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Books: Early Dance



Cover imageThe Allemande, the Balletto, and the Tanz, volume 1 - the history.

Author: Hudson, Richard

Published: 1986, 2009

First published in 1986, this is the first of two volumes devoted to the evolution of the Allmende, the Balletto and... [full description]

Paperback [5790-PB] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe Allemande, the Balletto, and the Tanz, volume II - the music.

Author: Hudson, Richard

Published: 1986, 2009

First published in 1986, this is the second of two volumes devoted to the evolution of the Allemand, the Balletto and... [full description]

Paperback [5791-PB] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe Almain in Britain, c.1549 - c.1675, a dance manual from manuscript sources.

Author: Payne, Ian

Published: 2003

This complete scholarly edition of the collection of manuscript choreographies associated with the Inns of Court is the... [full description]

Hardback [2899-HB] £ 55.00 Add to order


Cover imageAncient Egyptian dances.

Author: Lexova, Milada

Published: 1935, 2000

Dancing was an important part of ancient Egyptian life. This, the only work on the subject currently available in... [full description]

Paperback [0861-PB] £ 8.99 Add to order


Cover imageAnd then take hands: dances of the court of James I.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2003

A workbook prepared for use at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's 2003 Summer School, including performing... [full description]

Spiral bound [4931-SP] £ 8.50 Add to order


Cover imageAnd then take hands: dances of the court of James I.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2003

Music to accompany the workbook prepared for use at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's 2003 Summer School. Among... [full description]

CD [4934-CD] £ 4.99 Add to order


Cover imageApologie de la danse.

Author: de Lauze, Francois

Published: 2010

A transcription of the original French text of the 1623 manual on dance technique and etiquette, with full English... [full description]

Hardback [5796-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe art of dancing and six dances.

Author: Tomlinson, Kellom

Published: 2010

Kellom Tomlinson was one of the most important figures in the history of dance in England in the early 18th century.... [full description]

Hardback [5780-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe art of dancing, a poem in three cantos.

Author: Jenyns, Soame

Published: 1978

A 1729 poem hymning the joys of the dance.

Hardback [3034-HB] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe art of dancing, dances of the early Georgian period.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1930-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageL'arte perfetta del danzare: dances of the 15th century.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2005

L'arte perfetta deldanzare is a workbook prepared for use at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's 2006... [full description]

Spiral bound [4930-SP] £ 10.99 Add to order


Cover imageBelinda Quirey and Historical Dance.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 1997

Proceedings of a conference in celebration of the life and work of Belinda Quirey, 1912 - 1996, held at Birkbeck... [full description]

Paperback [4366-PB] £ 6.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe Chevalier Noverre, father of modern ballet.

Author: Lynham, Deryck

Published: 2009, 1950

The name of Jean Georges Noverre stands forth in bold relief against the background of the history of the art of... [full description]

Paperback [5665-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order


Choregraphie. (Facsimile of the 1700 Paris edition).

Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger

Published: 1968

Hardback [2195-HB] £ 85.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe code of Terpsichore.

Author: Blasis, Carlo

Published:

Carlo Blasis (1795-1878) was born in Italy, trained in France and worked as a dancer, choreographer and teacher... [full description]

Paperback [5528-PB] £ 25.00 Add to order


Cover imageCommedia dell'arte, an actor's handbook.

Author: Rudlin, John

Published:

An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical... [full description]

Paperback [1571-PB] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageCourtly dance of the renaissance.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published: 1995

Julia Sutton's translation of Caroso's 'Nobilta di Dame (1600), one of the best known Italian dance manuals, offering a... [full description]

Paperback [1510-PB] £ 14.95 Add to order


Cover imageDance and instrumental diferencias in Spain vol I.

Author: Esses, Maurice

Published: 1992

The history and background of music and dance.

Hardback [2066-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance and instrumental diferencias in Spain vol II.

Author: Esses, Maurice

Published: 1994

Musical transcriptions of the works discussed in volume I of this series.

Hardback [2668-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance and instrumental diferencias in Spain Vol III.

Author: Esses, Maurice

Published: 1994

Notes in Spanish and other languages from the sources, without translations. A small paperback, despite the price.

Paperback [3033-PB] £ 35.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance and its music in America, 1528 - 1789.

