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Research Tools for Dance
Use these research tools to find information related to Dance from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Library and Book Catalogs
News Databases, Indexes and Websites
Organizations
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
- NYPL
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
In addition to finding aids for archival collections, has a treasure trove of links to web dance sites.
- National
Resource Center for Dance Archive
The National Resource Centre for Dance (NRCD) is a
non-profit national archive and resource provider for dance and
movement. The NRCD aims to preserve the nation's dance heritage and
enables, supports, and enhances the study and teaching of dance.
Founded in 1981, the Centre is based at the University of Surrey
Library, in Guildford, Surrey, UK."
Article Databases and Indexes
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include or link to the full text of articles.
- Ballet Plot
Index: a Guide to Locating Plots and Descriptions of Ballets and Associated Material. William E. Studwell and David A. Hamilton. New York, NY : Garland Pub., 1987.
Main Stack GV 1790 .A1 .S771 1987
Indexes over fifty books for plots, illustrations, criticism and other information about ballets.
- Dance: an Annotated Bibliography, 1965-1982. Fred R. Forbes, Jr. New York: Garland Pub., 1986.
Main Stack GV 1594 .A12 .F581 1986
Bibliography covering many areas of dance.
- Guide to Dance Periodicals.
Main Stack GV 1590 .A12 .G8
Library has: Bound 1(1931-1935), 3(1941)-10 (1962)
Author and subject indexes to several dance journals. UCB is restarting its subscription with 2002.
- Index to Dance Periodicals.
Main Stack GV 1594 .I53 Library has: BOUND 1994-1997
Prepared by the Dance Division of New York Public Library, this index covers current dance periodicals.
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic. Subcategories as appropriate, i.e., chronological, language, geographic, etc.
- The Anthropology of Dance: a Selected Bibliography. Judith Lynne Hanna. Richardson, Tex.: University of Texas, 1976.
Anthropology Library GV 1594 .A12 .H33 1976
- A Bibliography of Dancing; a List of Books and Articles on the Dance and Related Subjects. Paul David Magriel. New York, The H. W. Wilson company, 1936. Suppl. 1938
Main Stack GV 1581 .M3
Most useful for research in dance history. Good index.
- Bibliography of Treatises on the Dance to 1900.
Music Library MICROFILM AA2977
- Black Dance: an Annotated Bibliography. Alice J. Adamczyk. New
York: Garland, 1989.
Doe Reference GV 1595 .A12 .A331 1989
Main Stack GV 1595 .A12 .A331 1989
Culled from the New York Public Library collections, this bibliography lists books, journals and periodicals and gives short annotations.
- The Music and Dance of the World's Religions : a Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Materials in the English Language. E. Gardner Rust. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Music Library ML 128 .S17 .R87 1996
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
- Cohen-Stratyner, Barbara Naomi. Biographical Dictionary of Dance. New York: Schirmer Books; London: Collier Macmillan, 1982.
Doe Ref and Main GV1785.A1.C58 1982
Short sketches of nearly 2,900 people from Europe and the Americas over the last four centuries.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- Craine, Debra and Judith Mackrell. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford [England]; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Doe Ref and Moffitt Ref GV1585.C78 2000 Non-circulating
- Preston-Dunlop, Valerie Monthland. Dance Words. Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1995.
Main Stack GV1585.P74 1995
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
- Clarke, Mary and David Vaughan. The Encyclopedia of Dance & Ballet. New York: Putnam, 1977.
Doe Ref and Main GV1585.C55
Information on dance as a performing art in the 20th Century.
- De Mille, Agnes. The Book of the Dance. New York, Golden Press, 1963.
Main GV1601 .D4
Covers classical ballet and modern dance with articles on dance development.
- International Encyclopedia of Dance.
Doe Ref and Music GV1585.I586 1998
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
- Bopp, Mary S. Research in Dance: a Guide to Resources.
Doe and Moff Ref GV1594.A12.B67 1994
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
- Google News Archive Search
Search a large collection of newspaper, magazine, news and legal archives. The results yield materials that are freely accessible to all users and also those that require a fee to read. Some of the for-fee resources may be available through library subscriptions. Advanced search offers not only more precise searching but also a way to exclude sources that charge a fee.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
- American Dance Guild
Founded in 1956, the ADG promotes the art of the dance.
- American Dance Therapy Organization
The ADTO works to "establish and maintain high standards of professional education and competence in the field of dance/movement therapy."
- Association for Dance Movement Therapy (UK)
The organization tries to "further communication amongst dance movement therapists, students & practitioners."
- British Dance Council
The governing body for ballroom dance in England, Scotland and Wales.
- British Theatre Dance Association
Dance professionals and teachers who maintain standards for theater dance.
Creates syllabi and gives awards.
- Canadian Dance Assembly
A dance service organization for Canadian dance professionals.
- Cecchetti Council of America
Maintains of ballet training established by Enrico Cecchetti.
