Resources books and videos, starring "the body". (The Body).

VIDEOS

Stott Pilates: Essential Matwork by Moira Stott-Merrithew. $14.95 U.S. Available from Stott Pilates, 2200 Yonge Street, Suite 1402, Toronto, ON, Canada. M4S 2C6; 800/910-0001. www.stottpilates.com. This 64-minute video demonstrates forty-five exercises for a Pilates beginner. Also available are videos for intermediate and advanced levels.

Get Stronger by Stretching with Thera-Band[R] by Noa Spector-Flock. Three VHS videocassettes. Available from Princeton Book Company, P.O. Box 831, Hightstown, NJ 08520; 800/220-7149. Web site: www.dancehorizons.com Three videos that demonstrate how to get a maximum workout using a Thera-Band.

New York City Ballet Workout by Palm Pictures. VHS ($14.95) or DVD ($24.95). Available at bookstores and at the New York City Ballet Web site: www.nycballet.com. Peter Martins offers fifty stretches and exercises designed for dancers and nondancers alike.

BOOKS

Mind-Body Fitness for Dummies by Therese Iknoian. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. 2000. 350 pages, paper. $19.00. ISBN: 0-764553-04-6.

A basic primer in holistic fitness including illustrations and instructions. The author holds a master's degree in exercise physiology.

The Woman's Book of Yoga and Health: A Lifelong Guide to Wellness by Linda Sparrowe. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications. 2002. 363 pages, paper. $21.95. ISBN: 1-570624-70-4.

Applies the practice of yoga to the special needs and life stages of women. Includes a chapter on relief from eating disorders and body-image fixation.

Joneeba! by Djoniba Mouflet. New York, NY: Hatherleigh Press. 2001. 181 pages, paper. $15.95. ISBN: 1-578260-49-3.

Features step-by-step illustrations of a workout method based on the dances of West Africa.

Making an Entrance: Theory and Practice for Disabled and Non-Disabled Dancers by Adam Benjamin. New York, NY: Routledge. 2001. 256 pages, paper. $23.95. ISBN: 0-415251-44-3.

Offers exercises and guidance on improvisations for dance students, and addresses the logistics of wheelchair safety and setting up accessible workshops.

The Whartons' Strength Book by Jim and Phil Wharton. New York, NY: Times Books. 1999. 258 pages, paper. $15.00. ISBN: 0-812929-29-2.

Active-Isolated strength work uses weights and the resistance of the body to methodically strengthen muscles one at a time.

Pilates Body Power by Lesley Ackland. London, England: Thorsons Publishing. 2001. 180 pages, paper. $19.95. ISBN: 0-007106-97-1.

Along with Pilates fundamentals, this book contains a section on rehabilitative exercises and offers modified Pilates exercises for use in the workplace.

Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide by Andrea Olsen. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England. 2002. 272 pages, paper. $26.00. ISBN: 1-584650-10-9.

The author makes a case for creating a conscious relationship with our bodies and the planet using environmental science, biology, meditation, and creative expression.

The Body Can Speak edited by Annelise Mertz. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. 2002. 224 pages. $25.00. ISBN: 0-809324-19-9.

Essays about teaching dance as a creative art by Margaret N. H'Doubler, Shirley Ririe, Jeanne Woodbury, Murray Louis, and Anna Halprin.

Physics and the Art of Dance: Understanding Movement by Kenneth Laws. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2002. 240 pages. $39.95. ISBN: 0-195144-82-1.

Combines the best of Laws's two previous books, The Physics of Dance and Physics, Dance, and the Pas de Deux.

Beyond Dance: Laban's Legacy of Movement Analysis by Eden Davies. London, England: Brechin Books, Ltd. 2001. 205 pages, paper. $16.95. ISBN: 0-954028-40-6.

Traces practical applications of Rudolf Laban's movement notation system such as Warren Lamb's use of notation to increase productivity in factories and corporate offices.

Authentic Movement by Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler, and Joan Chodorow. London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 1999. 320 pages, paper. $36.95. ISBN: 1-853026-53-0.

Writings about the Authentic Movement discipline, including the papers of movement therapy pioneer Mary Starks Whitehouse.

The Meaning of Movement by Janet Kestenberg Amighi, Susan Loman, Penny Lewis, and K. Mark Sossin. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Gordon and Breach Pub. 1999. 369 pages. $65.00. ISBN: 9-057005-28-x.

This system for notating, classifying, and analyzing individual movement patterns may be of interest to creative movement therapists as well as to choreographers.