Scheff, a veteran dance teacher now working for the National Dance Education Organization; Marty Sprague (dance, Providence Academy of International Studies, Rhode Island); and Susan McGreevy-Nichols, a national consultant in arts education programming and curriculum, provide dance teachers a tool that includes background material, suggestions for activities, teaching strategies, worksheets, and a disk with 83 minutes of video showing 39 dance performances. The dances described come from all cultures and those in Western culture from the Middle Ages to the present. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)