DANCE TOPICS 

Dance Support Organizations

Professional, scholarly, recreational, educational, and discipline based organizations, all ready to help you and to nurture your options as member of a COMMUNITY of artists. These are listed in alphabetical order. Each link was hand chosen on the basis of site content and usefulness.

1. American Association of Active Lifestyles and Fitness
2. American Association for Health, Phys Ed, Recreation & Dance - AAHPERD
3. The American Dance Guild
4. American Dance Therapy Association  
5. American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
6. Association for Dance Movement Therapy - Britain
7. Association of Theatre Movement Educators 
8. Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sulla Danza - Italian Dance Research Association
9. Australian Dance Council
10. Balanchine Foundation
11. British Association of Teachers of Dancing 
12. British Dance Council 
13. British Theatre Dance Association
14. Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists
15. Canadian Dance Assembly
16. Cecchetti Council of America
17. Center for Performance Research 
18. Congress on Research in Dance - CORD 
19. Council for Dance Education and Training - Based in London, "The Council for Dance Education and Training (CDET) promotes excellence in dance education and training. It accredits courses at vocational dance schools, advocates on behalf of the private dance training and teaching communities and provides a comprehensive information service about dance education and training."
20. Cross-Cultural Dance Resources - Nonprofit org related to cross-cultural dance studies.
21. Dance Educators of America
22. Dance Critics Association
23. Dance Films Association
24. Dance Heritage Coalition
25. Dance-Movement Therapy Association of Australia
26. Dance Notation Bureau
27. Dance Umbrella UK - Britain
28. Dance/USA
29. Dancewear Association of Canada 
30. Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
31. Folk Dance Association 
32. Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
33. Institute of Historical Dance 
34. International Association for Creative Dance
35. International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
36. International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts
37. International Dance Alliance
38. International DanceSport Federation
39. The International Guild of Musicians in Dance
40. International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
41. International Tap Association
42. International Theatre Institute of UNESCO
43. National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists, Inc.
44. National Association of Schools of Dance
45. National Dance Association
46. National Dance Council of America
47. National Dance Education Organization - "Advances dance education centered in the arts. We are the voice of representation for the field in legislatures, schools of dance, PreK-12 schools, and institutions of higher education throughout the country."
48. National Dance Teachers Association - Britain
49. National Resource Centre for Dance - Britain
50. Norwegian Center for the Art of Dance
51. Performing Arts Medicine Association 
52. Royal Academy of Dance - Britain
53. Sacred Dance Guild 
54. Society for Canadian Dance Studies
55. Society for Dance Research - Britain
56. Society of Dance History Scholars
57. Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers 
58. Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation
59. United Square Dancers of America

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