Author: Keller, Kate Van Winkle

Published: 2007

Beginning with Toya Indian dances in Florida and the Matachines dance-drama in the Southwest, and moving to ordination... [full description]

Paperback [5320-PB] £ 52.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance and the music of J. S. Bach.

Author: Little, Meredith & Natalie Jenne

Published: 1991

French dance practices in the cities and courts where Bach lived and worked, and a discussion of the dance forms which... [full description]

Paperback [0038-PB] £ 21.50 Add to order


Cover imageDance music from the ballets de cour, 1575 - 1651.

Author: Buch, David

Published: 1995

The first modern study, edition, and commentary for almost all of the surviving French five-part scores of dance music... [full description]

Hardback [1375-HB] £ 35.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance of court and theater, 2nd edition.

Author: Hilton, Wendy

Published: 1997

An in-depth analysis of the primary sources on dance of the baroque period, revealing fresh insights about the dance,... [full description]

Hardback [2877-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance, spectacle and the body politick, 1250 - 1750.

Author: Nevile, Jennifer

Published: 2008

From the mid-13th to the mid-18th century the ability to dance was an important social skill for both men and women.... [full description]

Paperback [5462-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order


Cover imageDances for mortals and majesty, 1581.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1998

Paperback [1971-PB] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageDances from the courts of Europe, volume I, Mediaeval to 15th century.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1999

Background, printed music, and performing instructions. A basic understanding of the technical details of historical... [full description]

Spiral bound [1880-SP] £ 22.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe dances of Shakespeare.

Author: Hoskins, Jim

Published: 2005

The dances of Shakespeare offers a brief introduction to the performance of the entire repertory of dance styles... [full description]

Paperback [4641-PB] £ 10.99 Add to order


Cover imageDancing at the dawn of agriculture.

Author: Garfinkel, Yosef

Published: 2003

As the nomadic hunters and gatherers of the ancient Near East turned to agriculture for their livelihood and settled... [full description]

Hardback [0333-HB] £ 35.00 Add to order


Cover imageDancing master or hop merchant? The role of the dance teacher through the ages.

Author: Segal, Barbara

Published: 2008

Proceedings of a Conference held at St Bride Institute, London on 23 February 2008, edited by Barbara Segal. The... [full description]

Paperback [5539-PB] £ 9.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe dancing master.

Author: Rameau, Pierre

Published: 2003

Pierre Rameau's Le Maître à Danser is the standard work on the technique of eighteenth century... [full description]

Paperback [1712-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageDanzare et sonare, 15th century Italian dances.

Author: Cruickshank, Diana

Published: 1992

Eleven dances transcribed in written notation, with melody lines for the music.

Spiral bound [1762-SP] £ 4.00 Add to order


Cover imageDanzarre et ballare 1: basse danze and balli of the Italian renaissance - for four or more.

Author: Cruickshank, Diana

Published:

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Cover imageDanzarre et ballare 2: basse danze and balli of the Italian renaissanc

Author: Cruickshank, Diana

Published: 1989

Paperback [3026-PB] £ 4.00 Add to order


Cover imageDevices for dancing, dances from 1680 - 1700.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1954-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Dictionnaire de danse.

Author: Compan, Charles

Published:

A reprint of the 1802 Paris edition of one of the earliest dictionaries of dance and dancing. Text in French.

Hardback [1662-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


Cover imageDomenico of Piacenza.

Author: Wilson, D R

Published: 2006

A transcription of the manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, edited, annotated, and with an introduction by... [full description]

Spiral bound [4368-SP] £ 5.50 Add to order


Cover imageEarly dance vol. III & IV (Combined volume).

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published:

Spiral bound [1888-SP] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageEarly dance vol. IV, Elizabethan dances part 2.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1986

Background and performing instructions for 11 Branles and 15 Almaines. A CD of music to accompany the dances is... [full description]

Spiral bound [1886-SP] £ 6.00 Add to order


Cover imageEarly dance vol. V, English Country Dances, 17th & 18th century.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1987

20 country dances, mostly from Playford's English Dancing Master. A CD of music to accompany the dances is available... [full description]

Spiral bound [1890-SP] £ 6.00 Add to order


Cover imageEarly dance vol. VI, Ballroom dances of the 17th & 18th centuries.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1987

Ballroom and social dances from the Baroque period, with examples in Feuillet notation. A CD of music to accompany the... [full description]

Spiral bound [1892-SP] £ 12.00 Add to order


Cover imageEarly dance vol. VIIa, Late 18th century & 19th century ballroom dances.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1993

Performing instructions for 34 dances. As throughout this series, a basic knowledge of historical dance procedures in... [full description]

Spiral bound [1894-SP] £ 12.00 Add to order


Cover imageEarly dance vol. VIII, Glossary of 18th & 19th century dance terms.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1993

An alphabetical glossary of dance terms, for use with volume VIIa in the same series.

