Alex Moore (dance teacher)
Alex Moore (* 10. November 1901 in Essex , † 26. February 1991 in Ashley Park , Surrey ) was a British dance teacher , the most important art books for the ballroom dance wrote. He is also known as the dance pope in dance sport circles .
His life's work is the book Ballroom Dancing . It was used for decades, updated several times and supplemented by other works. It was later renamed The Revised Technique of Ballroom Dancing .
The book The Ballroom Technique , published in the 1990s , can be described as the successor .
Moore was chairman and later president of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). From 1932 he published the Alex Moore Monthly Letter Service , a regularly appearing magazine on ballroom dancing, which contained information for dancers and dance teachers as well as information on competitions. It was distributed in several languages in 40 countries.
Works
- The Ballroom Technique , 1936. This original work has been reprinted numerous times since 1948 by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD).
- Ballroom dancing ; 9th edition 1986, ISBN 0-7136-2794-8 . This is a detailed elaboration of the earlier work The Ballroom Technique .
- Popular variations . Many new editions since 1954.
Web links
- Alex Moore and the Revised Technique ( Memento from May 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Harry Smith-Hampshire: Tribute to Alex Moore in: www.istd.org; accessed on June 16, 2017
See also
Similar works on Latin American dances were written by Walter Laird .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moore, Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dance pope |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British dance teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1991 |
| Place of death | Ashley Park , Surrey |