Subject Guide: Dance

The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: General page.

Dance Department Homepage

Online Resources

Databases and indexes provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.

• Browse Dance Databases

Reference Materials

Reference materials provide background information on a people, terms and concepts.

• Oxford Reference Books Online / Performing Arts Section:
  Online access to seven of Oxford's performing arts reference books. You can search all seven books, or select one to search.


• International Dictionary of Ballet DEN REF GV1585 .I57 1993


• International Dictionary of Modern Dance DEN REF GV1585 .I58 1998


• International Encyclopedia of Dance DEN REF GV1585 .I586 1998


• Laban Notation Scores: An International Bibliography DEN REF GV1587 .W37

Web Resources

Here are a few web sites we think you might find useful:

• Librarians' Index to the Internet: Dance Page
  A web directory of dance sites.


• Voice of Dance
  Dance news & more...