Research Guides: Dance: Getting Started with Dance

Best Bets for Dance

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Theater and dance journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts . Publication dates: 1900 to present (mostly after 1984) International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text International Bibliography of Theater & Dance with Full Text
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Includes Dance Chronicle, Dance Research, and Dance Research Journal, as well as many other performance oriented journals.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Excellent coverage of the psychology and physiology of dance.

International Encyclopedia of Dance
Location: Reference GV1585 .I586 1998
Print edition includes more photographs and images than the online version. Online version (linked above) includes updated text entries.

Jerome Robbins Dance Division (NYPL) This link opens in a new window
Mostly archival research materials. Includes material associated with the Bates Dance Festival.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Dance Studies by Sherril Dodds (Editor)
Location: GV1589 .B56 2019
ISBN: 9781350024465
Published: 2019-03-21

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Popular press coverage of dance. Includes Dance Magazine.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Theater and dance journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts . Publication dates: 1900 to present (mostly after 1984) International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text International Bibliography of Theater & Dance with Full Text
Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Includes dance performances and documentaries on dance.

Kanopy (Dance)
Search through the dance documentaries and movies available on Kanopy, including modern dance, ballet, traditional dance, and choreography.

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Subjects: Africana, American Studies, Dance, Film Studies, Languages and Literatures, Latin, Music, Rhetoric, Theater