Dance Bibliography
Includes books, articles,academic studies, and links to notable researchers' websites where appropriate
English
- Social Dance; a short history, A.H. Franks, 1964, Routledge Keegan paul, London
- English Folk Dancing, Douglas.N.Kennedy, 1964, Bell, London
- English Folk Song and Dance, Frank Kidson and Mary Neal, 1915, Cambridge University Press (Reprint 1972 - EP Publishing)
- The Social Dances of the 19th Century Philip J.S.Richardson, 1960, Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London
- The Country Dance Book Books I-VI, Cecil J Sharp, 1909 - 22, Novello, London
- Some notes on the English Country Dance before Playford Melusine Wood, in The Journal of the EFDSS, 3 (1936-39), 93-94
- Prof. Theresa Buckland, Professor of Dance History and Ethnography, http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/Theresa-Buckland/
Other British
- Dance in Society - Middle Ages to the Present Day, Frances Rust, 1969, Routledge Keegan Paul
- Scotland's Dances, H.A. Thurston, 1954, Bell, London
- Mats Melin, researcher into Scottish Dance, University of Limerick, http://limerick.academia.edu/MatsMelin
World
- 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)
- World history of the dance, Curt Sachs (Translated by B. Schönberg), 1963, Norton, New York
- Take Your Partner - Traditional Dancing in Australia, Shirley Andrews, 1979, Griffin Press, S.Australia
- 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.