Dance
This guide provides selected resources available to you through UCalgary Library and the Internet
- Getting Started
- Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
- Books
- Articles
- Theses
- Watch Performances, Film, etc.
- Listen to Music
- Digital Collections
- Citing Sources
- Contact
Books from other Libraries
If you can't find the book you are looking for please check the collection of other institutions around Canada on WorldCat.org. UCalgary Library is providing an InterLibrary Loan Service for faculty, students and staff. It is free and usually takes not longer then a couple of days until the pdf-document or book arrives.
Online Resources
- The Oxford Dictionary of DanceThe work covers all aspects of the diverse dance world from classical ballet to modern, from flamenco to hip-hop, from tap to South Asian dance forms and includes detailed entries on technical terms, steps, styles, works, and countries, in addition to many biographies of dancers, choreographers, and companies.
- The Oxford Companion to Theatre and PerformanceThe Companion includes all the most popular and accessible information from the Encyclopedia, concentrating primarily on the personalities involved in producing theatre, as well as overviews of the genres within which they work.
- The Oxford Companion to the American MusicalWith more than two thousand entries, this guide offers a wealth of information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and more.
On the shelves
- International Encyclopedia of Dance by Selma J. Cohen; Dance Perspectives Foundation Staff (Editor)ISBN: 019509462XThe encyclopedia documents all types of dance around the world and throughout history. In six volumes, with nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from over fifty countries, the International Encyclopedia of Dance offers authoritative coverage of the full spectrum of dance, including theatrical dance, ritual dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance.
- International Dictionary of Modern Dance by Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf (Editor); Glynis Benbow-Niemier (Contribution by); St. James Press StaffISBN: 1558623590Offering an comprehensive examination of modern dance, this reference offers alphabetically arranged essays, selected, written and reviewed by expert contributors.
- International Dictionary of Ballet by Martha Bremser (Editor)ISBN: 1558620842The International Dictionary of Ballet has as its subject all of ballet, from its beginnings in the Renaissance to contemporary dance.
- Encyclopedia of Theatre Dance in Canada by Susan MacPherson (Editor); Liliane Busby (Translator)ISBN: 092900342XThe ETDC/EDTC is the most comprehensive Canadian dance reference book and includes over 200 entries on artists, teachers, and companies, a list of music for dance, and over 60 entries on choreographic works.
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