THE LANGUAGE OF SPANISH DANCE By Matteo Marcellus Vittucci & Carola Goya

   Both Matteo & Carola SIGNED & INSCRIBED the first page (they were Aunt's friends)

Foreword by Richard Cragun,  Drawings by Louis Gioia,  Flamenco Guitar Music by Peter Baime,  Piano Arrangements by Marc Saint-Germain

   First Edition - Hardcover - Dust jacket

"Matteo has provided for Spanish dance a formalized language comparable to the French terminology used in classical ballet.  The book encompasses the four styles of Spanish dancing:  folklorico...escuela bolera...Andalusian...flamenco."

   The first section "Basic Positions and Techniques" (includes movements, sequences and directions, dances, musical terms, and more 

   Next an Alphabetical Listing of Dance Steps (over 800 terms with definitions, directions, drawings & Labanotation diagrams, samples of music, & historical footnotes. 

   The Appendix is "Basic Flamenco Rhythms" (music for Guitar)

"This groundbreaking work on the Spanish dance is indispensable for dancers, teachers, choreographers, researchers, critics, and aficionados of the dance as well as anyone interested in Iberian culture".   It includes drawings and diagrams as well as photographs and art reproductions.

Measures approx - 10"  X 7 1/4"

Condition - LIKE NEW - no tears or marks