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Contents:

DNB Publications Available from Princeton Book Company
DNB Publications Available from the DNB
Publications Available from Routledge
Publications Available from the Language of Dance Centre
Publications Available from the Dance Books
Publications Available from l'Association Mouvement-Musique
Croydon Dance Theatre Publications



DNB Publications Available from Princeton Book Company

Many dance notation books, including Dance Notation Bureau publications, are available through the Princeton Book Company. Browse their catalog of dance notation publications at http://www.dancehorizons.com/store/categories.asp?cID=45

To order books or get more information, contact:

Princeton Book Company, Publishers
614 Route 130
Hightstown, NJ 08520
Phone: 609-426-0602 or 1-800-220-7149
Fax: 609-426-1344
http://www.dancehorizons.com


 



DNB Publications Available from the DNB

The Educational Performance Collection Series

The Educational Performance Collection consists of five sets of integrated performance, study, and research materials on contemporary choreographies. Please consult our Educational Performance Collection page.

Notated Theatrical Dances Catalog

Our catalog of Notated Theatrical Dances is now online in PDF format. Please consult our Notated Theatrical Dances Catalog page.

Dance Notation Journal

The Dance Notation Journal was published from 1983 to 1989 and dealt with issues in Labanotation. Back issues may be purchased from the DNB. E-mail the DNB Director of Library Services at library@dancenotation.org to reserve copies of the following issues.

Volume 1, #1 includes A Reaffirmation of the Humphrey-Weidman Quality, Anna Sokolow's Rooms: An Analysis, Preseving the Paper that Preserves Choreography, Percussion Notation, Excerpts from A Teacher's Manual, and News Notes - $3/copy (plus postsage)

Volume 1, #2 includes An Argentine Folk Dance: Notation and Reconstruction, Dance Graph Analysis, Technical Report, and An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Labanotation - $3/copy (plus postage)

Volume 2, #1 includes The International Congress on Movement Notation, The Perception of Movement, Adaptation of Labanotation of Human Gait, Now You See It: Reconstructing a Dance Within College/University Dance Curricula, Notations of African Music and Dance, and Review: Movement Study and Benesh Movement Notation - $3/copy (plus postage)

Volume 2, #2 includes The Process of Dance Reconstruction, Dance as a Mirror of Human Condition, and From Humphrey to Limon: A Modern Dance Tradition - $3/copy (plus postage)

Volume 3, #1 is a special issue devoted to the Curriculum Development Project (now known as the Educational Performance Collection Series). They include choreographic analyses of Anna Sokolow's Scenes from the Music of Charles Ives, Rachel Lampert's What's Remembered?, and Clay Taliaferro's Falling off the Back Porch - $5/copy (plus postage)

Volume 4, #1 includes Margaret H'Doubler's Classification of Movement Qualities Viewed through Laban Analysis, Notation and Reconstructing for Antony Tudor, Gertrud Bodenwieser: The Demon Machine, and The Desperate Heart: A Dance of Images - $3/copy (plus postage)

Volume 4, #2 includes Documenting Dance, the Ephemeral Art, A Computerized Methodology for Recording and Analyzing Movement Qualities, The MacBenesh Editor: A Word Processor for Benesh Notation, Sutton Movement Writing: "Type 'N' Move", Field Report: Computerized Labanotation Instructional Program, The Interactive Composition of Scores for Dance, Computer Choreology Project at the University of Sydney, and Field Report: A Choreographer's Assessment of the DOM Notation System - $3/copy (plus postage)

Volume 5, #1 includes The Notion of Critical Analysis, An Eighteenth Century Dance Reconstruction, Zorn's La Gavotte de G. Vestris, Characteristics of Japanese Bon Dances in Hawaii, and Beyond Accuracy: Authenticity and Interpretation in Dance Notation - $3/copy (plus postage)

Volume 6 is a special issue devoted to George Balanchine. It includes excerpts from and introductions to 18 Balanchine ballets - $10/copy (plus postage)


 



Publications Available from Routledge

LABANOTATION by Ann Hutchinson Guest
487 pages, paperbound, ISBN 0-415-96562-4

"The book is well organized, easy to read, and has excellent illustrations.... A necessity for all dancers, it is also used by anthropologists, theatre people, physical educators and those doing mental therapy." -CHOICE: Books for College Libraries

