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Paley
Library Research Guide: Dance
The purpose of this guide is to provide an overview of resources that are useful for researching the existing literature in the field of dance. The lists of specific titles are intended to suggest areas for more thorough study and research, and are by no means comprehensive.
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I. Research
Guides
II.
Library of Congress Call Number Range and Subject Headings
III.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
IV. Handbooks
and Directories
V. Biographical
Information
VI.
Ballets – Guides, Synoposes, Plots
VII.
Bibliographies
VIII.
Bibliographic Indexes – for finding journal and newspaper articles
IX.
Bibliographic Utilities
X.
Dissertations
XI.
Web Resources
I. Research Guides in Dance – are an excellent way to begin a research project and to become familiar with reference books and other information sources in dance.
Blazek, Ron. The Humanities: A Selected Guide to Information Resources. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000. Paley Ref. AZ221 .B639x 2000
Bopp, Mary S. Research in Dance: A Guide to Resources. New York : G.K. Hall, 1994. Paley Stacks Z7514.D2B6 1994
Simons, Linda Keir. The Performing Arts : a Guide to the Reference Literature. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1994. Paley Ref Indexes Z6935.S56 1994
Spain, Louise. Dance on Camera : a Guide to Dance Films and Videos. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998. Paley Stacks GV1595.D342 1998
Towers, Deirdre, ed. Dance Film and Video Guide. Princeton, NJ : Dance Horizons/Princeton Book Co., c1991. Paley Stacks GV1595.D32 1991
II. Library of Congress Call Number Range and Subject Headings for Dance
GV1580-GV1799.4 DancingGV1585 Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
GV1601 Dance – History
GV1743 National Dances. Folk dances and dancing
GT 3930+ Festivals, holidays (Manners and customs) see also Ethnology
GV1751-1753.5 Social dancing. Ballroom dancing
GV1763 Square dances. Quadrilles. Country dances.
GV1781-1783.5 Theatrical dancing
GV1785-1786 Dance – Biography see also Biography
GV1787 Ballet
GV1799 Dance for children
ML3400+ Dance music
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III. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries – are useful for gathering background information on your topic, definitions, and for lists of books and articles to begin your research.
Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn. International Dictionary of Modern Dance. Detroit : St. James Press, c1998. Paley Ref Stacks GV1585.B46 1998
Bremser, Martha, ed. et al. International Dictionary of Ballet. Detroit : St. James Press, 1993. Paley Ref Stacks GV1585.I57 1993
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, ed. et al. International Encyclopedia of Dance: a Project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. Paley Ref Stacks GV1585.I586 1998
Craine, Debra. Oxford Dictionary of Dance. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. Paley Ref Stacks GV1585 .C835x 2000
Knowles, Mark. The Tap Dance Dictionary. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1998. Paley Stacks GV1794 .K66 1998
Love, Paul. Modern Dance Terminology. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Book Co., c1997. Paley Stacks GV1585.L684x 1997
Preston-Dunlop, Valerie Monthland. Dance Words. Chur, Switzerland ; [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Harwood Academic Publishers, c1995. Paley Stacks GV1585.P747x 1995
Ryman, Rhonda. Dictionary of Classical Ballet Terminology. London : Royal Academy of Dancing ; Hightstown, NJ : Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Princeton Book Co., 1997. Paley Stacks GV1585 .R963x 1997
Dancemagazine College Guide. New York, Danad Pub. Co. Latest edition only. GV1753.5.D35x Paley Ref Stacks
Jones, Mark W. Dancer's resource : the Watson-Guptill guide to academic programs, residential and artist-in-residence programs, studio schools and private teachers, workshops and festivals. New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, c1999. Paley Ref Stacks GV1589 .J65 1999
Musical America. International Directory of the Performing Arts. Great Barrington, Mass. : ABC Leisure Magazines. ML12.M88 Item Paley Ref Stacks LIB. HAS Latest only.
