Dance - Performing Arts 

 

An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals Ca. 1490-1920

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml 

From the Library of Congress, this online collection can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject, author, or title. Also offers information about how to read a dance manual.

  

Balletcompanies.com

http://www.balletcompanies.com 

Select a country and find links to all sorts of dance resources such as guilds, associations, ballet companies, encyclopedias, festivals, and more.

 

Criticaldance Forum and & Ballet-Dance Magazine

http://www.ballet-dance.com 

Offers a dance forum, Ballet-Dance magazine, a gallery, and links to other resources.

 

Culturebot

http://culturebot.org 

An online magazine "devoted to contemporary performance and the live arts: dance, theater, music and more."

 

CyberDance

http://www.cyberdance.org 

Information on ballet companies, dance education, news, people, organizations, international information and links to other sites.

 

The Dance Insider

http://www.danceinsider.com 

Searchable reviews of dance performances.

 

Dance Magazine

http://www.dancemagazine.com 

Reviews, a performance calendar, a dance finder, and blogs.

 

Dance Style Locator

http://www.worldartswest.org/main/locator.asp 

An online encyclopedia of world dance. Offers illustrated descriptions of dances such as capoeira.

 

Dance/USA

http://www.danceusa.org 

"Dance/USA, the national service organization for not-for-profit professional dance, seeks to advance the artform of dance by addressing the needs, concerns and interests of professional dance."

 

danceviewtimes

http://www.danceviewtimes.com 

"Writers on dancing." Browse recent posts, archived articles, and blogs.

 

Free to Dance

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance 

The web companion to the PBS documentary about African-American dance. "Offers information about the 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."

 

Online Ballet Dictionary

http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html 

A dictionary containing 170 terms related to ballet. Entries provide a definition, pronunciation, and demonstrative video clips.

 

Voice of Dance

http://www.voiceofdance.org 

News, an events calendar, message boards, a dance directory, and more. 

 

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