Annotated Folk Dance Bibliography
By Dick Oakes

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Last updated: 11 MAR 2005

I first compiled a list of folk dance teaching references for a folk dance teacher training seminar. There were many works that I did not include (for lack of research time) and I know there have been many published since, such as Ada Dziewanowska's beautiful book on Polish dance.

I am pleased to have been a contributor to Betty Casey's International Folk Dancing U.S.A. (Doubleday & Company, 1981, 331 pp.), in which Mrs. Casey writes,

"...Dick Oakes, an all-around international folk dance instructor, helped in checking the many dance instructions and the Lexicon definitions. He devised the clever system of using a larger and smaller raised capital letter (RL) to indicate that a step can be done with either the right or left foot; he also assisted with photo illustrations and provided the material for "Yugoslavian Folk Dancing."

Happy researching!
Dick Oakes

Alford, Violet. Dances of France. Vol. III, The Pyranees.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Armstrong, Don. Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras.
Los Angeles: Sets in Order American Square Dance Society. Timing breakdowns for 101 contra dances. Teaching techniques, prompting. Softcover.

Armstrong, Lucile. Dances of Portugal.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Armstrong, Lucile. Dances of Spain. Vol. I, South, Centre and North-West.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Armstrong, Lucile. Dances of Spain. Vol. II, North-East & East.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Beal, Daniel. Dances from Norway.
Precision Graphics, Inc., Plymouth, Minnesota, 1988. Hardcover, 202 pp. Sons of Norway, 1455 W. Lake St., Minneapolis MN 55408. Includes sheet music, all words and translations. Historical notes, good footnotes. Excellent descriptions of Norwegian styling, many clear diagramsm 4 childrens dances, 11 song dances, 16 figure-dances, 11 old-time couple dances.

Beliajus, Vytautas Finadar. Let's Be Merry.
Delaware, Ohio: Cooperative Recreation Service, 1951. 38 pp. Descriptions of seven easy dances of Lithuania. Stories, games, piano music, song words. Booklet.

Beliajus, Vytautas Finadar. Merrily Dance.
Delaware, Ohio: Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc., 1955. 24 pp. Descriptions of 13 easy dances of France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, United States (including Jewish, Palestinian, and Arabic dances). Piano music, song words. Booklet.

Bensel, E. Van Der Ven-Ten. Dances of the Netherlands.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Berk, Fred. Guide for the Israeli Folk Dance Teacher.
New York: American Zionist Youth Foundation. 16 pp. No dance descriptions. Discussions about teacher problems, dance notation, translating dance names, what makes a good teacher, starting a group, running a performing group, weekend workshops, more. Softcover.

Berk, Fred. Ha-Rikud. The Jewish Dance.
New York: American Zionist Youth Foundation, 1972. 101 pp. Descriptions of 25 dances of Israel. History, background, fundamentals, teaching, choreography, starting a group, costumes. Terms, abbreviations, records. B/W photographs, drawings. Softcover.

Berk, Fred. Machol Ha'am. Dance of the Jewish People.
New York: American Zionist Youth Foundation, 1978. 94 pp. No dance descriptions. History of Jewish dance in Israel and America, influences of ethnic groups, choreographers. B/W photographs. Softcover.

Berk, Fred. 100 Israeli Folk Dances.
New York: The American Zionist Youth Foundation. 108 pp. Descriptions of 100 dances of Israel. Terms, abbreviations, basic steps. B/W photographs. Softcover.

Bloland, Sunni and Anca Giurchescu. Romanian Traditional Dance: A Contextual and Structural Approach.
Wild Flower Press, Mill Valley, California, 1992 (1995). An academic approach.

Breuer, Katharina. Dances of Austria.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Brittin, Phil. The Compete Book of Country Swing & Western Dance and a bit about Cowboys.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. 239 pp. Descriptions of: The Basics, The Moves, The Flash, The Twirls, The Combos, The Rounds. Background, index. B/W photographs. Softcover.

Burchenal, Elizabeth. Dances from Old Homelands.
New York: G.S. Shirmer and Company, 1933. 85 pp. Background on folk dance in America, index of dances by countries, index of dances by suitability to certain age groups.