- Centre for Performance Research
"Established in 1988, by Richard Gough and Judie Christie, the Centre for Performance Research is a theatre organization based in Wales and working internationally. It produces: innovative performance work; arranges workshops, conferences, lectures and master classes; collaborates and exchanges with theatre companies of international significance; publishes and distributes theatre books and runs a multi-cultural performance resource centre."
- Congress on Research in Dance
Founded in 1965, CORD tries "to encourage scholars in dance to research, publish, and discuss material from all areas of dance." CORD publishes Dance Research Journal.
- Council for Dance Education and Training
Founded in London in 1979, the "Council for Dance Education and Training is the national standards body of the professional dance industry. It accredits programmes of training in vocational dance schools and holds the Register of Dance Awarding Bodies, the directory of teaching societies whose syllabuses have been inspected and approved by the Council. It is the body of advocacy of the dance education and training communities and offers a free and comprehensive information service - Answers for Dancers - on all aspects of vocational dance provision to students, parents, teachers dance artists and employers."
- Cross-Cultural Dance Resources
Established in 1981, the organization fosters research on dance and maintains the archive of Eleanor King, early modern dancer and dance scholar.
- Dance Critics Association
Created in 1973 to serve the needs of working dance critics.
- Dance Heritage Coalition
"The DHC is a national alliance of institutions holding significant collections of materials documenting the history of dance. Its mission is to preserve, make accessible, enhance and augment the materials that document the artistic accomplishments in dance of the past, present, and future."
- Dance Masters of America
Founded in 1884, the organization sets standards and certifies dance educators.
- Dance Notation Bureau
Formed in 1940 to advance the art of dance through the use of Labanotation to create dance scores.
- Dance/USA
Devoted to advancing the art form of dance, Dance/USA is the national service organization for professional dance. Dance/NYC is a branch; their web is at http://www.dancenyc.org/
- Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
Founded in 1970 to "promote knowledge of early dance."
- Folk Dance Association
Directories of places offering folk dance, of folk dance groups and events.
- George Balanchine Foundation
Founded in 1983, its "mission is to utilize the Balanchine legacy to advance the development of dance and its allied arts in the United States and throughout the world on behalf of the dance community at large."
- Institute of Historical Dance
Founded by Lieven Baert in 1992 "to research, preserve and perform social and theatrical dances of Western Europe between 1450 and 1920."
- International Association for Dance Medicine & Science
Formed to promote "medical, scientific, and educational activities aimed at enhancing the treatment and training of dancers with the ultimate goal of improving dancers' health, well-being, and performance."
- International Tap Association
A useful site with information about tap dancers, performances, film, a glossary, list of books, and index of tap steps.
- National Association of Schools of Dance
Establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- National Dance Association
Promotes quality dance programs.
- National Dance Council of America
The official governing body for dancing in the U. S.
- United Square Dancers of America
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
- @URL Internet Consultants: Dance (New Zealand)
Many links to dance sites.
- Art of Middle Eastern Dancing (by Shira)
Uncovers information about belly dancing
- Artslynx International Arts Resources: Dance
Easy-to-use and vast directory of dance information about publications, organizations, research materials. Links to major sites on African dance, ballet, choreography, companies, health, dance history, employment, funding, journals, notation, and other information. Created and maintained by Richard Finkelstein, professor of design, James Madison University.
- Ballet.co
Links to news, reviews, and dancers/companies with focus on the United Kingdom.
- balletcompanies.com
Links to over 3000 companies from all over the world.
- Cyberdance
Over 3500 links to classical ballet and modern dance Internet resources.
- Dance Links
Easy way to get to sites about companies, newsgroups, publications, organizations, funding, dance schools, dancers.
- DanceUK
Information about healthier dancing
- Digital Librarian: Performing Arts
Librarian Margaret Vail Anderson chooses the best sites from the web. This section has many links to dance sites.
- Google Directory: Dance
Listing of dance web sites from A (Accompaniment) to V (Videos).
- LondonDance.com
Created by a partnership between the Arts Council England, London and Sadler's Wells to provide dance information for London. Provides news, directories.
- Performing Arts in America 1875-1923
Developed by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, this site contains over 16,000 objects from its music, dance and theater collections, including newspaper clippings and photographs. The site can be searched and browsed.
- Royal Academy of Dance
Promotes the understanding and practice of dance.
- Sapphire Swan Dance Directory
Guide to dance Internet resources with separate listing by many kinds of dance. The site can be searched.
- Tap Dance Homepage
Lots of information about current performances, history, tap in film.
- Voice of Dance
Sponsored by Danskin, this site gives lots of information about dance education, performance, a calendar of events, and reviews of performances
- Voice of the Shuttle: Dance
VoS is woven by Alan Liu and a team from the University of California at Santa Barbara English Department who vet Internet sites for accuracy and appropriateness. The dance section leads to a variety of information on Asian dance, dance departments, history, technology, various kinds of dance, companies and other resources.
- WorldWideDanceUK.com
Information about groups touring in the UK and calendar of upcoming dance performances at many venues. Also useful reference/news links.
- Yahoo Dance
Lots of links to chat groups, dancers, festivals, etc.
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