Dance Subject Guide

Databases

• Humanities International Index
  A collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals, containing over 1,000 journals from 1975 to the present published in the United States and Canada- EBSCOhost
• Art Index and Full-text:
  Indexes major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as European periodicals in a number of different languages. Provides access to a wide range of bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences, exhibition listings, review articles, interviews, and film reviews- WilsonWeb
• History Reference Center
  Offers full-text from more than 650 history reference books and encyclopedias, 50 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies and 12,000 historical photos, maps and other images- EBSCOhost
• Humanities Full Text
  Full-text articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays, television, and radio programs from Humanities Index- WilsonWeb Omnifile Mega
• MLA International Bibliography
  MLA International Bibliography is a bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. - EBSCOhost

Books

• Modern Dance
  GV1783 .A55
  by Janet Anderson
  The history and complexities of the dance world are clearly revealed in these well-written texts. In Modern Dance, Anderson describes the work and vision of the major personalities who challenged the traditional form from Isadora Duncan to Mark Morris. A number of comments by choreographers and dancers provide additional insight into the artistry of others. Rinaldi's title covers the beginnings of ballet in Europe through the romantic period to the Balanchine era to the present-day scene with numerous "crossover" dances and companies as evidenced in the work of Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp, and the Joffrey Ballet and the White Oak Dance Project. Description from School Library Journal.
• No Fixed Points : Dance in the Twentieth Century
  GV1619 .R49
  by Nancy Reynolds and Malcolm McCormick No
  Fixed Points surveys a century of dramatic developments in ballet, modern dance, and avant-garde dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America. It also looks at such popular forms as show dancing, tap, and jazz. Magisterial in scope, this history encompasses in depth a unified narrative of dance as an art form from 1900 through 2000, beginning with such early innovators as Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, and Vaslav Nijinsky and proceeding through the profusion of choreographic styles that evolved over the next hundred years. Description from the Publisher. 
• European Dance : Ireland, Poland and Spain
  GV1643 .R56
  by Robin Rinaldi This series explores various genres of dance, including forms indigenous to particular regions and cultures. These books provide not only a historical overview and cultural context of the dances' development but also technical insight into movement. Look at the traditional folk dances of three European countries. Description from Alibris.com

Journals

• Dance Chronicle
  Contains articles, reports, reviews and lists of books on all aspects of dance and the related arts- EBSCOhost
• Dance Magazine
  A look at today's exciting world of dance, color features of the most talked about companies and performers, dance news, reviews of performances, dance books, films and TV, and more- EBSCOhost
• PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art
  Offers extended coverage of the visual arts (such as video, installations, photography, and multimedia performance) and reviews of new works in theatre, dance, film, and opera. Issues include artists' writings, essays, interviews and dialogues, historical documentation, performance texts and plays, reports on performance abroad, and book reviews- Project Muse
• Research in Dance Education
  Aims to inform, stimulate and promote the development of research in dance education and desires to improve the quality and provision of dance education through lively and critical debate, and the dissemination of research findings is uppermost- Publisher

Websites

• Free to Dance
  Explores "the crucial role that African-American choreographers and dancers have played in the development of modern dance as an American art form." Includes a timeline (1619-2001), historical and thematic essays, biographies of African-American dancers, recommended resources, and lesson plans- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Institute for Historical Dance Practice
  Presents "research of historical dances (from 15th to 19th century) on a scientific basis, as well as the practicing and performing the dances themselves." Includes links to Renaissance, Baroque, and English Country dance resources as well as other historical dance pages, general dance directories, and dance quotes- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Voice of Dance
  Offers dance news, performance schedules, and reviews of dance companies nationwide and features dancers and choreographers on their craft. Includes links to ballet, modern dance, jazz, flamenco, and butoh dance companies- Librarian's Index to the Internet