Burchenal, Elizabeth. Folk Dances and Singing Games.
New York: G.S. Shirmer and Company, 1933. 83 pp. Descriptions of 26 dances of Europe and the United States. Music, costume, B/W plates, index of dances by suitability to certain age groups.

Buday, George. Dances of Hungary.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Casey, Betty. The Complete Book of Square Dancing (and Round Dancing).
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. 192 plp. (Author's original manuscript title, "Modern Square Dance Fun for Everyone," changed by Doubleday.) Formations, figures, calls for square, round, and contra dances. Music, background, teaching, equipment, fees, clubs, costumes, classes, demonstrations, festivals, youth and children, more. B/W photographs, illustrations, diagrams. Hardcover.

Casey, Betty. International Folk Dancing U.S.A.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. 363 pp. Descriptions of almost 200 dances from Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Yugoslavia (also children's dances and Danse Orientale). History, background, costumes, music sources, publications, pioneer leaders, camps, organizations, performing groups, formatting a group, building a group, sound systems, dance etiquette, more. Definition lexicon, bibliography, index. B/W photographs, drawings, illustrations. Hardcover.

Chalif, Louise H. Folk Dances of Different Nations arranged by Louise H. Chalif. Vol. 1.
New York: Published by the author, 1926. 58 pp. Descriptions of 23 easy dances of Europe, piano music.

Chapru, Doleta. A Festival of the English May.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin: Folklore Village Farm, Inc., 1977. 52 pp. Descriptions of 15 dances (maypole, sword, Morris, plaiting, etc.). Extensive English May Festival history and background, and a ful day's schedule, folk plays, bonfire activities, recipes, patterns for hobby horse and maypole. Softcover.

Crampton, C. Ward. The Folk Dance Book.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, (1908) 1932. 82 pp. Description of dances (for gradeschools) but not identified by country. No history, no background. Piano music. Softcover.

Crosfield, Domini. Dances of Greece.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Czarnowski, Lucile K. Folk Dance Teaching Cues.
Palo Alto, California: The National Press, 1963. Descriptions of 48 international dances rhythms, teaching.

Czarnowski, Lucile K. and Jack B. McKay How to Teach Folk and Square Dance.
Oakland California: Triangle Printing.

Czompo, Andor. Hungarian Dances.
Homer, New York: AC Publications, 1968. 50 pp. Descriptions of 14 dances. History, background, abbreviations, basic steps. Softcover.

Czompo, Ann I. and Andor Czompo. Dance Fundamentals.
Homer, New York: AC Publications, 1981. 54 pp. Basic locomotor "etudes" in both standard notation and Labanotation include grapevine, skip, slide, gallop, schottische, two-step, polka, waltz, mazurka. Sections on dance, types of movement, positions, warm-up techniques, rhythm fundamentals, Labanotation, locomotor movements. Index. Spiral bound softcover

Delakova, Katya and Fred Berk. Dance Fundamentals.
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, 1947, 32pp. Description, words (Hebrew and English) and sheet music to 10 old dances--all predating the 1948 creation of the state of Israel. Paperback, 9" x 12".

Diagram Group. Musical Instruments of the World, an Illustrated Encyclopedia.
New York: Facts on File Inc., 1976. This book has more than 4000 drawings of a global range of traditional, historic, and contemporary instruments from all cultures, divided into the instrument types of aerophones, idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, and mechanical and electrical instruments, and more.ÊAvailable commercially and from music education catalogs.

Donaghey, Robert. Thesaurus of Israeli Dance.
Copen Press, Brooklyn, New York, 1969. Detailed descriptions of 112 Israeli dances. Includes music source (vinil records) for all songs and translations of title of each song. 120 pp. plus indices, 8-1/2" x 11", paperback.

Duggan, Anne Schley; Jeanette Schlottman; and Abbie Rutledge. The Teaching of Folk Dance.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1948. 116 pp. Objectives, cultural values, social values, recreational values, neuromuscular values, folk dance knowledge, skills to be mastered, appreciations to be developed. Grading systems, evaluation charts. Festival production.

