Alighting from the Air 
Tamara Karsavina, Dancer and Writer
By Emerita Professor Karen Eliot
Published by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
Published: 16 March 2026
240 Pages | 14 b/w illustrations
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches
ISBN: 9780197763209

• Sheds light on a remarkable period of history and in the history of ballet
• Lends insight into the life and thinking of a remarkable, but often overlooked female intellectual
• Analyzes Karsavina's full contribution to the development of British ballet
• Examines the point of contact between ballet modernism and classicism in the 20th century

The Artistry of Merce Cunningham
Choreography, Technique, Creativity
by Associate Professor Daniel Roberts and Emerita Professor Karen Eliot
Published by: University Press of Florida
224 Pages
6.00 × 9.00
24 b/w illus., notes, index
Paperback
ISBN: 9780813081571
Published: June 30, 2026

In this book, former members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company detail the technique classes, rehearsal procedures, and compositional approaches that defined Cunningham’s New York studio, inspiring today’s dancers and choreographers with Cunningham’s creative process.

About the authors: Daniel Roberts, professor of dance at The Ohio State University, danced with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 2000 to 2005. Karen Eliot, professor emerita at The Ohio State University, danced with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1983 to 1988.