Web Sites of Interest to Dance Librarians
Note: This list is the result of a working meeting of the DLDG (our charge) at the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago (2005). It is not intended to be all-inclusive, but very much a work in progress. Please send suggestions/additions to the convener for compilation on publications section of Arts section web site. Include title, URL, brief annotation. This list is limited to freely available web sites relating to dance librarianship. For more resources see ACRL publication edited by Mary Edsall, A Core Collection in Dance.
Professional Organizations:
Congress on Research in Dance
International organization of dance scholars.
Dance Critics Association
Professional society for dance writers and critics.
Dance Heritage Coalition
Access, documentation, preservation and education issues pertaining to dance
materials.
Resources
of Scholarly Societies - Dance
List of links to scholarly societies in dance disciplines.
Society of
Dance History Scholars
Collection Development Resources:
ACRL/WSS
Women Studies: Core Books
Click Search, go to Theatre and Dance (also compiled by Diana King)
Dance
Films Association, Inc.
Dance on Camera Festival, film database and more.
Dance Books Ltd.
Dance books and media catalogue.
The Kitchen
Center for video, music, dance, performance, film and literature
Women's
Studies Resources for Film and Video
Compiled by Diana King, UC Davis, includes Dance, Theater.
Instructional Resources:
Artslynx International Dance Resources
Wide variety of dance topics, including styles and genres.
Dance Heritage
Coalition
Access, documentation, preservation and education issues pertaining to dance
materials. See "Choreographing your Search" feature in Access section (guide
to searching archival collections via finding aids courtesy of Mary Edsall).
National Dance Education Organization
Reference and Research:
New
York Public Library Dance Collection Catalog
SIBMAS
International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
Preservation, Oral History (other Primary Resources):
American Dance Festival
Archives and preservation projects, member DHC.
Dance Heritage
Coalition
Access, documentation, preservation and education issues pertaining to dance
materials.
Dance/USA
National service organization for not-for-profit professional dance, seeks
to advance the art form of dance by addressing the needs, concerns and interests
of professional dance. Includes much information on alliances and organizations,
dance preservation (National
Initiative to Preserve America's Dance - NIPAD),
grants, government information, initiatives, education,
and more.
Jacob's Pillow
Dance - Archives
Member DHC
Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies
Laban Contemporary Dance: Library + Archive
National Resource Centre for Dance
UK non-profit national archive and resource provider for dance and movement.