Duggan, Anne Schley; Jeanette Schlottman; and Abbie Rutledge. Folk Dances of European Countries.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1948. 160 pp. Descriptions of 27 dances of Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. History, geography, background, basic steps, figures, positions, music, costumes, costume color plates, festivals. Terms, counting, drawings, illustrations, piano music.

Duggan, Anne Schley; Jeanette Schlottman; and Abbie Rutledge. Folk Dances of the United States and Mexico.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1948. 159 pp. History, geography, background, basic steps, figures, positions, music, costumes, costume color plates, festivals. Terms, counting, drawings, illustrations, piano music. U.S. Section includes six square dances.

Duggan, Anne Schley; Jeanette Schlottman; and Abbie Rutledge. Folk Dances of Scandinavia.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1948. 159 pp. History, geography, background, basic steps, figures, positions, music, costumes, costume color plates, festivals. Terms, counting, drawings, illustrations, piano music.

Duggan, Anne Schley; Jeanette Schlottman; and Abbie Rutledge. Folk Dances of the British Isles.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1948. 110 pp. History, geography, background, basic steps, figures, positions, music, costumes, costume color plates, festivals. Terms, counting, drawings, illustrations, piano music. Includes 12 dances, illustrations (no color plates), line drawings of step motifs.

Dunsing, Gretel and Paul Dunsing. Dance Lightly.
Delaware, Ohio: Cooperative Recreational Service, 1946. 29 pp. Descriptions of 12 dances of Austria, Germany. Teaching, piano music. Booklet.

Dziewanowska, Ada with Basia Dziewanowska, Jaś Dziewanowaki, Staś Kmieć, and Jacek Marek. Polish Folk Dance & Songs: A Step-by-Step Guide.
New York, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997. 672 pp. Descriptions of more than 90 dances of Poland. This work contains in-depth descriptions of more than 90 of Poland's most characteristic and interesting dances, including the national dances: the Polonez, the Mazur, the Kujawiak, the Oberek, and the Krakowiak, as well as selected regional dances from the five ethnographic areas of Mazowsze, Małopolska, Silesia, Wielkopolska, and Pomorze. Hardcover.

Edison, Stephen D. The Recreational Approach to Folk Dance Teaching.
Published by the author, 1960. 47 pp. No dance descriptions. "Ten Axioms for Teaching," administration of a folk dance group, classifying dances, ending the folk dance session, handling beginners, some basic steps, suggested reading list. Booklet.

Eisenberg, Helen and Larry Eisenberg. And Promenade All.
Nashville: Published by the authors, 1977. 41 pp. Descriptions of 23 dances and singing games, from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, United States (including American squares and a Cherokee social dance). No background. Terms, record sources, dance notation sources, piano music. Softcover.

Eisenberg, Larry. The World of Fun Series of Recreational Recordings.
Nashville: Methodist Publishing House, 1951. 35 pp. Descriptions of 58 easy dances from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United States. No background. Suggestions for folk games, obtaining proper record player, list of records. Softcover.

Farwell, Jane. Folk Dances for Fun.
Delaware, Ohio: Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc. 65 pp. Descriptions for 25 easy dances and singing games. Recreational tips, piano music, song words. Booklet.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far Beginner Dances. Vol. A-1.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 36 pp. Descriptions of 30 easy dances from Argentina, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, United States. Terms, abbreviations, references. Softcover.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far Beginner Dances. Vol. A-2.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 35 pp. Descriptions of 33 easy dances from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Panama, Romania, Scotland, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. Terms, abbreviations, references. Softcover.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far Intermediate Dances. Vol. B-1.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 35 pp. Descriptions of 30 intermediate dances from Argentina, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Yugoslavia. Terms, abbreviations, square dance positions, Irish step motifs, references. Softcover.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far Intermediate Dances. Vol. B-2.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 36 pp. Descriptions of 25 intermediate dances from Austria, England, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Yugoslavia. Terms, abbreviations, square dance positions, Irish steps motifs, references. Softcover.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far Advanced Dances. Vol. C-1.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 56 pp. Descriptions of 12 advanced dances from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy, Mallorca, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Ukraine. Terms, abbreviations, references. Softcover.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far Advanced Dances. Vol. C-2.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 62 pp. Descriptions of 17 advanced dances from France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Yugoslavia. Terms, abbreviations, Scottish step motifs, references. Softcover.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far No-Partner Dances. Vol. D-1.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 61 pp. Descriptions of 43 easy and intermediate non-partner dances from Armenia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Israel, Romania, Spain, Syria, Yugoslavia. Terms, abbreviations, references. Softcover.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Folk Dances from Near and Far No-Partner Dances. Vol. D-2.
San Francisco: The Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. 61 pp. Descriptions of 34 easy, intermediate, and advanced non-partner dances from Armenia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Romania, Turkey, Yugoslavia. Terms, abbreviations, references. Softcover.

