of movement. Her work influenced many somatic awareness professionals of her day, and is often cited along with The Feldenkrais method for its focus on the subtle influence of unconscious intention and attention.

Hidden You: What You are and What to Do About it

Todd, Mabel Elsworth

Both Sides of the Mirror: The Science and Art of Ballet

A technical exploration of the art of ballet incorporating findings in the fields of kinesiology, biomechanics, and physiology

Paskevska, Anna

Michel Fokine and His Ballets

Dance Technique of Doris Humphrey and Its Creative Potential

Stodelle, Ernestine

Sport Scuba Diving in Depth

Sports & Outdoors

Griffiths, Tom

Water Sports

Dancer's Audition Guide to Europe

Cecil-Smith, Fiona

Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History by Jack Anderson addresses the importance of studying dance history and relates this history to the cultural trends that shaped it. This book covers the entire scope of dance: the choreographers, dancers, musicians, set and costume designers, and the critics and scholars who are part of the dance world. Anderson is uniquely qualified to combine scholarship and love of the art to inspire appreciation of dance as a living and changing medium. In a series of brief, highly readable chapters, Anderson describes the pleasures of dance history; ancient Greek, Medieval, and Renaissance dance; dance at the royal courts; the professionalization of ballet; the imperial Russian companies; Diaghilev, Fokine, and the Ballet Russes, the rise of American Ballet, the growth of modern dance and the dancing world of today. Each chapter concludes with a selection of source readings that bring the narrative into perspective. The bibliography and index help the reader quicly located needed information. Another unique feature is the short profiles section which summarizes the personalities and dance companies mentioned in the text. Readers will find this is a useful guide to enlarge their knowledge of dance. Three photo sections present the sweep of dance history, from ancient Greek theater to Pina Bausch.

Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History

Anderson, Jack

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