Dance Subject Guide
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Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias and Guides
Guides
Handbooks
Grants
Indexes and Abstracts
Bibliographies
Dissertations
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Directories
GUIDES
Research in dance : a guide to resources
Hamilton Main Reference GV1594.B67
Guide to dance in film : a catalog of U.S. productions including
dance sequences, with names of dancers, choreographers, directors, and
other details
Hamilton Main Reference GV1779.P37
Dance in India; an annotated guide to source materials
Hamilton Asia Reference Z7514.D2 V34
HANDBOOKS
Balanchine's Complete stories of the great ballets
Sinclair Reference MT95.B3
Complete book of ballets : a guide to the principal ballets of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Hamilton GV1787.B35
Complete guide to modern dance
Hamilton GV1783.M26
Dance handbook
Hamilton Main Reference GV1594.R76
The Back stage handbook for performing artists : the how-to and who-to-contact
Referenceerence for actors, singers, and dancers
Hamilton Main Reference PN2055 .B27
Ballet guide : background, listings, credits, and descriptions of
more than five hundred of the world's major ballets
Hamilton GV1790.A1 T47
Poor dancer's almanac : a survival manual for choreographers, managers,
and dancers
Hamilton GV1624.5.N4 P66
A handbook for choreography : a practical guide for choreographers
with Referenceerence to the negotiation, preparation, creation, care and
continuing life of a choreographic work
Hamilton Folio GV1782.5.W428 f
GRANTS
Chronicle guide to grants
Online (password at Reference Desk with UH
ID)
The quick guide to financial aid for art, music, and drama: scholarships,
fellowships, loans, other programs
Hamilton Main Reference (Financial Aids) NX398.Q85
Guide to financial aids for students in arts & sciences for graduate
and professional study
Hamilton LB2338.S4
Music, dance & theater scholarships : a complete guide
Hamilton Main Reference (Financial Aids) LB2338.M87
Market the arts!
Hamilton PN1590.M27 M37
New Deal fine arts projects : a bibliography, 1933-1992
Hamilton N8837 .K36
INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS
Guide to dance periodicals
Hamilton Z7514.D2 G8
Index to dance periodicals
Hamilton GV1580.I58
Ballet plot index : a guide to locating plots and descriptions of
ballets and associated material
Hamilton and Hamilton Main Reference GV1790.A1 S77
Dance on disc : the complete catalog ofthe Dance Collection of the
New York Public Library on CD ROM
CD ROM 119 Reference Desk
Dance abstracts and index
Hamilton Main Reference GV1594.D35
Dance index
Hamilton Main Reference GV1580.D242
Humanities index
Hamilton Main Reference AI3.H85
Humanities Index
CD ROM 128 Reference Desk (cancelled 1995)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Hamilton Main Reference Z5937.A75
Dance/movement therapy abstracts
Hamilton RC489.D3 D35
Dance on camera : a guide to dance films and videos
Sinclair AV Center Reference GV1595 .D342
The Dance film and video guide
Hamilton Main Reference and Sinclair AV Center Reference GV1595.D32
Dance film directory : an annotated and evaluative guide to films
on ballet and modern
Hamilton Main Reference GV1595.M89
Guide to dance in film : a catalog of U.S. production including dance
sequences, with names of dance choreographers, directors, and other details
Hamilton Main Reference GV1779.P37
HRAF collection of ethnography
Online and Reference Desk and Microfiche
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Black dance : an annotated bibliography
Hamilton GV1595.A33
Dance : an annotated bibliography, 1965-1982
Hamilton Main Reference GV1594.F67
A bibliography of the dance collection of Doris Niles & Serge
Leslie
Hamilton Z7514.D2 L4
A bibliography of dancing; a list of books and articles on the dance
and related subjects
Hamilton Z7514.D2 M2
An annotated bibliography of Oceanic music and dance
Hamilton Pacific and Sinclair Reference ML120.I745 M2
Dancers and choreographers : a selected bibliography
Hamilton Main Reference Z7514.D2 G48
Hula and its chants : an annotated bibliography
Hamilton Hawaiian GV1796.H8 T36
Resources in sacred dance : annotated bibliography from Christian
and Jewish traditions : books, booklets and pamphlets, articles and serial
publications, media, and reference sources
Hamilton Main Reference GV1783.5. R38
La danse noble : an inventory of dances and sources
Hamilton Folio GV1649.L5 f
Music and dance periodicals : an international directory & guidebook
Sinclair Reference ML128.P24 R62
Dance research : published or publicly presented by members of the
Study Group on Ethnochoreology
Hamilton Main Reference GV1594.D365
Laban notation scores : an international bibliography
Hamilton Main Reference GV1587.W37
African-American traditions in song, sermon, tale, and dance, 1600s-1920
: an annotated bibliography of literature, collections, and artworks
Sinclair Reference ML128.B45 S68
New York Public Library Dance Collection Bibliographic guide to dance
Hamilton Main Reference GV1593.N481
DISSERTATIONS
Arts & humanities citation index
Hamilton Main Reference Z5937.A75
Arts in America : a bibliography
Hamilton and Hamilton Main Reference NX503.A1 A77
Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.