Folklore Village Farm, Inc. Folk Dances and Music. Vol. I.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin: Folklore Village Farm, Inc., 1975. 17 pp. Descriptions of nine easy dances from Denmark, England, France, Germany, Poland, Scotland, United States. No background. Piano music, song words. Booklet.

Folklore Village Farm, Inc. Folk Dances and Music. Vol. II.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin: Folklore Village Farm, Inc., 1975. 19 pp. Descriptions of 18 easy dances from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Israel, United States, Yugoslavia. No background. Piano music, song words. Booklet.

Fox, Grace I. Folk Dancing in High School and College.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1944. 89 pp. Descriptions of several dances. Costume illustrations, teaching, piano music. Terms, alphabatized index, classified index.

Fyfe, Agnes. Dances of Germany.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Galanti, Bianca M. Dances of Italy.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Gault, Marian and Ned Gault. 100 and 1 Easy Folk Dances.
Published by the authors, 1970. Third revision 1980. 25 pp. Concise descriptions of 101 easy dances from Armenia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Yugoslavia. No background. Terms, abbreviations, alphabetical index, index by formation. Softcover.

Gault, Marian and Ned Gault. 100 and 1 More Easy Folk Dances.
Published by the authors, 1977. First revision 1980. 35 pp. Concise descriptions of 101 easy dances from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Yugoslavia. No background. Terms, abbreviations, alphabetical index, index by formation. Softcover.

Gilbert, Cecile. International Folk Dance at a Glance.
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company. 171 pp. Cryptic descriptions of 69 easy, intermediate, and advanced dances from Europe, Africa.

Giurchescu, Anca with Sunni Bloland. Romanian Traditional Dance: A Contextual and Structured Approach.
Mill Valley, California: Wild Flower Press, 1995. A comprehensive document on everything you ever wanted to know about Romanian folk dance.ÊIt is worth owning for the photos alone.

Gooch, Bill. Glad i att dansa!.
Knoxville, Tennessee: Publisher. Bill Gooch is an international dance leader and Scandiphile of Knoxville. This is a collection of more than 100 descriptions of traditional dances from 14 Swedish provinces, including detailed maps with dance locations.

Grindea, Miroon and Carola Grindea. Dances of Rumania.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Gurzau, Elba Farabegoli. Folk Dances, Costumes, and Customs of Italy.
Newark: Folkraft Press, 1964. Revised 1982. 128 pp. Descriptions of 17 dances. Background, costumes, costume pictures, festivals, piano music.

Harbin, E.O. The Fun Encyclopedia.
New York: Abingdon Press, 1940. 1008 pp. Several musical games and dances in the Fun with Musical Games section, including American, Danish, German, Hungarian, Irish, Norwegian. Other sections include Home Fun, Fun in the Clubroom, Fun with Hobbies, Fun with Banquets, Fun with Active Games, Fun with Icebreakers, Fun Outdoors, Fun with Sports, Fun with Music, Fun with Dramatics, Fun with Puppets, more. Hardcover.

Harris, Jane A.; Anne Pittman; and Marlys S. Waller. Dance Awhile.
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, 1968. 386 pp. Descriptions of 58 folk dances, 10 social dances, 9 contra dances, 27 round dances, 26 mixers, and calls for 55 square dances. History, background, teaching, positions, dancing, facilities, equipment, organization, group instruction, fundamentals, notation, more. Terms, drawings, illustrations, contents, bibliography, index. Spiral bound softcover. A new edition is to be published in 2004.

