| What is dance?: readings in theory and criticism R Copeland, M Cohen Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1983 | 461 | 1983 |
| Merce Cunningham: the modernizing of modern dance R Copeland Routledge, 2004 | 324 | 2004 |
| The presence of mediation R Copeland TDR (1988-) 34 (4), 28-44, 1990 | 129 | 1990 |
| Dance, Feminism, and the Critique of the Visual R Copeland Dance, gender and culture, 139-150, 1993 | 65 | 1993 |
| Merce Cunningham and the aesthetic of collage R Copeland TDR/The Drama Review 46 (1), 11-28, 2002 | 62 | 2002 |
| What is dance M Cohen, R Copeland Readings In Theory And Criticism, 1983 | 57 | 1983 |
| Merce cunningham and the politics of perception R Copeland What is dance, 307-324, 1983 | 50 | 1983 |
| What Has Become of Postmodern Dance? Answers and Other Questions by Marcia B. Siegel, Anna Halprin, Janice Ross, Cynthia J. Novack, Deborah Hay, Sally Banes, Senta Driver … A Daly, MB Siegel, A Halprin, J Ross, CJ Novack, D Hay, S Banes, ... TDR (1988-) 36 (1), 48-69, 1992 | 43 | 1992 |
| Postmodern dance postmodern architecture postmodernism R Copeland Performing Arts Journal 7 (1), 27-43, 1983 | 41 | 1983 |
| Cunningham, Collage, and the computer R Copeland PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 21 (3), 42-54, 1999 | 30 | 1999 |
| DANCE-CRITICISM AND THE DESCRIPTIVE BIAS R Copeland Dance Theatre Journal 10 (3), 26-32, 1993 | 25 | 1993 |
| Between description and deconstruction R Copeland The Routledge Dance Studies Reader, London & New York, Routledge, 98-107, 1998 | 24 | 1998 |
| FOUNDING MOTHERS, DUNCAN, GRAHAM, RAINER, AND SEXUAL POLITICS R Copeland Dance Theatre Journal 8 (3), 6-&, 1990 | 21 | 1990 |
| Beyond expressionism: Merce Cunningham’s critique of ‘the natural’ R Copeland Dance History, 196-211, 2006 | 20 | 2006 |
| IN DEFENSE OF FORMALISM+ DANCE-THE POLITICS OF DISINTERESTEDNESS R Copeland Dance theatre journal 7 (4), 4-&, 1990 | 18 | 1990 |
| Why women dominate modern dance R Copeland The New York Times 18, 1982 | 18 | 1982 |
| THE OBJECTIVE TEMPERAMENT, POST-MODERN DANCE AND THE REDISCOVERY OF BALLET R Copeland Dance Theatre Journal 4 (3), 6-11, 1986 | 15 | 1986 |
| Towards a sexual politics of contemporary dance R Copeland Contact Quarterly 7 (3-4), 45-50, 1982 | 15 | 1982 |
| Theatrical Dance: How do we know it when we see it if we can't define it R Copeland Performing Arts Journal 9 (2), 174-184, 1986 | 14 | 1986 |
| The habits of consciousness R Copeland Commonweal 13, 83-87, 1981 | 14 | 1981 |