Spiral bound [1896-SP] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageEarly dance, 1st supplement, mediaeval to baroque.

Author: Dixon, Peggy

Published: 1989

A supplementary volume, containg 28 dances not included in the main sequence, from the 15th to 18th centuries. A CD of... [full description]

Spiral bound [1898-SP] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageEducation and Early Dance.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 1999

Proceedings of a conference held at the Royal Society of Arts, London, on 27 February 1999: a series of papers on the... [full description]

Paperback [4365-PB] £ 6.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe eloquent body: dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy.

Author: Nevile, Jennifer

Published: 2004

A history and analysis of court dancing during the Renaissance, within the context of Italian Humanism. Each chapter... [full description]

Hardback [4822-HB] £ 28.99 Add to order


Cover imageEtudes Choregraphiques (1848, 1855, 1861).

Author: Bournonville, August

Published: 2005

Three works, from three different periods in the great Danish choreographer's life, published under the overall title... [full description]

Hardback [4531-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


Cover imageExcellent new dances, dances of court and country c. 1699.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1999

Performing instructions (some assuming knowledge of Feuillet dance notation) and melody lines for 18 country dances and... [full description]

Spiral bound [2048-SP] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageExcellent new dances. The Broadside Band, Copenhagen Baroque Band. [2 cassette set.]

Published:

Music to accompany the book of the same name.

Cassette [2526-CA] £ 22.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe fashionable dancer's casket.

Author: Durang, Charles

Published: 1997

A facsimile reproduction of a famous nineteenth-century guide to American Civil War dances, etiquette, and deportment,... [full description]

Paperback [0747-PB] £ 6.95 Add to order


Cover imageFifteenth century dances from Burgundy and Italy.

Author: Inglehearn, Madeleine

Published: 1981

Performing instructions for twelve dances. A basic knowledge of historical dance technique is assumed. An accompanying... [full description]

Paperback [0625-PB] £ 4.50 Add to order


Cover imageFifteenth-century dance and music. Twelve transcribed Italian treatises and collections in the tradition of Domenico da Piacenza. Vol. 2: choreographic descriptions with concordances of variants.

Author: Smith, A. William

Published: 1996

Hardback [1439-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order


Cover imageFifteenth-century dance and music. Twelve transcribed Italian treatises and collections in the tradition of Domenico Piacenza. Vol. 1: treatises, theory, and music.

Author: Smith, A. William

Published: 1996

Hardback [1436-HB] £ 52.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe First Refinement, dances of the early 19th century. Various performers. [3 CD set.]

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Music recordings to accompany the instruction book of the same name, including dances from Denmark, France, and... [full description]

CD [3841-CD] £ 27.99 Add to order


Cover imageFools and jesters at the English court.

Author: Southworth, John

Published: 1998

Hardback [3502-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order

Paperback [3502-PB] £ 7.99 Add to order


Cover imageFor the ballroom and the stage: dances for 18th century France and England.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2006

A workbook prepared for use at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's 2006 Summer School, including performing... [full description]

Spiral bound [4929-SP] £ 7.99 Add to order


Cover imageFor the ballroom and the stage: dances for 18th century France and England. CD 1.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2006

Music to accompany the workbook of the same name. The dances included are The Geud Man of Ballangigh, Jack's Magott,... [full description]

CD [4932-CD] £ 7.99 Add to order


Cover imageFor the ballroom and the stage: dances for 18th century France and England. CD 2.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2006

Music to accompany the workbook of the same name. Among the dances included are La Ribeyra, La Czarienne, La Modene, La... [full description]

CD [4933-CD] £ 7.99 Add to order


Cover imageFor the further improvement of dancing, translated by John Essex.

Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger

Published: 2009

A facsimile of John Essex's 1710 translation. Hardback, no dust-wrapper.