Heikel, Yngvar and Anni Collan. Dances of Finland.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Herman, Michael. Folk Dances for All.
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1947. Descriptions of 19 dances from Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States. Background, diagrams, B/W photographs, piano music. Softcover.

Hinman, Mary Wood. Gymnastic and Folk Dances. Vol. 1.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1925. 80 pp. Idealistic old fashioned ballet approach.

Hinman, Mary Wood. Gymnastic and Folk Dances. Vol. 2.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1930. 46 pp. Descriptions of several dances of Sweden, piano music. No background.

Holden, Rickey and Mary Vouras. Greek Folk Dances.
Brussels: Folkraft Europe, 1976. 128 pp. Descriptions of 86 dances of Greece. History, background, map, geography, authenticity, choreography, notation, formation, musical instruments, rhythms, records, positions, dance titles, transliteration, piano music. Terms, bibliography, index. Softcover.

Houston, Ron. Folk Dance Problem Solver.
Austin, Texas, 1986-. A publication of The Society of Folk Dance Historians, 2100 Rio Grande St., Austin, TX 78705-5578. Cumulative Index, articles, dance notes. Softcover.

Hunt, Yvonne. Traditional Dance in Greek Culture.
Centre for Asia Minor Studies, 1996. Dance genres and styles are presented by geographical regions, i.e., Dodekanisa, Kyklades, Kriti, Roumeli, Makedonia, etc. In addition, various customs in which dance plays a central or important role--apokreas, celebrations, anastenaria, Lazarines, tzamala--are also discussed. An entire chapter is devoted to improvisation and leading the dance as well as a chapter on the naming of the dances.

Hutchinson, Ann. Labanotation. The System for Recording Movement.
New York: New Directions Books: 1954. No dance descriptions. History, introduction, fundamentals of a graphical notation system for describing body movement. Steps motifs, arm movements, gestures, jumps, leg gestures, flexing, stretching, circular path, turns, use of body and space holds, touch, slide, brush, parts of the limbs, passive movements, uses of the body, subtelties of movement, kneeling, sitting, lying, rotations of the parts of the body, deviations, more. Illustrations, index. Softcover.

Hyde, Dale. Folk Dances of French Canada.
Toronto: Can.-Ed.Media Ltd., 1977. 20 pp. Descriptions of 12 dances from New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada. No background. Terms, abbreviations. Softcover.

Hyde, Dale. Ontario Dances!.
Toronto: Can.-Ed. Media Ltd., 1979. 19 pp. Descriptions of 11 dances from Ontario, Canada. Some background, terms. Softcover.

Ikema, Hiroyuki. Folk Dance of Japan.
Tokyo: National Recreation Association, 1981. 134 pp. Descriptions of 32 dances of Japan. History, background, influences. Movement-by-movement drawings.

Ilieva, Anna. Bulgarian Dance Folklore.
Pittsburgh: Dutifa-Tamburitza Press, 1977. 22 pp. No dance descriptions. Bulgarian dance folklore, history, background. Softcover.

Jancovic, Ljubica and Danica Jankovic. Dances of Jugoslavia.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Jensen, Clayne R. and Mary Bee Jensen. Square Dancing.
Provo: Brigham University Press, 1973. 159 pp. Square dance calls, patter, breaks, figures, singing calls, teaching, basic skills. History, background, value. Terms, bibliography, test. Softcover.

Jensen, Mary Bee and Clayne R. Jensen. Folk Dancing.
Provo: Brigham University Press, 1973. 147 pp. Descriptions of 30 dances of Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Scotland, Sweden, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. History, background, costumes, basic skills. Terms, bibliography, test. Softcover.

Jernigan, Sara Staff and C. Lynn Vendien. Playtime: A World Recreation Handbook.
New York: McGraw-Hill Publishers. 353 pp. For primary schools. Descriptions of several folk dances and folk games from around the world, including Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Korea, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Taiwan, Uganda, South Africa, Viet Nam. Background, leadership techniques, programs, festivals, songs. Bibliography.

