LibGuides: DANCE RESEARCH: Websites

Dance Websites

All-Purpose Dance Websites

Ballet

ABT Online Ballet Dictionary
Terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet.
Balletcompanies.com
Over 3000 links to ballet and dance companies all over the world, searchable by country.
500 Years of Italian Dance: The Cia Fornaroli Collection
Hundreds of images from the Cia Fornaroli Collection at The New York Public Library illustrate the rich history of Italian dance.
George Balanchine Foundation: Catalogue
Concentrates primarily on George Balanchine's work for the ballet stage
Lincoln Kirstein Bibliography
Index of the published writings of Lincoln Kirstein (1907-96), Co-founder of the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet

Tap

All About Tap Dance

Modern and Contemporary Dance

CONTEMPORARY DANCE. The Best Resources and Information Online.

Dance Improvisation / Contact Improvisation

Contact Improvisation (Mark Zemelman's website)

Ballroom Dancing

BallroomDancers.com
Video and music clips, dance steps, links to resources, discussion, and more
An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
A collection of over 200 social dance manuals, ca. 1490-1920, at the Library of Congress

Research and Professional Organizations

Dance Notation Bureau
Dance Studies Association
National Dance Education Organization
Dance/USA
The national service organization for the professional dance field.

Miscellaneous

LabanWriter
A free downloadable program (for Mac only) that permits choreography to be stored on a computer by means of Labanotation.
Calendar of Early Dance
Dunham's Data
Datasets related to the touring and travel of choreographer Katherine Dunham.

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