Hardback [5733-HB] £ 15.00 Add to order


From the ballroom to hell.

Author: Aldrich, Elizabeth

Published: 1991

Over 100 fascinating yet little known excerpts from dance, etiquette and beauty manuals of the 19th century.

Paperback [1419-PB] £ 20.95 Add to order


Georgian delights - dances from England around 1728.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1958-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Le gratie d'amore.

Author: Negri, Cesare

Published:

A full size facsimile of the Milan 1602 edition.

Hardback [0686-HB] £ 96.00 Add to order


Le gratie d'amore.

Author: Negri, Cesare

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the Milan 1602 edition, somewhat reduced in size.

Hardback [0983-HB] £ 72.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe grotesque dancer on the eighteenth-century stage, Gennaro Magri and his world.

Author: Harris-Warrick, Rebecca & Bruce Alan Brown

Published: 2004

Italian ballet in the eighteenth century was dominated by dancers trained in the style known as 'grotesque' - a... [full description]

Paperback [1605-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order


Cover imageHarlequin on the moon, Commedia dell'arte and the visual arts.

Author: Lawner, Lynne

Published: 1998

The history of commedia, from its beginnings, through many transformations, to its rediscovery in the experimental... [full description]

Hardback [1758-HB] £ 38.00 Add to order


Histoire generale de la danse, sacree et prophane.

Author: Bonnet, M

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the 1724 Paris edition. Text in French only.

Hardback [2146-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order


Cover imageHistorical dances for the theatre: the pavan and minuet.

Author: Guthrie, John

Published: 1982

Detailed practical instructions on how to perform the 18th century Minuet, with brief notes on the 16th century Pavan.... [full description]

Paperback [5772-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageHistorical dances.

Author: Wood, Melusine

Published: 1952, 2006

Performing instructions, with music scores and historical notes, for 24 dances (some with variants) from the almain and... [full description]

Paperback [4752-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageA history of dancing.

Author: St.-Johnston, Reginald

Published: 2008

Reginald St.-Johnston's A History of Dancing (1906) was the first book published in English on its subject in... [full description]

Paperback [5487-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageIdee des spectacles anciens et nouveaux.

Author: de Pure, Michel

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the Paris edition of 1688.

Paperback [1002-PB] £ 35.00 Add to order


Il ballarino, dancing in 16th century Italy.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Previously published as Quest'arte gentile.

Spiral bound [1934-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Il ballarino.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published:

A facsimile reprint of the 1581 Venice edition.

Hardback [1492-HB] £ 85.00 Add to order


Il bel danzare, cassette.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Cassette [3465-CA] £ 10.00 Add to order


Il bel danzare, dances of the courts of Europe c. 1500.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [3449-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe incomparable Hester Santlow, a dancer-actress on the Georgian stage.

Author: Goff, Moira

Published: 2007

In this first full-length study of the English dancer-actress Hester Santlow, Moira Goff focuses on her unusual career... [full description]

Hardback [5306-HB] £ 55.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe Italian comedy.

Author: Duchartre, Pierre

Published: 1929, 1966

One of the most famous studies of the Italian commedia dell'arte, first published in 1929 and long out of print in the... [full description]

Paperback [1990-PB] £ 22.95 Add to order


Cover imageLetters on dancing and ballets.

Author: Noverre, Jean-Georges

Published: 2004

The dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre's Letters on dancing and ballets were first published in 1760,... [full description]

Paperback [0078-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageLettres sur la danse.

Author: Noverre, Jean-Georges

Published:

The dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre's Letters on dancing and ballets were first published in 1760,... [full description]

Hardback [5008-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe life and works of John Weaver.

Author: Ralph, Richard

Published: 1985

A short scholarly biography of the 18th century dancing master, followed by discussions of his theatrical productions... [full description]

Hardback [2657-HB] £ 75.00 Add to order


Cover imageA lively shape of dauncing - dances of Shakespeare's time.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1994

Dance descriptions and music scores for 18 dances, including Galliard, Tordiglione, Canaries, The Earle of Essex... [full description]

Spiral bound [3448-SP] £ 8.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe lure of perfection, fashion and ballet 1780 - 1830.

