Welcome to my Research Sources page for Dance! Chao Chen, Humanities Research and Instruction Librarian This COVID-19 edition emphasizes e-sources. |
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Overviews
- Dance Studies: the Basics
- Dance Words
- International Dictionary of Modern Dance
- International Encyclopedia of Dance
- The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
- American Ballet Theatre Online Ballet Dictionary
- Dance Notation Bureau
Streaming Videos
- Black Studies in Video
- BroadwayHD
- Dance in Video
- Digital Theatre Plus
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- Ethnographic Video Online
- Films from Kanopy
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
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- Numeridanse
Digital Images
- ARTStor
- Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia
- (NYPL) Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- Diaghilev and the Ballets Russe, 1909-1929 : When Art Danced With Music
- Ballet Russe Scenery Collection - Butler University
- Critical Dance Forum Gallery
- Voice of Dance
- An Invitation to Dance (American Antiquarian Society)
(JumboSearch for) Books
Select Writings by Choreographers, Performers, critics and Theorists at Tisch:
More browsing options:
Note: WorldCat (renamed to be Libraries Worldwide on the Tisch Library homepage) is still a better place to get a fuller picture of books on a topic, even though interlibrary loan service is currently very limited.)
**Check the Boston Public Library's catalog for eBooks (and sign up for a BPL , Tufts students and faculty eligible)
**"Digital books" on Internet Archive
**Open Educational Resources (OER)
online alternatives that are accessible and free to all students
Scholarly, Trade Journal and Newspaper Articles
A. All subjects
B. Performing Arts
C. Cultural History
- America: History and Life
- Historical Abstracts (World History and Cultures)
D. Magazines, Newspapers
Current:
- Access World News(more regional coverage of news)
- Factiva (more international coverage of news)
Historical:
- African American Periodicals (1825-1995)
- American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)
- British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s)
- New York Times Online Archive (1851 - three years before the current date)
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
- Times of London (1785 - 1985)