List of partner dance books
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Listed below are books that describe the techniques of various partner dances.
Ballroom dancing
Basic books for the International Style
- Alex Moore:
- The Revised Technique (ten editions since 1948, numerous reprints)
- Ballroom Dancing (eleven editions since 1936, numerous reprints)
- Popular Variations (numerous reprints and editions since 1954)
- Victor Silvester, Modern Ballroom Dancing. Stanley Paul, London (first published 1928, 1993 edition Template:ISBN, current edition 2005)
- Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD):
- The Ballroom Technique (1993), based on The Revised Technique by Alex Moore.
- The Revised Technique of Latin-American Dancing (reprints and editions since 1971)
- Popular Variations in Latin-American Dancing (1982)
- Guy Howard, Technique of Ballroom Dancing (six editions since 1976)
- Walter Laird:
- Technique of Latin Dancing (eight editions since 1961)
- Technique of Latin Dancing Supplement
- Craig Revel Horwood, Ballroom Dancing, Teach Yourself (2010)
Advanced books for the International Style
- Christopher R. Willis (FISTD):
- Leading Competition Figures: Waltz and Foxtrot, Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN
- Leading Competition Figures: Tango and Quickstep, Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN
- Competition Figures: Charts and Footpatterns, Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN
Basic books for the American Style
- Richard M. Stephenson and Joseph Iaccarino, Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing (1992) Main Street Books, Template:ISBN
- Jeffrey Allen, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing, 2nd edition 2006, Template:ISBN
Partner and Social Dance Research and Scholarship
- Juliet E. McMains (2006) Glamour Addiction: Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry Wesleyan University Press, Template:ISBN
- The first in-depth study of the American DanceSport.[1][2]
- Kristine M. McCusker, Diane Pecknold (2004) A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music, University Press of Mississippi, Template:ISBN
- About roles gender plays in creating and marketing the Country /Western musical and dance forms.
Partner and Social Dance Teaching
This list contains books that provide guidance for how to teach partner/social dancing. It does not include books, such as The Dancing Master, that primarily focus on the dance steps or technique, rather than on how to teach.
- Edith Ballwebber, 1938, Group Instruction in Social Dancing, A. S. Barnes & Company, Inc
- Dorothy Norman Cropper, 1939, Teacher's Manual of Ballroom Dancing, IHRA Publishing Co.
- August Harris & Donnabel Keys, 1940, Teaching Social Dance, Prentice-Hall, Inc
- Alma Heaton, 1965, Techniques of Teaching Ballroom Dance, Brigham Young University
- Judy Patterson Wright, 1996, Social Dance Instruction, Human Kinetics Publishers, Template:ISBN
- Diane Jarmolow, 2011, Teach Like a Pro, Ballroom Dance Teachers College, Template:ISBN
- Rudi Trautz, 2021, The Art of Teaching Social Dancing, Template:ISBN
- Thomas Hill, 2025, How to Teach Ballroom Dancing, Template:ISBN
General
- Patrice Tanaka, Becoming Ginger Rogers: How Ballroom Dancing Made Me A Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO', BenBella Books (2011) Template:ISBN
- Matt Barber, Beginning Ballroom: Why's, Do's, Don'ts, and Shoes. (2011). Template:ISBN
Other lists
- The US Library of Congress has a collection of 250+ dance manuals, from 1490 to 1920, with full scans.
- Library of Dance has a curated list 6000+ of dance books, from the 15th century to today, many of which are partner dance books. 2000+ are downloadable.
References
External links
- ↑ "Dance fever: Recovery can be hard" Template:Webarchive, an article about the book and the author at the University of Washington newspaper, University Week, November 30, 2006
- ↑ A review of Glamour Addiction in the Dance Research Journal, Volume 40, Number 1, Summer 2008