Disciplines & Professions: Dance

Web Sites

Dance Links
http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/

Large directory organized by subcategories and separated into 2 divisions, the first comprised of links specific to styles of dance, and the second consisting of all other dance-related topics. Many good sites can be found by digging beyond the broader categories.

Google's Dance Directory
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/

Organized by disciplines, this site encompasses professional and nonprofessional modes of dance, performance-based and general participation organizations, a wide selection of international dance styles, and methods of dance therapy. Includes links in 10 different languages.

Open Directory's Dance Directory
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/

Contains a wide variety of category links to dance disciplines and various dance-related topics, such as accompaniment, apparel, and festivals.

Yahoo!'s Dance Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/

Links to performance and recreational dance techniques, and many dance-related topics.

Databases

International Index to the Performing Arts (Bell & Howell)

A multidisciplinary index to the performing arts. Entries include citations, and entires after 1998 include abstracts.

Print Resources

Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn, ed. International Dictionary of Modern Dance. Detroit: St. James, 1998.

Over 400 entries explaining a range of topics in modern dance. Generally covers late 19th century to the present. Includes a bibliography of sources and a chronology of notable events in modern dance.

Bibliographic Guide to Dance. 2 vols. New York: G. K. Hall, 1997.

This bibliography is arranged by subject. Provides books and periodicals, but also includes films, videos, photos, oral histories, and other non-book sources. Entries include annotations. Sources cover 1990 to the present.

Bopp, Mary S. Research in Dance: A Guide to Resources. New York: G. K. Hall, 1994.

This guide lists recorded documents in the field of dance including essays, biographies, and even class curriculum. Designed for students, librarians, and researchers. Provides annotations.

Cohen, Selma Jeanne, ed. International Encyclopedia of Dance. 6 vols. New York: Oxford UP, 1998.

Covers a full range of information on dance worldwide. Includes analytical and historical essays on the development of dance. Main entries appear alphabetically, and each has a bibliography. Volume 6 is a cumulative subject index and also includes an alphabetical list of all entries.

Completed Research in Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Reston, VA: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1959-.

Provides full abstracts for master's and doctoral theses from the year. Organized alphabetically by university. Also provides a subject index.

Craine, Debra, and Judith Mackrell. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. New York: Oxford UP, 2000.

Covers the international practice and history of dance. Includes a comprehensive bibliography of sources. Entries are organized alphabetically by subject.