Jones, Deborah. Vancouver International Folk Dancers Music Book. Vol. 1
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Revised, c. 1984, revised 1995, 97 pp. Index. Softcover, spiral-bound, or 194 pp. Music, words, and translations to approximate 93 arrangements, suggested orchestrations. Chords are maraked for many. Includes basic pronunciation guide for 10 languages and a source of recorded music for all songs.

Jones, Deborah. Vancouver International Folk Dancers Music Book, Vol. 2.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: 1982. Music, words, and translations for 93 pieces of sheet music. Primarily instrumental. Ther is a short chapter on how to form a band.

Joukowsky, Anatol M. The Teaching of Ethnic Dance.
New York: J. Lowell Pratt and Company, 1965. 190 pp. Descriptions of 56 dances from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. Background, abbreviations, teaching. Illustrations, index. Softcover.

Karsner, M.G. The Teaching of Folk Dancing and Allied Rhythms.
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Division. 480 pp. Descriptions of 43 dances of varying difficulty, graduated teaching, basic forms.

Karpeles, Maud and Lois Blake. Dances of England and Wales.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Katsarova, Raina. Dances of Bulgaria.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Katsarova, Raina and Kiril Djenev. Bulgarian Folk Dances.
Cambridge, Massachussetts: Slavica Publishers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in cooperation with Duquesne University Tamburitzens Institute of Folk Arts, (1958) 1976, 167 pp. Translated into English by Nevena Geliazkova and Marguerite Alexieva. Illustrations, photos, maps, sheet music. Some dance descriptions, some sheet music, some song words. Largely ethnographic, describing the history of folkdance in Bulgaria.

Konopasek, Frank. Folk Dance Fun for Little Ones.
Westbury, New York: Published by the author, 1981. 31 pp. Descriptions of 76 modified very easy dances for elementary children representing Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States, Yugoslavia. Teaching, abbreviations, index. Softcover.

Kraus, Richard G. Square Dances of Today and How to Call Them.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1950. 130 pp. Square dance calls, calling, teaching, leadership, interest building, programming, festivals, more. History, background, illustrations, piano music.

Kraus, Richard G. Folk Dancing.
New York: The McMillan Company, 1962. Descriptions of 110 dances for elementary and secondary schools.

Kulbitsky, Olga and Frank L. Kaltman. Follow the Leader.
Newark: American Squares, 1954. 13 pp. Descriptions of 10 non-partner dances from Greece, Israel, Yugoslavia. Terms, step motifs. Booklet.

Kulbitsky, Olga and Frank L. Kaltman. Teacher's Dance Handbook.
Newark: Bluebird Publishing Company, 1959. Descriptions of many dances for primary schools.

LaFarge, Rod. Forty Favorite Folk Dances.
Published by the author, 1953. 48 pp. Descriptions of 40 dances from Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland, United States. Softcover.

Lawson, Joan. European Folk Dance.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1953. Background of the folk dance of Europe, including origins, characteristics, and music.

Lidster, Miriam D. and Dorothy H. Tamburini. Folk Dance Progressions.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1965. 342 pp. Descriptions of more than 130 dances of Assyria, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mallorca, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia. Background of four cultural areas: Balkans, Israel, Philippines, Scandinavia. Basic movements, rhythm, music, outstanding leaders, bibliography. Hardcover.

Longden, Sanna. Cultures and Styling in Folk Dance.
Ypsilanti, Michigan: High/Scope Press. 400 pp. Written for schoolteachers, and a companion to Phyllis Weikart's other books, it is useful for anyone who teaches folk dance.ÊThe book gives up-to-date background for 27 cultures, discusses dance styling, traditional music, and lots more.ÊIn addition, it contains photos from performing ensembles, festivals, folk dance groups, and overseas travel.

