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Dance History Research and Scholarship

Dance History, Ballet History! Let this page serve as your Dance History Bookmark  See Also:  Dance Organizations

Ballet & Dance Dictionaries:

• ABT Dictionary of Ballet - Wonderful! Includes Quicktime Movies!
• Ballet Terms

History Resources:

• Ballets Russes Chronology - An Artslynx Original
• American Ballet Theatre Choreographer Archives - Incredible, comprehensive collection. Excellent resource - CLICK ON "VIEW BY CHOREOGRAPHER"
• Andros on Ballet - This site includes about 100 Dancer/Choreography biographies!
• Dance History Archives - Loads of resources, especially on swing and popular forms. Has lots of bibliographic info on performers. 1500 performers are profiled in their databases
• Another Ballet History Timeline 
• Ballet and Dance Memorabilia for Sale - Nice site!
• Ballet History Quizzes from Ballet Met - Fun!
• The Ballet Russe Scenery Collection - WONDERFUL website courtesy of Butler University.
• Cecchetti History Page  

• The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium By Robert M. Keller - Encyclopedia of historical dance forms

• A tribute to Serge Diaghilev
• History of Dance Notation - An article from Ballet Magazine
• Dance Milestones 2002-2003 
• Dance Timeline - from PBS
• Institute of Historical Dance  
• International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts - Includes worldwide links
• Modern Dance History - A nifty Tutorial from The U of Pittsburgh
• Society of Dance History Scholars
• This Month in Dance History
• Public performances (theatre, opera, circus, concerts, etc.) in Berlin in 1848
• Chinese Dance History
• Società di Danza - focuses on historical research on nineteenth century and historical dance to reconstruct a dance system belonging to the European tradition.
• Early History of the Russian Ballet

Libraries Museums & Collections:

• The Balanchine Library
• The Ballet Russe Scenery Collection - WONDERFUL website courtesy of Butler University.
• Carina Ari Foundation Library - Based in Sweden, the library claims to be the largest dance research library in Northern Europe
• Dance Collection - Toronto, Canada
• Dance Heritage Coalition's Listing of Archival Dance Collections - Excellent Resource!
• Dans Museet - Stockholm
• European Dance Research Information Directory - Includes a great database of individual and organizational researchers!
• International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts - Includes worldwide links
• New York Public Library Dance Collection
• National Museum of Dance (US)
• San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum

Bibliographies:

Dance History Trivia Quizzes:

• Ballet History Quizzes from Ballet Met - Fun!
• NY City Ballet Trivia Quizzes

On the History of Specific Choreographers 

• See the Artslynx section on Choreographers

Journals

• See the Artslynx Library of Dance Magazines and Journals

Misc:

• Copyright of Choreographic Works 
• The Ballerina Gallery - Photos of hundreds of well-known ballerinas of the past and present.
• Dancetime Publications - Specializes in the sale of books and videos on popular and social dance forms back to the 15th Century.
• Ballet Review Search Page
• Artslynx Resources on Major Ballet Titles
• Performance History Database Software - An incredible software package designed to document all aspects of a company's history
• Philosophical Problems of Dance Criticism - PhD Dissertation by  Julie Charlotte Van Camp (complete text)
• Postmodern Dance: An Outline of Characteristics - An original Artslynx resource
• The History of Ballet Shoes 
• European Dance Research Information Directory

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  Last modified: August 03, 2007