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Best of the Web: Performing Arts » Dance
- Books (18)
- Dance Companies (5)
- Dance Education (3)
- Dancer's Health (24)
- Grants & Funding (7)
- International Dance Resources (36)
- Online Journals, Magazines & Newspapers (21)
- Preservation (10)
- Technology & Dance (5)
- Web Indexes for Dance (8)
- New York City Dance Resources (23)
- Research (23)
- Service Organizations & Unions (38)
- Videos (22)
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Abebooks
Major search site that merges out-of-print listings from hundreds of dealers.
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Active Videos
Instructional dance videos.
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AEGIS
Current searchable information in English and Spanish.
- African Dance
- African Dance and African American Dance Resources
- AIDS Oral History Project of the Dance Division
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aidsinfonyc
A useful resource for New York City residents.
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Amazon
Browse the popular videos or search for more.
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American Ballet Theatre's Ballet Dictionary
This resource offers demonstrations of ballet steps in QuickTime, as well as textual definitions.
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American Dance Festival
Durham, North Carolina.
- American Dance Guild
- American Film Institute OnLine (AFI)
- American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
- American Journal of Dance Therapy
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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1600-1920
Library of Congress American Memory Project.
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Artlynx--National Arts Funding Sites
Links to other sites.
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ARTOTAL--Danse
French dance site.
- Arts & History - Mexico - Dance Companies
- Arts Council of England
- Arts International
- ArtsJournal
- Artslynx Dance Resources
- Artslynx--University Dance Programs
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Association of Moving Image Archivists
AMIA "is a non-profit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image materials."
- Association of Performing Arts Presenters
- Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland
- Australia Dancing
- Australian Dance Council
- Australian Square Dancing
- Backstage
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Backstage--Casting
Some listings available to subscribers only.
- Ballet Russe Scenery Collection
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Ballet.co
A ballet and dance site of the United Kingdom.
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BalletCompanies.com
A useful directory for searches by country. Includes more than just ballet resources.
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Ballettanz
In English and German.
- Ballroom--International Dance Sport Federation
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Bates Dance Festival
Lewiston, Maine.
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Best Video
Searchable data base offering videos for purchase and rental.
- Body-Mind Centering
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Book Look
Out of print dance books.
- Breakdance-- Rock Steady Crew
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
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Business Committee for the Arts
Advances business/arts alliances.
- Butoh Resources in Japan
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Capoeira
- Career Transition for Dancers
- Cecchetti Council of America
- Center for the Alexander Technique
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CitySearch
Provides performance calendars for more than 70 cities across the U.S. as well as for international cities in Australia, Canada, Korea, Scandanavia, and Japan.
- Clogging
- Congress On Research in Dance
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Conservation On Line (CoOL)
A compendium of conservation information including many links, articles, and a searchable database.
- Contact Improvisation
- Contact Quarterly
- Contradance Books
- Country Dance and Song Society
- Country Song and Dance Society
- CriticalDance
- Culturebot
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Cunningham Dance Foundation Film and Video
Merce Cunningham.
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CyberDance
International listings.
- Dance Books (Britain)
- Dance Chronicle
- Dance Educators of America
- Dance Europe
- Dance Films Association
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Dance Horizons
Princeton Book Company.
- Dance in Denmark
- Dance in South Africa
- Dance in Sweden
- Dance Insider
- Dance International
- Dance Library of Israel
- Dance Links
- Dance Links Funding Resources
- Dance Links--Ballet
- Dance Links--Modern
- Dance Links--Other than ballet or modern
- Dance Magazine
- Dance Masters of America
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Dance Milestones
Compiled and edited by Richard Finkelstein.
- Dance Notation Bureau
- Dance Notation Bureau, Notated Theatrical Dances
- Dance Now
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Dance Teacher Now
Tables of contents and general information.
- Dance Theater Workshop--Artist Services
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Dance Umbrella
London.
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Dance Vision
A good resource for ballroom instructional videos.
- Dance/NYC
- Dance/NYC Dance Calendar
- Dance/USA
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DanceEducationWeb
Disseminates resources for dance learning and provides access to state-of-the-art resources on dance teaching.
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DanceForms
(Formerly Life Forms) 3D dance figure movement software.
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Dancer Online
Select dancer links.
- Dancer Transition Resource Centre
- Dancers Responding to AIDS
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DanceSport Australia
Ballroom
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DanceSport UK
British ballroom dance site.
- Dancetime Publications
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