Dance books - Dance Reference and History books

Gautier on Dance - HARDBACK

Théophile Gautier

DanceBooks

A compilation of nearly 100 lengthy reviews of the French romantic ballet, covering the entire period of Gautier's published output, from 1836 to 1871, translated and annotated by Ivor Guest

$49.99

Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets

George Balanchine

Used Copy

Action-by-action interpretations of 131 Great Ballets - illustrations and photographs

$59.99

Observer of the Dance 1958-1982

Alexander Bland

DanceBooks

Dance writings from the 1950s to the 1980s, by the pseudonymous critic Alexander Bland, actually the husband and wife team of Nigel Gosling and Maude Lloyd There are many references to their close persona...

$22.99

The Diaghilev Exhibition - Catalogue from the Edinburgh Festival 1954

Richard Buckle - ed

Used Copy

$18.99

The Ballet Annual - First Issue - 1947

Arnold L Haskell - ed

Used Copy

Copiously illustrated - rare

$49.99

The Ballet Annual - Sixteenth Issue - 1962

Arnold L Haskell & Mary Clarke - eds

Used Copy

Copiously illustrated - rare

$35

The Ballet Annual - Eleventh Issue - 1957

Arnold L Haskell - ed

Used Copy

Copiously illustrated - rare

$35

The Ballet Annual - Seventh Issue - 1953

Arnold L Haskell - ed

Used Copy

Copiously illustrated - rare

$35

Ballet in Britain Since the War

Clive Barnes published 1953

Used Copy

$19.99

The Ballet Annual - Sixth Issue - 1952

Arnold L Haskell - ed

Used Copy

Copiously illustrated - rare

$35

Ballet

Cecil Beaton

Used Copy

Copiously illustrated

$29.99

The Sadler's Wells Ballet - A History and an Appreciation

Mary Clarke

Used Copy

55 illustrations - pub 1955

$35

In Search of Diaghilev

Richard Buckle

Used Copy

Pub 1955 - 124 illustrations many in colour - rare

$55

Great Ballet Prints of the Romantic Era - 109 illustrations - 9 full colour - 1981

Parmenia Migel

Used Copy

$35

Baron Encore

Intro & Commentary Arnold L Haskell

Used Copy

Pub 1952

$55

Ballets of Today - 42 ballets produced 1945-1954

Cyril Beaumont

Used Copy

$18.99

The English Ballet

W J Turner

Used Copy

Pub 1945 - rare

$18.99

Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Dancing

Gennaro Magri - HARDBACK

DanceBooks

First published in Naples in 1779, Magri's treatise on dance technique and execution is the single most important work bridging the gap between pre-romantic ballet technique and the beginnings of classical t...

$49.99

Royal Swedish Ballet

George Dorris - ed

DanceBooks

The little-known story of the Royal Swedish Ballet from its grand beginnings through it's varies fortunes across the centuries, and continuing until the present day

$22.99

British Ballet

Peter Noble - ed

Used Copy

Copiously illustrated - rare - pub 1949

$18.99