6.1.6. Ballet and Modern Dance Source Materials
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This article is from the Ballet and Modern Dance FAQ, by Tom Parsons twp@panix.com with numerous contributions by others.
6.1.6. Ballet and Modern Dance Source Materials
Arbeau, Thoinot. "Orchesiography". 1589. Trans. by Mary Stuart Evans:
Kamin Dance Pub., 1948. Reprint, with introduction and notes by Julia
Sutton and Labanotation section by Mireille Backer and Julia Sutton,
New York: Dover Press, 1967, ISBN 0-486-21745-0. For comments, see
Question 4.3.
Blasis, Carlo. "Theory and Practice of the Art of Dancing". 1820. Trans.
by [?] Cyril Beaumont. Reprint. New York: Dover Press, 1968, ISBN not
known. For comments, see Question 4.8.1.
"The Code of Terpsichore". 1828. Trans. by R. Barton.
Reprint. Brooklyn: Dance Horizons, no date, ISBN not known. Probably
out of print. Part 1 is a brief history of dance; part 2 is essen-
tially a repetition of "Theory and Practice", part 3 deals with
pantomime & part 4 with choreography. Part 5 gives the plots of 20
representative ballets--all lost now--& part 6 covers social dances.
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, "Dance as a Theater Art". Princeton, N. J.: Princeton
Book Company, 1992, ISBN 0-87127-173-7. Very good collection of source
materials on all aspects of dance from 1581 to 1991.
Ebreo of Pesaro, Guglielmo. "De Pratica seu Arte Tripudii" ("On the
Practice or Art of Dancing."). 1463. Trans. by Barbara Sparti and
Michael Sullivan. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-
816574-9. One of the earliest treatises on dance by a court dancing
master in Renaissance Italy.
Noverre, Jean Georges. "Letters on Dancing and Ballets". 1803. Trans. by
Cyril Beaumont, 1930. Reprint. Brooklyn, New York: Dance Horizons,
1975, ISBN not known. For comments, see Question 4.7.
Steinberg, Cobbett, ed. "The Dance Anthology". New York: New American
Library, 1980, ISBN 0-452-25702-6. Anthology of primary source
readings with brief historical essays--very valuable but very out
of print.
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