DANCE

Below is a select   list of resources for dance research. Check the Library Catalog for additional titles.

101 Dance Games for Children
GV1203 .R59

Dance: a short history of classic theatrical dancing
REF GV1781 .K5

Dance for young children: finding the magic in movement
GV1799 .S78

Dance in America
GV1623 .C64

Dance Handbook, The
GV1601 .R63

Dancetime : 500 years of social dance
VIDEO GV1601 .D36

Dancing                                           
VIDEO GV 1783 .D36

Focus on the Arts
VIDEO NX456 .F635

Moving history, dancing cultures: a dance history reader
GV1601 .M86

Oxford Dictionary of Dance, The
REF GV1585 .C78

Anatomy and kinesiology for ballet teachers
QP310.D35 T56

Ballet and Modern Dance: a concise history
GV1787 .A467

Ballet barre and center combinations (Volumes 1, 2, 3)
GV1788 .C75

Ballet in Western culture: a history of its origins and evolution
GV1787 .L3197

Choreographer and Composer
GV1787 .H372

Classical ballet technique
GV1788 .W37

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet
REF GV1585 .K6313

Folkloric dances of Mexico
VIDEO GV1786 .B245 F65

From Russia with--Bruno Gerussi
GV1663 .A45

Paris dances Diaghilev
VIDEO GV1790 .A1 P37

Pas de deux : a textbook on partnering
GV1788.2.P37 S4913

Pointe Book: shoes, training and technique
GV1788 .B37

Road to the stamping ground
VIDEO GV1790 .S72 R62

Swan Lake : with the Bolshoi Ballet
VIDEO GV1790 .S87 S87

Teaching classical ballet
GV1788.5 .W476

Technical manual and dictionary of classical ballet
GV1787 .G68

Dance workshop: a guide to the fundamentals of movement
GV1594 .C64

Luigi's jazz warm up: and introduction to jazz style & technique
GV1784 .L85

Cage/Cunningham: a video
VIDEO GV 1785 .C85 C344

Dancing on the edge                                              
VIDEO GV 1785 .A1 D36

Denishawn : the birth of modern dance      
VIDEO GV 1783 .D46

Further Steps: fifteen choreographers on modern dance
GV1785 .A1 F87

Martha Graham in performance
VIDEO GV 1785 .G7 M37

Martha Graham: the dancer revealed
VIDEO GV 1785 .G7 M375

Modern bodies: dance and American modernism from Martha Graham
to Alvin Ailey
GV1623 .F68

Modern dance forms in relation to the other modern arts
GV1783 .H65

Modern dance: body and mind: a basic approach for beginners
GV1783 .M55

A danca Afro da Bahia                              
VIDEO GV 1637 .D363

African dance : an artistic, historical, and philosophical inquiry
GV1705 .A47

Belly dance book : rediscovering the oldest dance, The
GV1798.5 .B45

Black dance : from 1619 to today
GV1624.7.A34 E43

Chulas Fronteras and Del Mero Corazon
E184 .M5 C85

Classical Indian Dance
VIDEO GV1693 .C542

Dance Black America
VIDEO GV 1624.7 .A34 D36

Dance Theatre of Harlem
VIDEO GV 1786 .D3 D36

Dancing in moccasins: keeping native American traditions alive
VIDEO E77 .D263

Danza Azteca de An'ahuac
VIDEO E98 .D2 D36

Discovering the music of India
VIDEO ML 338 .D57

Europe dancing : Perspectives on Theatre Dance and Cultural identity
GV1643 .E87

Flamenco!
GV1796.F55 H33

Folk music and dances of Ireland
ML3654 .B74

Irish step dancing
JUV [yellow dot] THO

Irish dancing step by step
VIDEO GV1646 .I8 I657

Latin dancing for beginners                      
VIDEO GV 1751 .L38

Latin dancing: intermediate                                            
VIDEO GV 1626 .L382

Rumba, Cha Cha , and Salsa
VIDEO GV1751 .R863

Sunrise Dance
E99 .A6 S863  

Tango: Baile Nuestra
VIDEO GV1796 .T3 T36

Toss the feathers : Irish set dancing
GV1688.I73 M87

Video dance                                                
VIDEO GV 1783 .V534

Available on our website at http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/library/databases/resources.html

Use the following databases - Academic Search Premier, InfoTrac OneFile, and MasterFILE Premier
to locate full-text magazine and journal articles from periodicals such as
Dance, Research and Dance Education, Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, etc.

100 (more or less) Common Ballet Terms Defined
http://www.panix.com/~twp/dance/dicty.htm
Online dictionary of 100 ballet terms. Also includes links to other dictionaries.

American Ballet Theatre (ABT)
http://www.abt.org
The home website of the American Ballet Theatre in New York City ,New York .   Find information on ABT dancers, performances, and classes. Also includes gallery of ballet images.

