Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday By Jordan Matter Workman Publishing, 2012 231 pages One thing dancers love more than watching dance is watching dancers do ordinary things—in a dancerly fashion, of course. Which is exactly what you get in the portraits of Jordan Matter’s photography book, Dancers Among Us, the […]
By Janet Jerger Dance Teacher Press, 2012 23 cards Accentuate your beginning tap lessons with Tap Dance Flash Cards. Whether you use them to introduce new steps or to play games at the end of class, young students will love reading the names aloud and practicing the corresponding steps. Cards display the step name on […]
Starting Your Career as a Dancer By Mande Dagenais Allworth Press, 2012 304 pages When your 17-year-old star student tells you that she’s leaving for Los Angeles to start her career, make sure this guide gets packed in her suitcase. Though written for all dancers, the book will be particularly useful for those embarking on […]
Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, Second Edition Eric Franklin Human Kinetics, 2012 429 pages If the purpose of proper alignment is to promote a healthy and efficient way of moving, it only makes sense to improve one’s alignment through movement, rather than static positioning. This is the thesis behind Eric Franklin’s Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, a […]
Summer Dance By Lynn Swanson CreateSpace, 2011 260 pages When 13-year-old Sara Sutherland lands a dream spot at the prestigious Lakewood Dance Camp, she knows it’s time to work. Her parents can only afford to send her for one year, and she must win a scholarship for next summer. But with a distracting boys’ camp […]
German Lineage in Modern Dance Dancetime Publications, 2012 DVD; run time: 58 minutes “It was wonderful to abandon oneself to the craving for evil,” Mary Wigman said of creating her dark and masked landmark work, Hexentanz, in the early 1900s. In the new dance history DVD German Lineage in Modern Dance, viewers learn of Wigman’s […]
Teaching Children Dance, Third Edition By Theresa Purcell Cone, PhD, and Stephen L. Cone, PhD Human Kinetics, 2012 206 pages, includes CD Whether you’re revamping your creative dance program or designing a new elementary dance curriculum, the third edition of Teaching Children Dance will serve as a comprehensive, easy-to-follow resource that contains the theories […]
Ballerina Swan By Allegra Kent Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully Holiday House, 2012 32 pages Allegra Kent’s Ballerina Swan is the newest book to add to your list for pre-ballet class or birthday party story-time. Little girls will love the story of dancing swan Sophie, who, after overcoming some bird versus human obstacles, […]
More Balanchine Variations By Nancy Goldner University Press of Florida, 2011 156 pages, including photos In a nutshell: A compelling discussion of 20 ballets choreographed by George Balanchine from 1941 to 1981. “Orpheus interests me for personal reasons; for one thing, it was the first work that gripped me as a child,” writes […]
Dance and the Alexander Technique: Exploring the Missing Link by Rebecca Nettl-Fiol and Luc Vanier University of Illinois Press, 2011 179 pages In a Nutshell: A comprehensive guide to the Alexander Technique, with movement explorations and an accompanying DVD. Not just for modern dancers, Alexander Technique promotes an easy mobility in the joints […]