*Dance: Online Resources

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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920 in the Library of Congress.

A collection of more than 200 social dance manuals at the Library of Congress

Dance-tech.net provides movement and new media artists, theorists, thinkers and technologists the possibility of sharing work, ideas, and research, as well as generating opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborative projects.

CORD is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for dance professionals from a broad range of specialties to exchange ideas, resources, and methodologies through publication, international and regional conferences, and workshops.

Dance/USA is the national service organization for the professional dance field. Their site includes advocacy resources, a list of nonprofit dance companies, and much more.

DFA is dedicated to furthering the art of dance film. Connecting artists and organizations, fostering new works for new audiences, and sharing essential resources, DFA seeks to be a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera.

The Dance Notation Bureau’s (DNB) mission is to advance the art of dance through the use of a system of notation. DNB does this by creating dance scores using the symbol system called Labanotation. This allows the dances to continue to be performed long after the lifetime of the artist. Dance scores function for dance the same way music scores function for music.

Information for the dance science, medicine, and education communities. News, resources, links.

NDEO promotes high quality education in the art of dance; it also forges alliances with federal and state agencies and arts and education associations to support quality dance education at local, state, and national levels.

SDR is a British organization that aims to advance education and research into all forms of dance, to encourage the preservation of important source material and to engage in discussion, meetings and other activities that support research into dance.

SDHS advances the field of dance studies through research, publication, performance, and outreach to audiences across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. See "Resources" for events, job postings, useful web sites, and more.

This digital collection currently consists of images of the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the American Ballet Theatre. Other companies will be added as digitization is completed.

This site has links to multiple dance related resources including Treasures from the Cia Fornaroli Collection, the Claire Holt Collection of Indonesian Dance and Related Arts, and Dance in Photographs and Prints.

The largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance. Includes books, videos, clippings and program files, iconography, and manuscripts.

Browse by subject to see relevant collections at the Library of Congress.

The repository for records of enduring historical value created and collected by ADF. Materials are housed at Duke University -- see ADF website for list of collections.

The Jacob’s Pillow Archives document the history of Jacob’s Pillow and the artists who have contributed to its legacy, with particular emphasis on Ted Shawn, Ted Shawn’s Men Dancers, and the Denishawn Company.