"Definitive. It will be of inestimable benefit to all persons working in the field of dance." -George Balanchine

To order Labanotation by Ann Hutchinson Guest, contact:

Routledge Books
Phone: 1-800-634-7064
http://www.routledge.com (North America)
http://www.routledge.co.uk (outside North America)



 



Publications Available from the Language of Dance Centre

The Language of Dance Centre in London sells many books, Labanotation scores, and periodicals, including Ann Hutchinson Guest's seminal work on Motif Notation, Your Move. Browse the their catalog at http://www.lodc.org/publications.html and their price list at http://www.lodc.org/price_order.html.

To order books or get more information, contact:

Language of Dance Centre
17 Holland Park
London W11 3TD
England
Phone: +44 (0)20 7229 3780
Fax: +44 (0)20 7792 1794
http://www.lodc.org


 



Publications Available from Dance Books

Many dance notation books are available through the Dance Books in UK. Browse their catalog of dance notation publications at http://www.dancebooks.co.uk/catalog/notation.asp

To order books or get more information, contact:

Dance Books Ltd
The Old Bakery
4 Lenten Street
Alton, Hampshire GU34 1HG, UK
Phone: +44 (0)1420 86138
Fax: +44 (0)1420 86142
http://www.dancebooks.co.uk

 


 



Publications Available from l'Association Mouvement-Musique

LIVING HERITAGE: FRANÇOIS MALKOVSKY'S FREE DANCE
by Suzanne Bodak and Karin Hermes-Sunke
274 pages and music CD, ISBN 2-9516516-1-9

Living Heritage includes summaries of François Malkovsky's life and theories, descriptions of his style and movement vocabulary, Labanotation scores of ten of his dances, and a CD of all music necessary for the exercises and dances. For more information about Malkovsky's Free Dance, read our Malkovsky/Bodak Solos to Stage page.

To order copies of Living Heritage or to get more information, contact:

Éditions Mouvement-Musique
80 rue Georges Ferrand
94380 Bonneuil sur Marne
France
http://mbodak.free.fr/


 



Croydon Dance Theatre Publications

Section Contents:

Ordering Information
Classwork
Theatre Works

Ordering Information

The following publications can be ordered from:

The Publications Secretary
Croydon Dance Theatre
53a Croham Road
South Croydon, Surrey CR2 7HE
United Kingdom
Payment in advance with order please.
Checks made out to "Croydon Dance Theatre".
Payment from abroad must be made in Sterling by International Money Order.
The books document dance works by Hettie Loman, with text by the choreographer, photographs, and the dance score notated in Kinetography Laban.

Classwork

CLASSWORK FOR PROFESSIONAL DANCERS
(Advanced Barre and Study)
Book: £7.50 plus £1 UK/£2 Abroad
Videotape (VHS): £20 plus £1UK/£1.50 Abroad
Sound tape (Barre Exercises): £4.50 plus 75p UK/£1 Abroad
TOTAL PACKAGE (Book, Video & Sound tape): £29.00 plus £2 UK/£3.50 Abroad

DANCE STUDY 1985, No. 1
Score only. Advanced. (Handel)
£5.50 plus 75p UK/£1.50 Abroad

DANCE STUDY 1990, No. 1
(Score only. Intermediate) (Satie)
£4.50 plus 75p UK/£1.50 Abroad

Theatre Works

OPHELIA (Bartok)
Book: £7.50 plus £1 UK/£2 Abroad
Videotape (VHS): £20.00 plus £1 UK/£1.50 Abroad
TOTAL PACKAGE (Book and Videotape): £25.00 plus £2UK/£3.50 Abroad

BORN OF DESIRE (Grieg)
Book: £7.50 plus £1 UK/£2 Abroad
Videotape (VHS): £20.00 plus £1 UK/£1.50 Abroad
TOTAL PACKAGE (Book and Videotape): £25.00 plus £2UK/£3.50 Abroad

ONCE I HAD LAUGHTER (Beethoven)
Book: £10.00 plus £1 UK/£2 Abroad
Videotape (VHS): £20.00 plus £1 UK/£1.50 Abroad
TOTAL PACKAGE (Book and Videotape): £28.00 plus £2UK/£3.50 Abroad