Dance Bibliography

Includes books, articles,academic studies, and links to notable researchers' websites where appropriate

See also Books, Articles, and Academic Studies - Music for music (tune) research.

English

• Anon, Dance in Society, no author given, International Library of Sociology, 1969, reprinted by Routledge 2010, Google Books

• Barlow, Jeremy, Jeremy specialises in English popular and dance music from 1550 to 1750, and also has a particular interest in the illustration of music and social dance over the centuries. http://www.broadsideband.co.uk

• Brady, Chris, Research on Traditional Dancing, Chris Brady's website containing many articles and facsimiles pertinent to various aspects of dance, including quadrilles, the 1993 Hornpipe Conference, step and clog, English, Irish and Welsh etc., etc. http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/

• Buckland, Prof. Theresa , Professor of Dance History and Ethnography, http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/Theresa-Buckland/

• Franks, A.H., Social Dance; a short history, A.H. Franks, 1964, Routledge Keegan paul, London

• Kennedy, Douglas N., English Folk Dancing, 1964, Bell, London

• Kidson, Frank and Mary Neal, English Folk Song and Dance, Frank Kidson and Mary Neal, 1915, Cambridge University Press (Reprint 1972 - EP Publishing)

• Heaney, Michael, Ed and Introduction The Histories of the Morris in Britain , Papers from a conference held at Cecil Sharp House, London, 25 - 26 March 2017, organized in partnership by Historical Dance Society with English Folk Dance and Song Society and The Morris Ring, The Morris Federation and Open Morris. 2018 print or PDF available at VWML

• Matthias, Geoffrey, Primary Dance Sources: An Annotated Bibliography, 1988-91.inLetterof Dance, vol. 1, Louisville, KT: Cafe Press.[1]

• Notley, Garth and Paul Cooper, Regency Dances.org; Research Papers, Research papers on various aspects of hystorical dance, 73 so far. http://regencydances.org/paper004.php

• Richardson, Philip J.S., The Social Dances of the 19th Century, 1960, Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London

• Rust, Frances, Dance in Society - Middle Ages to the Present Day, 'an analysis of the relationship between the social dance and society in England from the Middle Ages to the present day'. Frances Rust, 1969, Routledge Keegan Paul, Copy at Internet Archive

• Schofield, James Derek, Dance Wars; A History Of The English Folk Dance Revival ca 1906-1960, PhD Thesis, 2024, De Montfort University, Leicester

• Segal, Barbara, ed, Dancing Master or Hop Merchant? The Role of the Dance Teacher through the Ages, Salisbury: Early Dance Circle, [2]

• Sharp, Cecil J, The Country Dance Book Books I-VI, Cecil J Sharp, 1909 - 22, Novello, London

• Wood, Melusine, Some notes on the English Country Dance before Playford, in The Journal of the EFDSS, 3 (1936-39), 93-9

• Clog Dance Research

Other British

• Highland Balls and Village Halls, G.W.Lockhart, 1985, 2nd ed. 1997, Luath Press Ltd. Edinburgh

• Scotland's Dances, H.A. Thurston, 1954, Bell, London

• Mats Melin, researcher into Scottish Dance, University of Limerick, http://limerick.academia.edu/MatsMelin

World

• A Time to Dance American Country Dancing from Hornpipes to Hot Hash. Richard Nevell, 1977. St.Martin's Press, New York.

• City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in North America, W.J.Walkowitz, NYU Press,2013. This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk tradition and rehearsed its steps.

• The Dance - An Historical Survey of Dancing in Europe, Cecil J Sharp and A P Oppe, 1924, Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd (London) Minton,Balch & Co.(New York)

• European Folk Dance, Its National and Musical Characteristics. Joan Lawson, 1953.Sir Isaac pitman & sons Ltd. London

• Folk Dance of Europe, Nigel Allenby Jaffé, 1990. Folk Dance Enterprises, Skipton, N.Yorks. ISBN 0-946247-15-3

• Historical Dances - 12th -19th Century, Their manner of Peformance and their Place in the Social Life of the Time. Melusine Wood, 1952, 1982. Dance Books Ltd, London. ISBN 0-903102-70-6

• Selected American Country Dances and Their English Sources, from MUSIC IN COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS 1630–1820, JOY VAN CLEEF and KATE VAN WINKLE KELLER Colonial Society of Massachusetts

• Take Your Partner - Traditional Dancing in Australia, Shirley Andrews, 1979, Griffin Press, S.Australia

• World history of the dance, Curt Sachs (Translated by B. Schönberg), 1963, Norton, New York

See also Books, Articles, and Academic Studies - Music for music (tune) research.