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American Ballet Theatre (ABT)

http://www.abt.org/

ABT homepage featuring a ballet dicitionary, company archives with information on past shows and coreographers, dancer bios, and a variety of other information about the company.

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Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Keywords: New York City

An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals ca. 1600 - 1920

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html

"An American Ballroom Companion presents a collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress. The list begins with a rare late fifteenth-century source, Les basses danses de Marguerite d'Autriche (c.1490) and ends with Ella Gardner's 1929 Public dance halls, their regulation and place in the recreation of adolescents. Along with dance instruction manuals, this online presentation also includes a significant number of antidance manuals, histories, treatises on tiquette, and items from other conceptual categories. Many of the manuals also provide historical information on theatrical dance. All illuminate the manner in which people have joyfully expressed themselves as they dance for and with one another. Search by Keyword; Browse by Subject, Author, Title."

Author: Library of Congress (lcweb@loc.gov)

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Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Ballet Dictionary

http://www.abt.org/dictionary/

The American Ballet Theatre's dictionary of ballet terms. Site features a video accompaniment for many of the entries, including demonstrations of dance movements. Video viewing requires QuickTime plug-in.

Author: American Ballet Theatre (webmaster@abt.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Choosing the Right Studio

http://www.infonex.com/balletarcata/studio.html

This provides useful advice (given by a dance director) on choosing an appropriate dance studio for you or your child.

Author: Linda M. Kjesbu (balletarcata@geocities.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Keywords: Studios

CyberDance Ballet on the Net

http://www.thepoint.net/~raw/dance.htm

This is a good site for updated information on ballet companies, dance education, news, people, organizations, international information and links to other dance related sites. There are links to ballet company web pages and biographies and photographs of dancers. There is also a glossary of dance related terms.

Author: Rose Ann Willenbrink (raw@thepoint.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Keywords: drama

Dance Online

http://www.danceonline.com/

Site dedicated to contemporary dance and performing arts. "Dance Online offers award-winning content on contemporary dance and includes dance criticism, dance news, opinion pieces, feature articles, interviews, dance performances in Real Video, photo exhibits, multimedia works, links and discussion areas."

Author: Dance Online, Inc. (info@danceonline.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

The Electric Ballerina

http://www.novia.net/~jlw/electric/electric.html

This contains embedded QuickTime movies of various ballet steps and moves with a written description.

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Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Keywords: Ballet

English Country Dance Archive

http://www.scroft.demon.co.uk/CDance.html

"A collection of english country dances for barn dances, ceilidhs or folk dances." Dances contain a textual description of the steps and movements, and are organized by type and number of people involved.

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Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Regional & Country Information--Europe--United Kingdom

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--European/European-American

Keywords: English; Country; Folk; Barn; Ceilidh

Information Super Dance Floor

http://www.apci.net/~drdeyne/home.htm

This site gives detailed instructions for performing many country western dances. Don Deyne gives the choreography which he uses, lists a glossary of dance terms, and discusses dance floor etiquette. The site also gives listings on more traditional classes on dance instruction.

Author: Don Deyne (drdeyne@apci.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Genres--Country

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Keywords: Dance; Country Western; Western; Instruction

Learn to Ballroom Dance Online at Dancetv.com

http://www.dancetv.com/

"If you have always wanted to learn how to ballroom dance but never knew where to start, this is the right place for you. You can start learning the Waltz, Fox Trot and Swing by looking at our Learn-Online sections, or you can browse through our Dance Tips section."

Author: Ballroom Dance Group (bdg@dancetv.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Keywords: waltz; foxtrot; swing

New York City Ballet

http://www.nycballet.com/

The homepage of the New York City Ballet provides information about performers, current performances, news items, and the American School of Ballet. It includes photos, trivia, puzzles, links to the costume shop and gift shop, and a dance bibliography. You can also order tickets online.

Author: Mark Mongold (markm@interport.net)

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Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Pow Wow Dancing

http://www.powwows.com/dancing/index.html

Discusses the history, etiquette, costumes, drums, and music of Pow Wow dancing. It has articles that describe specific women's dances and men's dances. It also features a calendar of events.

Author: Paul Gowder (webmaster@powwows.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Pow Wow; Native American

Sapphire Swan Dance Directory

http://sapphireswan.com/dance/

"Sapphire Swan Dance Directory is a guide to dance resources available on the web." The resources are arranged by dance style and include ballet, ballroom, folk dancing, latin dance, tap dance, and many other styles.

Author: Sapphire Swan (webmaster@SapphireSwan.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Southern Native American Pow Wows

http://library.thinkquest.org/3081/index.htm

Discusses the songs and song format, drums, dance styles, and arena of Pow Wow dancing. It includes RealAudio sound files of songs and music. There are also many pictures of dance and costumes. Includes a glossary for new terminology and also includes a crafts/how-to section with instructions on how to make Native American craft items.

Author: Chris Glazner (3081@advanced.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Pow Wow; Native American

Tap Dance Homepage

http://www.tapdance.org/tap/taphome.htm

Learn about tap dancing with the glossary of terms and notation, brief history of tap, tap steps, a directory of tap companies and performers, tap dance calendar, and more on this site.

Author: Paul Corr

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

Western Square Dancing

http://www.dosado.com/

Information and resources about square dancing, including clubs and schools, call lists and definitions, software, articles and humor, a caller's corner, and links to other square dancing resources.

Author: Robert French (rfrench@dosado.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Dance

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