International Dictionary of Modern Dance

International Dictionary of Modern Dance. Ed. by Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 1998. 891p. $160 (ISBN 1-55862-359-0).

Dance is an area of the fine arts that has been well represented over the years by some admirable reference material. Anatole Chujoy's The Dance Encyclopedia (Simon and Schuster, 1967) is international in scope and has entries for both biographical information and various dance forms. Don McDonagh's The Complete Guide To Modern Dance (Doubleday, 1976) covers modern dance only and entries are strictly biographical. Barbara Naomi Cohen-- Stratyner's Biographical Dictionary of Dance...