Dance Teacher Finder

Looking for the best books for dancers? Maybe you’re searching for the perfect gift for your dance teacher, one of your friends who loves dance or a family member – or maybe you’re looking to treat yourself! Well, not to worry. We at Dance Teacher Finder have put together a list of the best books for dancers. These are books that can inspire, motivate and educate. The first on the list, Gail Grant’s Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet, has been a favorite resource as a ballet teacher for many years. All of the books, though, have something amazing they can offer for dance teachers, dance students and simply lovers of dance.

1. Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet
   
2. NYC Ballet Workout: Fifty Stretches And Exercises Anyone Can Do For A Strong, Graceful, And Sculpted Body
   
3. Ballet Pedagogy: The Art of Teaching
   
4. Ballet – an Illustrated History
5. Dance Anatomy
   
6. Tapworks: A Tap Dictionary and Reference Manual
   
7. African American Dance: An Illustrated History
   
8. Jazz Dance Class
9. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
   
10. The Vision of Modern Dance: In the Words of Its Creators
    
11. Group Motion in Practice: Collective Creation Through Dance Movement Improvisation
    
12. The 1st Three Years of Dance: Teaching Tips, Monthly Lesson Plans, and Syllabi for Successful Dance Classes
    
13. Jitterbug – Swing : Beginners Handbook – Ballroom to Barroom
14. 101 Stories of the Great Ballets: the Scene-by-scene Stories of the Most Popular Ballets, Old and New
    
15. What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing
    
16. Basic Principles of Classical Ballet
    
17. The Colourful World of Ballet
18. Conditioning for Dance: Training for Whole-Body Coordination and Efficiency
    
19. The Tap Dance Dictionary
    
20. How to Teach Beginning Ballet: The First Three Years
    
21. Dance : A Creative Art Experience
22. Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History
    
23. The Souls of Your Feet: A Tap Dance Guidebook for Rhythm Explorers
    
24. The Art of Making Dances
    
25. Classic Ballet : Basic Technique and Terminology
26. The Illustrated Dance Technique of José Limón
    
27. Ballet: The Definitive Illustrated Story
    
28. Talk About Contemporary Dance
    
29. The Dancer’s Foot Book
30. Classical Ballet Technique
    
31. The Dancer Prepares: Modern Dance for Beginners
    
32. Tap Dance Fundamentals for Higher Education
    
33. Creative Dance for All Ages
34. The Pointe Book: Shoes, Training, Technique
    
35. Beginning Modern Dance
    
36. Ballet Basics
    
37. Dance Production and Management
38. Jump into Jazz: The Basics and Beyond for Jazz Dance Students
    
39. Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance
    
40. In the Wings: Behind the Scenes at the New York City Ballet
    
41. Inside Tap: Technique and Improvisation for Today’s Tap Dancer
    
42. Contact Improvisation : An Introduction to a Vitalizing Dance Form
43. Language of Ballet: A Dictionary
    
44. Tapping The Source: Tap Dance Stories, Theory And Practice
    
45. Dance Technique of Lester Horton
    
46. Dance Composition
47. How to Teach Preschool Ballet:: A Guidebook for Teachers
    
48. The Essential Guide to Tap Dance
    
49. Beginning Jazz Dance
    
50. Dance Units for Middle School
    

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