Theses and dissertations related to comparative/international education,
physical education, sport, and dance
Hamilton Z5811.H45
DICTIONARIES
Modern dance terminology
Hamilton GV1585.L65
Technical manual and dictionary of classical ballet
Hamilton GV1787.G68
Dictionary of ballet terms
Hamilton Main Reference GV1585.K45
Dictionary of the dance
Hamilton Main Reference GV1585.R3
Dance words
Hamilton GV1585.P74
Dance terminologies : their epigraphical interpretations
Hamilton Asia Reference GV1585.H46
Hand book of Indian classical dance terminology
Hamilton Asia Reference GV1693.L65 Hamilton Asia Reference
Dictionary of dance rhythms. Dictionnaire de rythmes
Sinclair ML102.D3 T48
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
International encyclopedia of dance : a project of Dance Perspectives
Foundation, Inc.
Hamilton Main Reference GV1585.I586
Dance encyclopedia
Hamilton GV1585.C5
Dictionary of modern ballet
Hamilton GV1787.D513
The Encyclopedia of dance & ballet
Hamilton and Hamilton Main Reference GV1585.E53
International dictionary of ballet
Hamilton GV1585.I57
The Concise Oxford dictionary of ballet
Hamilton and Hamilton Main Reference GV1585.C73
Dictionary of ballet
Hamilton GV1585.W5
Theatre and stage; an encyclopaedic guide to the performance of all
amateur dramatic, operatic, and theatrical work
Hamilton PN2037.D7
DIRECTORIES
Dance Directory
Hamilton GV1754.A1 D3
Dance film and video guide
Hamilton Main Reference and Sinclair Reference GV1595.D32
Directory of doctoral programs in theatre studies, performance studies,
and dance, U.S.A. and Canada
Hamilton Main Reference PN2078.U6 D515
Ku mai ka poe hula = Directory of hula resources
Hamilton Main Reference and Hamilton Hawaiian GV1796.H3 B69
A directory of dance contacts in European higher education
Hamilton Main Reference GV1589.B75
Stern's performing arts directory
Hamilton GV1580.P47
Directory of dance faculties in colleges and universities, United
States and Canada
Hamilton and Hamilton Main Reference GV1589.D57
American dance directory
Hamilton GV1587.5.A53
Dance in New York : an indispensable companion to the dance capital
of the world
Hamilton Main Reference GV1624.5.N4 J33
International directory of theatre, dance, and folklore festivals
: a project of the International Theatre Institute of the United States,
inc.
Hamilton Main Reference PN1590.F47 M47
Dance magazine college guide
Hamilton Main Reference GV1623.D26
150 careers in the health care field
Hamilton Main Reference R697.A4 E43
Congress on Research in Dance membership directory
Hamilton Main Reference GV1580.C652
Narthaki : a directory of classical Indian dance
Hamilton Asia Reference GV1693.N37
Selected Journals for Dance
"Selected Periodicals" are those listed in Katz, Bill Magazines for Libraries , 1997, PN4832.K2 CVR, that are currently owned by Hamilton Library.Check the library catalog for complete holdings information.
American journal of dance therapy
Hamilton RC489.D3 A42
Also available Online
Arabesque
Hamilton GV1703.N36 N7
Ballet review
Hamilton GV1787.B35
Ballett international
Hamilton GV1787.B2743
Dance chronicle
Hamilton GV1580.D233
Dance ethnology
Hamilton GV1580.A83a
Dance history
Hamilton GV1601.S78
Dance magazine
Hamilton GV1580.D246
Also available Online
Dance research
Hamilton GV1580.D275
Dance research journal
Hamilton GV1580.C65
Dance studies
Hamilton GV1580.D324
Dance teacher now
Hamilton GV1580.D333
Dance theatre journal
Hamilton Folio GV1645.D38
Dancing Times
Hamilton GV1580.D37
Studies in dance history
Hamilton GV1601.S78
About the Dance Collection
The dance collection contains over 307,000 books and over 100 periodicals and other serials supporting interests in Dance, as well as thousands of other books and journals in related fields. The general collection covers dance from around the world. The United States, Western Europe, Asia and the Pacific are emphasized. The Asia Collection and the Hawaiian/Pacific Collection have a significant amount of material on the dance of those geographic areas.
Library Collection Policy Statement for Dance
Notes:
The number of books and serials were calculated by combining the title count
from the Library of Congress Classification areas GV1580-1799, ML3400-3465,
MT955-960, NX650-750, QP301-360, and RC489-1220. The figures are based on
the 1997 North American Title Count Hamilton Library.
Last modified: Thursday October 9, 2006