Historical: PJS Richardson: History of English Ballroom Dancing (1946) (Essential reading) Vernon Castle: Modern Dancing (1914) Gladys Beattie Crozier: The Tango and how to dance it (1913) (Extremely difficult to get: after many years I eventually got a copy from Chile) Autobiographical: Victor Silvester: Dancing is my Life Bill Irvine: The Dancing Years Marina Palmer: Kiss and Tango (Argentine tango) Janet Carlson: Quick, Before the Music Stops (Married woman returns to dancing after a long break) Juliet McMains: Glamour Addiction (Disaffected competition dancer) John Nott: Mr Wonderful takes a Cruise (Adventures of a retired government minister - dancing being only one of them) Fiction: Lucy Dillon: The Ballroom Class Jorge Lindman: Tango Tales (Argentine tango - Spanish and English text) M.A. Numminen: Tango on intohimoni (Available in Finnish, Swedish, German, and Italian) Argentine tango: Christine Denniston: The Meaning of Tango Jo Bain: Tango - Creation of a Cultural Icon Sonia Abadi: The Tango Scene Irene D Thomnas and Larry M Sawyer: Temptation to Tango
My pleasure Liz. Its easy enough to search for the books with dance in the title after all, but the others can be quite difficult to keep track of.
My favorite dance books... The Six Questions: Acting Technique for Dance Performance By Daniel Nagrin Conditioning for Dance by Eric Franklin ISTD manuals
No fair tempting us with books that have been out of print for longer than some of us have been alive!
Can be found in some libraries.... also ( how could I forget !!! ) Scriveners.. " Just One Idea "... probably the best of all named ( for Standard )
As of midday 7th February Abebooks has one copy of Richardson [Edit: link removed because DF software messed up the commercial link & it was redirecting w/in DF -- Staff]
Good find for those who'd be interested piimapoika. (And sorry that the system messed up the link you'd provided.)
Thanks. I ordered it; we'll see if my order goes through. They have a copy of Henry Jacques' book listed too! At $350, though, it's a tad steep.
I think it is time for me to use some of my resources as an academic to see if I can get a hold of any of the rarer books.
If you are dancing pro-am I think you will enjoy "A Year of Dancing Dangerously" by Lydia Raurell. It is along the same biographical lines as previously mentionned "Quick, Before the Music Stops" by Janet Carlson, but I found it more relevant.
I just ordered that book. Can't wait to read it. Oh...and looked for "The Dancing Years" by Bill and Bob Irvine. Found a used copy for a little over $200! :shock: Ouch! Think I will check my local library system for that one.
Just purchased Blink: The power of thinking without thinking. Any reviews? Any ideas on where to purchase Ruud's book?
Oh! And dance to your maximum! I think I'm getting too ahead of myself. If anyone has ideas - holler!
Received my copy. Finally I know how the Boston is actually danced! Lots of good historical information, which I've just started on.
I am terribly jealous. I almost got my hands on Len Scrivner's book a few years ago, but my plan was foiled. Disappointed.