Lorenzen, Poul and Jeppe Jeppesen. Dances of Denmark.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Lubinova, Mila. Dances of Czechoslovakia.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Majka, Christopher and Sheilagh Hunt. Polish Folk Costumes.
Halifax, Nova Scotia: Empty Mirrors Press. highlights over twenty of the most interesting and colourful folk costumes of Poland. Each of the beautiful and detailed illustrations is accompanied by an account which illuminates its historical and cultural origins. The cultural influence of Czech, German, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Romanian and other nationalities is discussed as is the role of Polish history on the development of the costumes.

Marcel-Dubois, Claude and Marie Marguerite Andral. Dances of France. Vol I. Brittany and Bourbonnais.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Martin, Gyorgy. Hungarian Folk Dances.
Gyoma, Hungary: Kner Printing House, 1974. 81 pp. Labanotation for 1 dance. History, research, influences. Old Style Dances, New-Style Dances, Dance Dialects, 16 color photographs of costumed dancers, 32 plates of B/W photographs and drawings, more. Bibliography, piano music, song words. Hardcover.

McNair, Ralph J. Square Dance!.
Garden City, New York: Garden City Books, 1951. 188 pp. Calls for 39 square dances with line-drawing illustrations. Background, music and where to find it, what to wear, where to dance, what's in a call, who's who around a square, index. Hardcover.

Melamed, Lanie. All Join Hands.
Montreal: 100 pp. Descriptions of 50 dances, play-party dances, play-party games, square dances, contra dances, mixers, etc. Background, party planning.

Milligan, Jean C. and D.G. MacLennan. Dances of Scotland.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Ira Gessel MIT Folkdance Club Songbook.
Words to nearly 300 songs in their original languages (using Latinica), almost all with translations. Spelling and diacriatical marks extremely accurate and dependable translations. Available only online.

Murray, Ruth Lovell. Dance in Elementary Education.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1953. 446 pp. Third edition 1975. Simplified descriptions of 175 easy international folk dances, including American, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Israeli, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Lithuanian, Mexican, Palestinian, Philippine, Romanian, Russian, Scottish, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian. Dance movement, dance skills, rhythm, learning dances, aids to dance teaching. Hardcover.

Mynatt, Constance V. and Bernard D. Kaiman. Folk Dancing for Students and Teachers.
Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Company, (1968) 1974. Descriptions of 65 dances from over 20 countries. Softcover, spiral-bound.

Osen, Shari and Bert. Index to Viltis 1944-1994.
Blackfoot, Idaho: DeWayne Young, Editor. An index to Viltis Magazine to assist you in locating articles about folk dance, folklore, and recipes.ÊThe index is valuable for dancers, teachers, library collections, researchers, and students of international folk dance. Softcover.

Owens, Lee. American Square Dances of the West and Southwest.
Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books, 1949. 182 pp. Calls, movements, figures of square dancing. Illustrated, piano music.

Pack, Martin A. Costumes and Dances of Poland.
American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs, 1978. 40 pp. No dance descriptions. History and background on six dance types: Polonez, Mazur, Kujawiak, Oberek, Krakowiak, Goralski. Costume color plates, map, piano music, song words. Bibliography. Softcover.

Page, Ralph. Heritage Dances of Early America.
Colorado Springs: The Lloyd Shaw Foundation, Inc. 64 pp. Breakdowns for 25 early contra dances from 1788 to 1808. Background.

Petrides, Ted. Greek Dances and How to Do Them.
New York: Peters International, Inc., 1976. 167 pp. Descriptions of 18 dances. Background, illustrations, B/W photographs. Softcover.

Raftis, Alkis. World of Greek Dance, The.
Athens, Greece: Finedawn Publishers, 1997. Contains tradition and folklore in Greek dance, history, dance events, and a comprehensive directory of festivals, groups, museums, and resources.

Salven, Erik. Dances of Sweden.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Sanella, Ted. Balance and Swing.
New York: Country Dance and Song Society, 1982. 156 pp. Descriptions of 55 square dances, contra dances, and triplet dances of New England. Piano music. Spiral bound softcover.

Semb, Klara. Dances of Norway.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Shambaugh, Mary Effie. Folk Festivals for Schools and Playgrounds.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1936. 155 pp. Organization of five folk festivals. Background, customs, dances, stage craft, outlines, costumes, bibliography.