Author: Chazin-Bennahum, Judith

Published: 2005

How ballet influenced contemporary fashion and women's body image, and how street fashions in turn were reflected by... [full description]

Paperback [0077-PB] £ 20.99 Add to order


Le maitre a danser.

Author: Rameau, Pierre

Published:

A facsimile of the 1725 Paris edition.

Hardback [1024-HB] £ 54.00 Add to order


Cover imageMasks, masques and masquerades: a living tradition.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 2006

The proceedings of a conference held at the St Bride Institute, London, on 25 February 2006, the intention of which was... [full description]

Paperback [4969-PB] £ 5.00 Add to order


Cover imageMinuet to mazurka 1745 - 1845. Dances from Europe, Scotland and France & England.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2001

Instructions and music for 38 dances. Accompanying CDs are available.

Spiral bound [1575-SP] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageMusical theatre at the court of Louis XIV: Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos.

Author: Harris-Warrick, Rebecca & Carol G Marsh

Published: 1994

A study of the comic mascarade Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos, composed by Andre Danican Philidor in 1688, with... [full description]

Paperback [0298-PB] £ 55.00 Add to order


A new collection of dances.

Author: L'Abbe, Anthony

Published: 1991

Facsimile reproductions, in Feuillet notation, of 13 dances in the French noble style composed for performances at two... [full description]

Hardback [2328-HB] £ 72.00 Add to order


A new most excellent dancing master. [Journal of Queen Victoria's dancing teacher].

Author: Lowe, Joseph

Published: 1992

An account of the author's visits to Balmoral and Windsor to teach dancing to Queen Victoria and her children.

Hardback [0095-HB] £ 26.00 Add to order


Cover imageNew worlds, new steps - social dancing 1780 - 1900.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2004

Part 1 covers dances from Europe, including France, the Isle of Man, the Czech Republic, England, the USA and Spain... [full description]

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Nobilta di Dame.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published:

A facsimile reproduction of the 1600 Venice edition.

Hardback [0997-HB] £ 75.00 Add to order


On the practice or art of dancing

Author: Ebreo, Guglielmo

Published: 1995

A translation, by Barbara Sparti, of De pratica seu arte tripudi, a 15th century dance manual.

Paperback [2032-PB] £ 29.50 Add to order


Cover imageOne hundred and one Italian dances (c. 1450 - c. 1510), a critical translation.

Author: Wilson, David

Published: 1999

Translations of dances intended for the student of fifteenth-century Italian dancing who is not equipped to deal with... [full description]

Spiral bound [4369-SP] £ 12.99 Add to order


Orchesographie.

Author: Arbeau, Thoinot

Published:

A reprint of the 1888 Paris version of the 1589 first edition. This is not a facsimile of the original: the text (in... [full description]

Hardback [0995-HB] £ 40.00 Add to order


Playing commedia.

Author: Grantham, Barry

Published: 2000

A practical guide to the skills, characters, and history of Commedia dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated... [full description]

Paperback [0508-PB] £ 14.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe politics of courtly dancing in early modern England.

Author: Howard, Skiles

Published: 1998

The social and semiotic complexities of dancing in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England: how it changed over time... [full description]

Hardback [1589-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Princely masques and revels, cassette.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1991

Dances from the masque Oberon, the Fairy Prince, 1611, and other dances of the early 17th century.

Cassette [1968-CA] £ 9.00 Add to order


Princely masques and revels.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1991

Dances from the masque Oberon, the Fairy Prince, 1611, and other dances of the early 17th century.

Spiral bound [1966-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imagePrincely masques and revels. The Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Music for the masque Oberon, the Fairy Prince, 1611, and other dances of the early 17th century.

CD [4557-CD] £ 10.99 Add to order


Cover imagePrincipes de Choregraphie.

Author: Magny, Claude-Marc

Published:

A facsimile reproduction of the Paris edition of 1765.

Paperback [2666-PB] £ 40.00 Add to order


Cover imageRecueil de dances.

Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger

Published: 2010

A facsimile of Feuillet's 1704 dance manual, Recueil de Dances contenant un tres grand nombres des meillieures... [full description]

Hardback [5800-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order


Cover imageRecueil de danses, & La nouvelle galliarde.

Author: Pecour, Louis

Published: 1998

Facsimile reprints of the Paris 1700 scores, in Feuillet notation.

Hardback [2152-HB] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageRecueil de Nouvelles Contredances.

