Reference & Special Interest

Celebrating 100 Years of Popular Music in America narrated by Michael Feinstein.

A documentary directed by Ric Burns on the origins and history of the 75 years of the American Ballet Theater.

Get inspired by NYC 5th graders from high poverty districts as they are taught  foxtrot, tango, rumba, meregue for a competition and grow into poised and motivated young people.  

Russia's famed troupe is trained in classical ballet, folk dancing and acrobatics.

Discover the fiery heart and art of flamenco plus historical footage of the legendary Carmen Amaya.

Discover the history of this world mecca for dance artists and their audiences. Narrated by Bill Jones.

 4 jewels from The Royal Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, and Tales of Beatrix Potter.

A charming one-act ballet interpretation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn and staged by Anthony Dowell with the American Ballet Theater.

Princess Grace of Monaco narrates this Oscar-nominated documentary on the famed Russian Kirov School.

This documentary traces the history of Swing from the 1920's to its current revival. 

An Introduction to the Powwow, a colorful, authentic intro to native American music.

A dazzling production featuring ice dancing, ballet, and synchronized underwater swimming. 

Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker ballets plus documentaries. 

Packs a wealth of material into little space and does it in an attractive, colorful, useful format. 

My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

A fast-paced revel of insights and oddities by Stuart Issacoff.

Autobiography of Li Cunxin, dancer from the Bejing  Dance  Academy during the Cultural Revolution in China.

Written with wit by a former NY Times music critic, with the useful addition of  a Naxos website of 500 listening examples.

My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Barber's Music History as it Ought to be Taught, Musician's Dictionary, and Messiah Handel--for laughing out loud!