Sharp, Cecil J. The Country Dance Book.
London: Novello and Company, 1934. 54 pp. Descriptions of several dances of England including Morris, Longways, Country. History, background, arms and hands movements, figures.

Shaw, Lloyd. Cowboy Dances.
Caldwell, Idaho: The Cloaxton Printers, Ltd., 1940. 375 pp. Calls explanations of 75 basic square dances up to 1940. History, background, style, spirit, description, B/W photographs. Hardcover.

Shaw, Lloyd. The Round Dance Book.
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1948. 443 pp. Descriptions of almost every round dance known surviving up to 1948, including gavottes, mazurkas, polkas, schottisches, two-steps, waltzes, etc. History, background, style. Hardcover.

Snider, Marcia. Folk Dance Handbook.
Vancouver: Hancock House Publishers. 74 pp. For use in grade schools. Teaching in step-by-step method of easy dances. Basics, development.

Society for International Folkdancing. A Selection of Folk Dances, Vol. 5, Israel.
Pergmamon Press, 1977. Contains sheet music and descriptions of ten dances, 6-1/2 x 9-3/4", 32 pp. No words or translations. Contains list of records with the music.

Spiesman, Mildred. Folk Dancing.
Philadelphia: Saunders, 1970. A selection of dance descriptions classified according to the basic step motif and arranged according to difficulty. Material on folk dance teaching. No index. Booklet.

Tennevin, Nicollette and Marie Texier. Dances of France. Vol. II. Provence and Alsace.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Todd, Jack and Helen Todd. Quick-Teach Fun Dances for Recreational Groups.
Akron, Ohio: Twelgrenn Enterprises, Inc., 1976. 53 pp. Descriptions of eight easy international folk dances and 54 American square dances, fun dances, musical games. Leadership, sound, dance selection, teaching, sample programs, index by age group and dance types. Softcover.

Tolman, Beth and Ralph Page. The Country Dance Book.
Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Greene Press, 1976. 198 pp. Descriptions of 73 dances, including marches, Sicilian circle, quadrilles, square dances, contra dances, jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, hybrids. History, background, techniques. Music sources, who's who list, list of Country Dance Societies, drawings, index. Softcover.

Trujillo, Lawrence Alan. The Spanish Influence on the Mestizo Dance
of Yukatan, Vera Cruz, and Jalisco, Mexico.
Denver: Dart Publications, 1974. 118 pp. No dance descriptions. History and background of Mestizo dance of three Mexican states. Glossary, bibliography, illustrations. Spiral bound softcover.

Turska, Jadwiga. Polish Folk Embroidery.
New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc. 336 pp. includes more than 200 color illustrations from 31 regions.

Wakefield, Eleanor Ely. Folk Dancing in America.
New York: J. Lowell Pratt and Company, 1966. Descriptions of many dances from many countries. History of folk dance in the United States.

Wingrave, Helen and Robert Harrold. Dances, Music and Costumes of Bulgaria.
London: Descriptions of eight dances of Bulgaria. Background, costumes, costume plates, piano music. Folio.

Wingrave, Helen and Robert Harrold. Folk Dances and Costumes of Switzerland.
London: 20 pp. Descriptions of nine easy dances of Switzerland. History, background, costumes, costume drawings, piano music.

Wingrave, Helen and Robert Harrold. Regional Dances of Europe.
London: Descriptions of 18 dances from the Basque area, Finland, Spanish Galicia, Italy, Portugal, Turkey. History, background, piano music. Spiral bound softcover.

Wingrave, Helen and Robert Harrold. Spanish Dancing.
London: 64 pp. Descriptions for positions of hands, carriage of the body, placement of legs and feet, etc., of Flamenco dancing. History, background, hand and foot position illustrations, castanet work, piano music, list of places in Spain to see Flamenco.

Witzig, Louise. Dances of Switzerland.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.

Wolska, Helen. Dances of Poland.
London: Max Parrish & Company. 40 pp. Descriptions of four dances. Background, costumes, costume color plates, piano music. Small hardcover.
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