This page offers the recommended online resources for dance.
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text - Scholarly journals, popular magazines, and monographs in theatre and dance. |
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New York Times - Full-text from 1851-2003; great source for performance reviews. |
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Expanded Academic Index - Scholarly journals and popular magazines in all areas, including dance and the performing artss |
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| Finding Books [help]
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UW Libraries Catalog - Books, journals, videos and more in the UW Libraries. |
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Summit - Books in WA and OR academic libraries--request and receive in 3 days. |
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Dance Collection Catalog - New York Public Library - Lists works about all forms of dance from all cultures, in print and other media. |
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WorldCat - Consists of catalog records and holdings information for material owned by libraries around the world
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| Electronic Journals
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Dance e-journals list A-Z - Not a complete list. Search the UW Libraries Catalog for a specific title. |
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| Online Dance Resources
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Dance in Video -
Dance in Video will contain 250 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. The current release includes 109 videos.
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International Encyclopedia of Dance -
With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, the Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
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Oxford Dictionary of Dance -
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance offers wide coverage of dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, important films, and organizations involved in the dance world.
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| Image Collections in Dance
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American Ballroom Companion Dance Instruction Manuals, 1600-1920 - Collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress. Some provide historical information on theatrical dance. |
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Performing Arts in America (NYPL) - Searchable database of 16,000 objects representing archival materials from one of the strongest periods in the Performing Arts Library collections. |
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Digital Performance Archive - DPA traces the rapid developments taking place which combine performance activity with new digital technologies. |
