Xenia Zarina — Classic Dances of the Orient

New York, Crown Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Xenia Zarina is that rare Western dancer who has studied and written about non-Western dances and from extensive personal experience. Hermann Goetz has provided a Foreword, and over 200 illustrations of the dance of India, Thailand, Cambodia, Java, and Bali, among others, and with a special focus on Indian Kathakali, the Bharat Natyam, the Kathak and the Thai Khon. Bound in black cloth, with silver-illustrated front cover and lettering to spine. Moderately worn paper, illustrated dust wrapper, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxi [1], 1-232 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,