List of partner dance books
Listed below are books that describe the techniques of various partner dances.
Ballroom dancing
Basic books for the International Style
- Alex Moore:
- *The Revised Technique
- *Ballroom Dancing
- *Popular Variations
- Victor Silvester, Modern Ballroom Dancing. Stanley Paul, London
- Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing :
- *The Ballroom Technique, based on The Revised Technique by Alex Moore.
- *The Revised Technique of Latin-American Dancing
- *Popular Variations in Latin-American Dancing
- Guy Howard, Technique of Ballroom Dancing
- Walter Laird:
- *Technique of Latin Dancing
- *Technique of Latin Dancing Supplement
- Craig Revel Horwood, Ballroom Dancing, Teach Yourself
Advanced books for the International Style
- Christopher R. Willis (FISTD):
- *Leading Competition Figures: Waltz and Foxtrot, ;
- *Leading Competition Figures: Tango and Quickstep, ;
- *Competition Figures: Charts and Footpatterns, ;
Basic books for the American Style
- Richard M. Stephenson and Joseph Iaccarino, Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing Main Street Books,
- Jeffrey Allen, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing, 2nd edition 2006,
Partner and Social Dance Research and Scholarship
- Juliet E. McMains Glamour Addiction: Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry ''Wesleyan University Press,
- :The first in-depth study of the American DanceSport.
- Kristine M. McCusker, Diane Pecknold A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music, University Press of Mississippi'',
- :About roles gender plays in creating and marketing the Country /Western musical and dance forms.
Partner and Social Dance Teaching
This list contains books that provide guidance for how to teach partner/social dancing. It does not include books, such as The Dancing Master, that primarily focus on the dance steps or technique, rather than on how to teach.- Edith Ballwebber, 1938, Group Instruction in Social Dancing, A. S. Barnes & Company, Inc
- Dorothy Norman Cropper, 1939, Teacher's Manual of Ballroom Dancing, IHRA Publishing Co.
- August Harris & Donnabel Keys, 1940, Teaching Social Dance, Prentice-Hall, Inc
- Alma Heaton, 1965, Techniques of Teaching Ballroom Dance, Brigham Young University
- Judy Patterson Wright, 1996, Social Dance Instruction, Human Kinetics Publishers,
- Diane Jarmolow, 2011, Teach Like a Pro, Ballroom Dance Teachers College,
- Rudi Trautz, 2021, The Art of Teaching Social Dancing,
- Thomas Hill, 2025, How to Teach Ballroom Dancing,
General
- Patrice Tanaka, Becoming Ginger Rogers: How Ballroom Dancing Made Me A Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO', BenBella Books
- Matt Barber, Beginning Ballroom: Why's, Do's, Don'ts, and Shoes..
Other lists
- The US Library of Congress has a, from 1490 to 1920, with full scans.
- Library of Dance has a, from the 15th century to today, many of which are partner dance books. 2000+ are downloadable.