Dance Subject Guide

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of business topics.

 

Background Information Sources

Available in the library's reference area:

Current Biography Yearbook (multiple volumes)
REF CT100 .C8 (Annual)
Dance Encyclopedia
REF GV1585 .C5 1967
Oxford Dictionary of Dance
REF GV1585 .C78 2000
International Encyclopedia of Dance (6 volumes)
REF GV1585 .I586 2004
Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance
REF GV1588.6 .M43 1997
Film Choreographers and Dance Directors
REF GV1779 .B55 1997
Complete Guide to Modern Dance
REF GV1783 .M6
Biographical Dictionary of Dance
REF GV1785 .A1 C58 1982
Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians
(29 vols.; see "Dance")
REF ML100 .N48 2001
Grove Dictionary of American Music (4 vols.; see "Dance")
REF ML101 .U6 N48 1986
African-American
Performance and Theater History
REF PN2270 .A35 A46 2001

 

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the GV1580-1800 (Dancing) and ML3400-3541 (Music: Dance, Music: Popular) call number ranges.

  • dance
  • dancers
  • choreography
  • choreographers
  • ballet
  • tap
  • jazz
  • modern dance
  • ballroom
  • dance music
  • folk dancing
  • dance history
  • dance study
  • [name of specific dancer]
  • [name of type of dance]

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Arts/Performing Arts.