Western dance: Additional Information

Curt Sachs, A World History of the Dance (1937, reprinted 1965; originally published in German, 1933), the most comprehensive, systematic, and factual history of dance in all its epochs and forms, with special emphasis on its earliest beginnings and close attention to dance accompaniment; W.F. Raffé, Dictionary of the Dance (1965, reissued 1975), detailed descriptions of the particular dances, their background, and history; Anatole Chujoy and P.W. Manchester (eds.), The Dance Encyclopedia, rev. ed. (1967), a collection of articles on all forms of dancing—particularly detailed in its coverage of ballet, including entries on specific productions, artistic biographies, and histories of ballet in various countries; Horst Koegler, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet, 2nd ed. (1982), a comprehensive reference work; Lincoln Kirstein, Dance: A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing (1935, reprinted 1970), a very thorough book on the pre-balletic forms of dance as well as classic theatrical dance; Walter Sorell, The Dance Through the Ages (1967), a general, readable survey of the worldwide dance scene from prehistoric times through today, with superb pictures of ancient and modern dance; A.H. Franks, Social Dance: A Short History (1963), the first attempt at relating the origins and developments of the most important social dance forms to their social environment; Frances Rust, Dance in Society (1969), a study giving documentary evidence of the social dances and their relationships to the changing structures of society, with emphasis on the English scene and the teenage explosion in dance during the 1960s.