4 books to add to the list today:
The Responsive Body A Language of Contemporary Dance – Edited by Brian Webb 2002 Banff Centre Press
- Quoting from the back cover, ” an eclectic collection of eight essays on contemporary dance theory and contemporary dance choreographers on Canada”
No Fixed Points Dance in the Twentieth Century - Nancy Reynolds and Malcolm McCormick Yale University Press 2003
a comprehensive volume which “surveys a century of dramatic developments in ballet, modern dance and avant-garde dance in Europe and North America. ” Also looks at tap, show dancing and jazz
Miss O My Life in Dance - Betty Oliphant Turnstone Press 1996
- autobiography providing insight into the life and career of Betty Oliphant and the National Ballet School.
Power to Rise The Story of the National Ballet of Canada – James Neufeld University of Toronto Press 1996The Responsive Body A Language of Contemporary Dance – Edited by Brian Webb 2002 Banff Centre Press
- facinating book! Well researched and beautifully augmented with great photographs. A great read.
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