American Ballet Theatre Dictionary
http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html
An online dictionary including 170 ballet terms and forms taken from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of
Classical Ballet. Forms of ballet are demonstrated in Quick Time multimedia.

American Ballroom Companion : Dance Instruction Manuals, Ca. 1490-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html
"Along with dance instruction manuals, this online presentation alsoincludes a significant number of dance
manuals, histories, treatises on etiquette , and items from other conceptual categories." Contains multimedia
demos. - American Memory, Library of Congress.

Archives of Early Lindy Hop
http://www.savoystyle.com/
Provides the history of the Lindy Hop and biographies of the original Lindy Hoppers.

Artslynx International Dance Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/dance/
Dance Links, Ballet Links, and other resources organized into accessible link libraries.

Ballet Alert!
http://www.balletalert.com/
A bi-monthly newsletter devoted to classical and neoclassical ballet. Provides information about dancers,
companies, and ballets.

Bustamove !
http://www.bustamove.com
Learn to dance online. Try hip hop, salsa, east coast swing, west coast swing , and wedding basics. Also,
includes discussion forums.

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Library
http://ccdr.org/
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, Inc. is home of the Kurath , King, and Kealiinohomoku collections and archives.

Dance in America : Free to Dance
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/
Offers information about the above series, a dance timeline, essays on dance history and the African-American
contribution to modern dance, biographies of notable dance personalities, links to relevant dance resources online,
and more." - PBS Online/Great Performances

Dance Links
http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/
Was begun by dance videographer Amy Reusch with the assistance of James White on behalf of the newsgroup.  alt.arts.ballet .

Dance.net
http://www.dance.net/faq.html
dance.net is an independent dance community on the web. We strive to offer dancers a unique fun & safe place
on the Internet to learn about all dance forms and meet fellow students, dancers, instructors, coaches, choreographers,
and studio owners.

Dance Online
http://www.danceonline.com
Offers information on contemporary dance and includes dance criticism, dance news, opinion pieces, feature articles, interviews, dance performances in Real Video, photos, multimedia, links and discussion areas.

Dance/USA
http://www.danceusa.org/
Dance/USA advances the art form of dance by addressing the needs, concerns and interests of the professional
dance community.

Electric Ballerina
http://www.novia.net/~jlw/electric/electric.html
Provides computer generated simulations of ballet steps and positions.

Katherine Dunham Collection at the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/dunham/dunham-home.html

Merce Cunningham Dance
http://www.merce.org/home.html
Explores the choreographer's contribution to dance.

National Association of Dance and Affiliated Arts, Inc .- NADAA
http://www.nadaa.com/
Non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of today's dance professionals and serious students of
dance.

National Fast Dance Association (NFDA)
http://www.fastdancers.com/
Formed to promote, preserve, and pass on to future generations all of our various FastDance styles including Bop,
Shag, East and West Coast Swing, Imperial Swing, Jitterbug, Hand Dance, Push, Whip, and Lindy Hop, and
the music thereof.

New York City Ballet
http://www.nycballet.com/nycballet/homepage.asp
Find information on leading performers, both past and present.

Off Jazz Dance World
http://www.offjazz.com/index1a.html
Jazz and tap dance, video clips, history of jazz dance, terminology.

Sapphire Swan Dance Directory
http://www.sapphireswan.com/dance/
Provides links to the best dance resources available on the Web.

Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS)
http://www.sdhs.org/
Not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting study, research, discussion , performance, and publication in dance history and relatedfields .
Streetswing.com - Dance History Archives, Sonny Watson's
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/d5index.htm
Site is dedicated to the dancers of West Coast Swing and its variants, includes much information on other dances as well, especially in the huge Dance History Archives.

Swing Dance Research & Historic Association (SDRHA)
http://www.swingdance.com/sdrha/
General information and a who's who list of swing dance.

Tap Dance Home Page
http://www.tapdance.org/tap/taphome.htm
Site for tap dance and related resources.

United States Amateur Ballroom Dance Association (USABDA)
http://www.usabda.org/
Is the United States National Governing Body and non-profit association for amateur ballroom dancing and DanceSport , the competitive version of ballroom dancing.   Web Site is dedicated to lovers of ballroom dancing.

Voice of Dance
http://www.voiceofdance.org/
Vehicle for dance enthusiasts to voice their opinions and thoughts about dance, provides bulletin boards on which to post reviews and ideas or chats with dance celebrities, offers calendar listings for major dance companies around the world, quick review excerpts of dance performances from all over, as well as the latest news from the arts world.

World Swing Dance Council
http://www.swingdancecouncil.com/
Organized in 1993, is a service organization designed to further communication and to profile informational services and record keeping for those in the Swing Dance Community.

World Wide Art Resources: Dance Arts
http://wwar.com/categories/Dance/
Dance Arts provides information on schools of dance, choreography, dance organizations, dance studios, traditional dance, as well as performance information on festivals and ballets.

 

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