Criticism and Theory

Ballet:  Bias & Belief by Lincoln Kirstein with an Introduction by Nancy Reynolds. Hardcover, 458 pages, five pages of drawings by Paul Cadmus.
This volume consists of 17 articles written by Lincoln Kirstein over his lengthy career, together with his long unavailable work, Three Pamphlets Collected.

Ballet 101:  A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet by Robert Greskovic. Softcover, 634 pages. This comprehensive handbook on how to watch and appreciate ballet, includes analyses of 16 important and popular works, as well as lists of recommended reading materials and video recordings, and a lengthy glossary of dance terms.

Classical Music:  The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works by Phil H. Goulding. Hardcover, 635 pages.
Designed for beginners, this comprehensive guide looks at the lives and essential works of 50 major composers. Includes recommended CD's, explanation of musical terminology, and a history of the symphony orchestra.

Dance Writings by: Edwin Denby, Softcover, 608 pages.
Edwin Denby, who died in 1983, was one of the most important and influential American dance critics of this century. His elegant writing permanently changed the way we think and talk about dance. His observations are an essential part of dance literature. This volume brings together for the first time almost all of Denby's dance writings.

Dance Writings and Poetry by: Edwin Denby, edited by Robert Cornfeld, paperback, 320 pages.
This volume includes Denby's reactions to choreography ranging from Martha Graham to George Balanchine to the Rockettes, as well as his reflections on such topics as dance in film, dance criticism, and meaning in dance. Writings are presented chronologically. The book serves as an informal history of dance in New York from the late 1930s to the early 1960s.

From Petipa to Balanchine:  Classical Revival and the Modernization of Ballet by Tim Scholl. Hardcover, 167 pages. A re-evaluation of the development of classical ballet from the 1880's to the middle of the 20th Century, which locates the roots of modern ballet in the works of Petipa rather than the celebrated experiments of the Ballets Russes.

Movement to Music:  Musicians in the Dance Studio by Katherine Teck. Hardcover, 248 pages.
An exploration of the "behind-the-scenes" artistic collaboration that takes place between dance teachers, musicians, and dancers.

Music and Ballet 1973-1983 by B.H. Haggin. Hardcover, 282 pages.
One of the most distinguished American music critics continues his chronicle, begun in the 1930's, commenting on happenings in music and ballet.

Stravinsky by Paul Griffiths. Hardcover, 253 pages, eight pages of black & white photographs.
A full biography of the master composer whose 43-year collaboration with George Balanchine resulted in such ballets as Apollo, Orpheus, Agon and Symphony in Three Movements.

Tchaikovsky's Ballets by Roland John Wiley. Paperback, 429 pages, eight pages of black & white photographs, 10 pages of choreographic notations.
A critical examination, based on primary source materials, of the music, choreography, historical and cultural background of The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake.

What Is Dance? edited by Roger Copeland and Marshall Cohen. Paperback, 58 pages, illustrated with black & white photographs.
An anthology of dance writings that includes both historical essays and those by contemporary critics.

Writing in the Dark, Dancing in The New Yorker by Arlene Croce. Hardcover, 768 pages. Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This volume of reviews collects 87 pieces by one of America's most esteemed dance critics and covers Croce's 25-year career at The New Yorker. The work of George Balanchine, Mark Morris and Paul Taylor figure prominently among Croce's reflections.