it does seem to be available from some of rare books sites - but very expensive ! £250 plus !

Have seen copies recently for under $ 100.. will try to dig up site

excellent - thanks.

Alibris.com

i tried that site. they didn't have it. but there is a facility on it called book fetch whereby they'll contact you if they ever get a copy.

i did find one site where it was being sold for around 160 US dollars. i am not sure whether i can expect to get it any cheaper.

I may have a source...pm me ..

salsahoy2000@yahoo.com

Interested. It isn't worth that much money. And lets not forget how dancing has evolved. He's been gone a long long time. I doubt if anyone would dance a Waltz at 31bpm today or the Foxtrot at 30bpm. With the slower music there is a mile more lowering through the knees and consequently more rise. This affects the whole of the dance. Terence if he thinks back could tell you how straight the knees used to be in the Foxtrot. Nothing like it is today.

You have to read the book to know that it is NOT all about " style "... its very heavy on theory.. most of which is still in use today,, he was writing 25 yrs ahead of his time .

The tempi of dance, is in no way related to his explanations on how to achieve , for e.g. , " movement ". Nor is it part of the discourse .

And yes.. i would agree that the appearance has changed dramatically ( mainly thru the change of " pitch " ) and the lowering thru the legs ( italian concept )this has tried to set a new paradigm.. many agree, many do not .

There have been several articles recently about the very topic of " pitch ", and should there be a slight change in the fwd stance .

On that same vein.. the ladies "arched position", by some high profile dancers, is being severely questioned .

And, by the way, the rev tech. was written LONG before that.. would you discard that ?

... I think we already know that Polished doesn't have anything written as recently as "The Revised Technique", but cites Moore's earlier work, instead.

Terence. Very well put. The book is of course excellent. But wouldn't Len be turning over if he new how much was being asked for a copy of a book he didn't put together anyway.Cheers. Incidently Alex Moore's Ballroom dancing has a new edition printed 2005. An exact edition charts and all, with some very slight alterations. It costs around $28. I was looking at one yesterday in one of our larger book stores.