Start with high-confidence dance history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
George Balanchine
Robert Gottlieb
Radio City Spectacular
Radio City Entertainment
Ballet and Modern Dance Third Edition
Susan Au
Serenade
Toni Bentley
Dance We Do
Ntozake Shange
Apollo's Angels
Jennifer Homans
Balanchine Variations
Nancy Goldner
Jazz Dance
Lindsay Guarino, Wendy Oliver
Rooted Jazz Dance
Lindsay Guarino, Carlos R.A. Jones
Critical Moves
Randy Martin
Dance Floor Democracy
Sherrie Tucker
What the Eye Hears
Brian Seibert
The Vision of Modern Dance
Jean M. Brown, Naomi Mindlin
Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques
Joshua Legg
Diaghilev's Empire
Rupert Christiansen
Tango
Robert Farris Thompson
On Wings of Joy
Trudy Garfunkel
Dance in America: a Reader's Anthology
Mindy Aloff
Global Tangos
Melissa A. Fitch
Strictly Blackpool
Alison Maloney
The Choreography of Everyday Life
Annie-B Parson
