Bibliography

Selected list of books and articles  easily accessible, compiled by Alkis Raftis in 2023

The 100 most important publications in the field of ancient Greek dance, chronologically arranged by Frederick G. Naerebout in 2002

Suggested reading for beginners

in this order

1.  Raftis, Alkis: Dance in classical Greece. A handbook. Athens, Dora Stratou Dance Theater, 2019, 111 p.  

2.  Lawler, Lillian Beatrice: The dance in ancient Greece. Middletown, Wesleyan University Press, (1964) 1978, 160 p. 

3.  Lawler, Lillian Beatrice: The dance of the ancient Greek theatre. Iowa City, 1964 (reprint Iowa 1974), 135 p. 

4.  Naerebout, Frederick G.: Attractive performances. Ancient Greek dance. Three preliminary studies. Amsterdam, Gieben, 1997, 451 p.   [ACR] 

5.  Naerbout, Frederick G. & Alkis Raftis (ed.): Joannes Meursius and his “Orchestra, sive de saltationibus veterum” of 1618, the first monograph on ancient Greek dance since Antiquity. Athens, Dora Stratou Dance Theater, 2003, 85 p.

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