Online Dance Resources
No 9.6
Understanding dance terminology
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Dance terms
http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/dance_terms.htm
Definitions for terms used in the field of dance.
Dictionary of Ballet
http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html
The American Ballet Theatre's Online Ballet Dictionary includes terms from the book "Technical
Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet”.
Ballet Terms
http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/signet/JHSI/dance.html
Dance Terminology Notebook
http://www.swingworld.com/dance_dictionary.htm
Dance term used to describe outstanding moves that are not standard.
Dance history
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Dance Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/timeline/index.html
The timeline covers highlights from the years 1619 to 2001.
History of dances
http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/history.htm
A brief history of ballroom, country, fad, flamenco, jazz, Latin dance, salsa, swing and western.
Ballet Guide, Artslynx International Dance Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/dance/ballets.htm
Learn about many of the ballets in the classical and modern repertoire.
Dance notation
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Dance notation Bureau
http://www.dancenotation.org/DNB/index.html
Language of dance centre
http://www.lodc.org/home.html
Language of Dance® is a method that facilitates movement experience and understanding. It
achieves this through exploring the Movement Alphabet.
Dance companies
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Ballet companies
http://www.balletcompanies.com/
Contains over 1800 links to ballet and dance companies all over the world.
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Australian dance web sites
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Australia Dancing
http://www.australiadancing.org/
A directory of Australian dance resources held in some of Australia's major research collections.
Each entry includes an historical note or brief biography and a descriptive list of individual items.
Australia Dance Council
http://www.ausdance.org.au/
A directory of Australian dance resources, across a variety of media, that are currently accessible
in major Australian research collections. The directory includes information about artistic directors,
choreographers, dancers, dance companies, festivals and productions, and oral histories.
Dance Network Australia
http://www.dancenetwork.com.au/
A comprehensive directory to the dance world, and an online magazine with interesting stories.
Dance people dance
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/dancepeopledance/index.html
An initiative of the National Library of Australia. It shares some theatrical and illuminating
moments in Australia’s dance history.
Dance Sport Australia
http://www.dancesport.org.au/
The governing body for dance as sport in Australia.
Australian dance companies
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Australian Ballet Company – http://www.australianballet.com.au/
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Australian Dance theatre – http://www.adt.org.au
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Bangarra Dance Theatre - http://www.bangarra.com.au/
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Leigh Warren & Dancers - http://www.lwd.com.au/
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Sydney Dance Company - http://www.sydneydancecompany.com/
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The West Australian Ballet - http://www.waballet.com.au/
Dance and films
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Dance on Camera Festival
http://www.dancefilmsassn.org/Index.html
Dance Films Association, Inc
Musical / Dance Films
http://www.filmsite.org/musicalfilms.html
An extensive look at this genre from “The Jazz singer” to the present day.
Databases at State Library
Listen to famous ballets Classical Music Library (onsite access only).
Access this database via the library catalogue.
• Go to http://www.slq.qld.gov.au.
• Select Catalogues from the Find menu
• Type Classical Music Library into the search box and click on Go.
• Click on the Online hyperlink to access the database
Once in the database, select Genres – Operas – Ballets, or type the ballet of your choice |
into the search box.
Need further information?
Telephone Reference Service: 3840 7810
Visit http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about/pub/info_guides to access all available Info Guides.
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