Stern's Directory : a Publication of Dance Magazine. Oakland, CA : Dance Magazine, Inc., c1999- GV1580 .D247 Paley Ref Stacks
Current Biography.Bronx, N.Y. : H.W. Wilson Co., 1940- Paley Ref Stacks CT100 .C8. Reference Table 21.
Highfill, Philip H. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press [1973- Paley Ref Stacks PN2596.L6H5x
Perry, Jeb H. Variety
Obits : an Index to Obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978. Metuchen,
N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1980. Paley Stacks PN1583.P4 Paley Ref Stacks PN1583.P4
VI. Ballets – Guides, Synoposes, Plots
Beaumont, Cyril W. Complete book of ballets; a guide to the principal ballets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Garden City, N.Y. : Garden City Pub. Co. [1941] Paley Stacks GV1787.B35
Reynolds, Nancy. Dance Classics : a Viewer's Guide to the Best-loved Ballets and Modern Dances. Chicago, IL : A Cappella Books, c1991. Paley Stacks GV1790.A1R43 1991
Studwell, William E. Ballet Plot Index : a Guide to Locating Plots and Descriptions of Ballets and associated Material. New York : Garland, 1987. Paley Stacks GV1790.A1S77 1987
Adamczyk, Alice J. Black Dance : an Annotated Bibliography. New York : Garland, 1989. Z7514.D2A33 1989 Paley Stacks
Edsall, Mary E., ed. A Core Collection in Dance. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2001. Paley Stacks GV1594 .C674x 2001
Emery, Lynne Fauley. Black Dance : from 1619 to Today. Princeton, NJ : Princeton Book Co., c1988. Paley Stacks GV1624.7.A34E43 1988
Fleshman, Bob, ed. Theatrical Movement : a Bibliographical Anthology. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1986. Paley Stacks PN2071.G4T46 1986
Getz, Leslie. Dancers and Choreographers : a Selected Bibliography. Wakefield, R.I. : Asphodel Press, 1995. Paley Stacks GV1785.G478x 1995
Kibbee, Josephine Z. Cultural Anthropology : a Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, c1991. Paley Ref Stacks Z5111.K53 1991
New York Public Library. Dance Collection. Dictionary Catalog of the Dance Collection : a List of Authors, Titles, and Subjects of Multi-media Materials in the Dance Collection of the Performing Arts Research Center of the New York Public Library. [New York] : New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations ; Boston : distributed by G. K. Hall, 1974. Paley Ref Stacks Z7514.D2N462x 1974.
VIII. Bibliographic Indexes – for finding journal and newspaper articles
*Academic Search Premier
America: History and Life
*Arts and Humanities Citation Index
*Biography Index
*ERIC
*Historical Abstracts
*Humanities Index
*International Index to the Performing Arts
*Lexis-Nexis (New York Times full-text)
*MLA International Bibliography
*New York Public Library Dance Collection
IX. Bibliographic Utilities – large databases which include the holdings of many libraries
*Research Libraries Group (RLG)
*WorldCat
X. Dissertations - A good way to find dissertations in Paley library is to do a keyword search with terms from your topic and add the word "theses" to the search. For dissertations not at Paley Library, try the database *Dissertation Abstracts or the index Dissertation Abstracts International (Paley Reference Index Table 23).
Artslynx International Dance Resources. http://www.artslynx.org/dance/
Congress on Research in Dance. http://www.cordance.org
CyberDance. http://www.cyberdance.org/
Dance Heritage Coalition. http://www.danceheritage.org/
Dance Links. http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/
Dance Notation Bureau. http://www.dancenotation.org/
International Association for Dance Medicine & Science. http://www.iadms.org/
New York Public Library Dance Collection. http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html
Philadelphia Dance Alliance.http://www.libertynet.org/dance/
Society of Dance History Scholars. http://www.sdhs.org/
Sapphire Swan Dance Directory. http://www.SapphireSwan.com/dance/
Yahoo: Dance http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/
Anne Harlow, Performing Arts Subject Specialist (aharlow@temple.edu) 08/26/03