Category: Books

Photos of Sarah Stackhouse in Betti Franceschi's book Ageless Dancers Each December, one of my favorite activities is to compile this annual list of dance and somatic books. I hope a few titles pique your interest for personal reading or to use in a college course. Please share additional titles in the Comments section as…

  One of my favorite posts each year is this one – a list of books on dance, arts education, arts administration, and somatics. Please add a Comment if there are titles missing here. I am always on the lookout, and got to read many of the titles below throughout the year. As much as…

New Dance Books in 2022By Jill Randall I always love compiling a book list! Please find below the wonderful and exciting titles of the year – great for your own reading or for adding into a college/graduate course. If I have missed a title, please add a comment below, thank you. The list focuses primarily…

Image description: A stack of 6 paperback dance books in front of a white background. The spines are bright yellow, black, navy, and mauve in color. Each year, this is one of my favorite lists to pull together for Life as a Modern Dancer readers. In addition, I am grateful to write book roundups for…

One of my favorite posts each year is this one – sharing about the new titles from the past year. I also now have the privilege of doing book reviews and write-ups for Dance Teacher as well, which I love. Looking over this list, The Grand Union and Hot Feet and Social Change most captivated…

During the past 3 weeks, dancers throughout the country have been reading How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World by Ann Cooper Albright. Please follow the Comments thread here, and please consider getting the book and diving in anytime! For today, we were aiming to read Chapter 4 (Gravity) and Chapter 5 (Resilience).…

During the past week, dancers throughout the country began reading How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World by Ann Cooper Albright. Please follow the Comments thread here, and please consider getting the book and diving in next week as well! For today, we read the Introduction and the first chapter, Falling. Readers –…

I have wanted to read this book for a few months, and I thought that now is the time! Can you join me? We will do a few weeks of an online check-in through my blog, and then the final session might be a Zoom call to talk about the book as a whole. How…

Vicky Shick. Photo by Kegan Marling. From Blog Director Jill Randall: Happy February 29th! I hope that you have had a great month. Today I wanted to share posts from the past month on the blog, some books I have been reading, and some other articles of note from colleagues. A Home for Improvisation at…