Biographies, Memoirs & Manifestos
A Work-In-Progress List from Ms. Linda of Unreasonable Joy
Memoirs and Autobiographies
Ballet
- Copeland, Misty. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina. Touchstone, 2014. UJoy POST
- Farrell, Suzanne. Holding on to the Air: An Autobiography. Summit, 1990.
- Fisher, Barbara. In Balanchine’s Company: A Dancer’s Memoir. Wesleyan, 2006.
- Kent, Allegra. Once a Dancer: An Autobiography. St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
- Kirkland, Gelsey. Dancing on My Grave: An Autobiography. Doubleday, 1986.
- ~~~~. The Shape of Love. Doubleday, 1989.
- Ringer, Jenifer. Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet. Penguin, 2015. UJoy POST
- Tallchief, Maria. Maria Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina. Holt & Co., 1997.
Modern
- Dunham, Katherine. A Touch of Innocence: A Memoir of Childhood. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
- Graham, Martha. Blood Memory: An Autobiography. Doubleday, 1991.
- Jamison, Judith. Dancing Spirit. Doubleday, 1993.
- Limon, Jose. Jose Limon: An Unfinished Memoir (Studies in Dance History). Wesleyan University Press, 1999.
Broadway & Hollywood
- Moreno, Rita. Rita Moreno: A Memoir. Celebra, 2014 (reprint).
- Vaselaar, Ro Trent. And She Danced for the King: Memoirs of a Rockette. Imprint Books, 2003.
- Whitney, Corliss Fyfe. A Rockette Remembers: Tales from a High Kicking Life. Dog Ear Publishing, 2012.
Biographies and Research of Dancers, Choreographers & Companies
- DeFrantz, Thomas F. Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey’s Embodiment of African American Culture. Oxford University Press, 2004.
Manifestos (Theory or Technical Books Written by the Artists Themselves)
- Roth, Gabrielle. Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice. Putnam, 1997. UJoy POST
- ~~~~. Maps to Ecstacy: A Healing Journey for the Untamed Spirit. Putnam, 1995. UJoy POST
More Miscellaneous
- Gottlieb, Robert, ed. Reading Dance: A Gathering of Memoirs, Reportage, Criticism, Profiles, Interviews, and Some Uncategorizable Extras. Pantheon, 2008.
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