As I read various forum topics, occasionally someone says that they will have to check their book about a point of style. My question is what book(s) would you recommend to a student dancer?

"As I read various forum topics, occasionally someone says that they will have to check their book about a point of style. My question is what book(s) would you recommend to a student dancer? "

This is most commonly a reference to the ISTD technique book for standard or latin, though there are publications by others as well.

These do not really cover "style". They contain very explicit information about some aspects of dance technique which are required to be memorized for teaching examinations, and as a result can provide a useful roadmap for the school figures. But there is also a lot that the technique books leave out, or which can only be found in them once one is versed enough in their language to read between the lines and visualize how to "connect the dots" between the snapshots in the time given in the charts.

The book won't teach you how to dance, but there is a lot to learn by comparing your impression of a figure that you do know to how it is described in the book, and seeking to understand/resolve any discrepancies you find.

What might be confusing is that in two of the technique books on latin and two on the standard style, their are differences. We can add to that the original ISTD book in which there are differences to the now current book. To sum it up In the original book Alex Moore wrote . I quote. It is to be also hoped that no student will be foolish enough to be gulled into the belief that a parrot's knowlege of its contents will satify an astute examiner. My self I would go with the ISTD for Standard and Walter Laird IDTA for Latin.