Author: Dezais, Monsieur

Published: 2010

Dezais' II Recueil de Nouvelles Contredances was published in Paris in 1712. Apart from a brief introduction (in... [full description]

Hardback [5781-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order


Cover imageReminiscences of the Opera.

Author: Lumley, Benjamin

Published:

From 1842 to 1853 and again from 1856 to 1858, Benjamin Lumley (1811-1875) was manager of Her Majesty's Theatre in... [full description]

Paperback [5766-PB] £ 25.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe Restoration of Charles II: public order, theatre and dance.

Author: Wilson, David (editor)

Published: 2002

Proceedings of a conference held at Bankside House, London, on 23 February 2002, exploring the changes in dance and... [full description]

Paperback [4367-PB] £ 5.50 Add to order


Revels for 1588, cassette.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Cassette [1972-CA] £ 8.00 Add to order


Revels for 1588.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published:

Spiral bound [1970-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageRoyal Swedish Ballet, history from 1592 to 1962.

Author: Grut, Marina

Published: 2007

Sweden's ballet has a fascinating history, with those involved in it ranging from international figures such as Marie... [full description]

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Cover imageThe rudiments of genteel behavior.

Author: Nivelon, Francis

Published: 1737, 2003

Francis Nivelon was a French dancer who had a distinguished career on the English stage in the early 18th century. In... [full description]

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Cover imageSelva amoroso, balletti and cascarde vol. 1.

Author: Caroso, Fabritio

Published: 1991

Performing instructions (written, not notated) for 16 dances from Il ballarino and Nobilta di Dame. An... [full description]

Spiral bound [1501-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageShakespeare and the dance.

Author: Brissenden, Alan

Published: 1981, 2001

Dancing was an essential part of life in Shakespeare's England, and it occurs in almost all of Shakespeare's plays from... [full description]

Paperback [0493-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageSonare et balare, dance and music of the fifteenth century.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1989

Performing instructions and melody lines for 20 dances, including La Danse de Cleves, Filles a Marier, Caterva, Corona,... [full description]

Spiral bound [0113-SP] £ 5.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe steps used in court dancing in fifteenth-century Italy.

Author: Wilson, D R

Published: 2003

Fifteenth-century Italian dance treatises were more concerned with the quality of movement in dancing and with the... [full description]

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Studi sulle arti imitatrici.

Author: Blasis, Carlo

Published:

A facsimile reproduction of the 1844 Milan edition.

Hardback [0981-HB] £ 19.95 Add to order


Cover imageThe styles of eighteenth-century ballet.

Author: Fairfax, Edmund

Published: 2003

The current notion of ballet history holds that theatrical dance of the eighteenth-century was simple, earthbound, and... [full description]

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Cover imageTen dances from 16th century Italy.

Author: Inglehearn, Madeleine

Published:

Dances include Laura Soave, Spagnoletta, Canario, Bianco Fiore, La Caccia d'Amore. A basic knowledge of historical... [full description]

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Cover imageTheoretical and practical treatise on dancing.

Author: Magri, Gennaro

Published: 1988

First published in Naples in 1779, Magri's treatise on dance technique and execution is the single most important work... [full description]

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A time to dance - dances in time. The study of dance history and related subjects. Volume 1 - an actor's guide, book I, an overview.

Author: Scrivener, Diana

Published: 1999

An overview of the study of social dancing, from the 11th to the 19th centuries.

Spiral bound [0146-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


To celebrate a prince.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 1992

16 dances of the time of Lorenzo de Medici.

Spiral bound [1936-SP] £ 7.50 Add to order


Cover imageTraite sur l'art de la danse.

Author: Malpied, M

Published: 2010

A facsimile reprint of the second edition published in Paris in 1780. Malpied's instructional manual describes Baroque... [full description]

Hardback [5775-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order


Cover imageTrattato del Ballo Nobile.

Author: Dufort, Giambatista

Published: 2010

A facsimile reproduction of Giambatista Dufort's manual, published in Naples in 1728, with text entirely in... [full description]

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A treatise on the art of dancing.

Author: Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

Published:

Hardback [2363-HB] £ 44.00 Add to order


Cover imageUna Festivita della danza.

Author: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Published: 2000

Dances and music from early 16th century Italy.

Spiral bound [1802-SP] £ 8.00 Add to order



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