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"I should not believe in a God who does not dance."
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The two titles listed below are the standard points of first reference when doing research on dance and music. They are comprehensive multi-volume sets and will provide you with a broad base on which to begin your research.

Cohen, Selma Jeanne. International Encyclopedia of Dance: A Project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. (LC RH) Ref GV1585.I586 1998.

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Washington, DC: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1980. (LC RH)
Ref ML100.N48

New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Music and Musicians Online includes the full text of the printed editions
of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and the New Grove Dictionary of Opera.  It is updated quarterly and
annually. (LIBRARY DATABASE MENU)

This bibliography includes basic dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical sources, bibliographies and historical overviews of the field of dance in the Fordham collection. When doing research always remember to begin with the broadest, most general reference tools, and then using the information found therein, move toward more specific sources.

Anderson, Jack. Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Co., 1992. (LC) GV1787.A467 1992.

Balanchine, George. Balanchine's New Complete Stories of the Great Ballets. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968. (LC RH) Ref MT95.B34

Beaumont, Cyril W. A Bibliography of Dancing. New York: Blom, 1963. (RH) GV1585.B43

Bremser, Martha.  Fifty Contemporary Chorographers.  London: Routledge, 1999. (LC) GV1785.A1B74 1999

Billman, Larry. Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1977. (RH) Ref GV1779.B55 1997.

Chujoy, Anatole. The Dance Encyclopedia. Rev. and enlarged ed. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. (LC RH) Ref GV1585.C5 1967

A Core Collection in Dance.  Chicago: The Association, 2001. (LC) GV1594 .A13 2001

Craine, Debra.  The Oxford Dictionary of Dance.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. (LC RH MM) GV1585 .C73 2000

Dance on Camera: A Guide to Dance Films and Videos. Rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998. (LC RH) Ref +GV1595.D342 1998

Emerson, Isabelle Putnam. Twentieth-Century American Music for the Dance: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. (RH) ML128.D3E44 1996

Forbes, Fred R. Dance: An Annotated Bibliography, 1965-1982. New York: Garland, 1986. (LC RH) Ref GV1585.F58 1986

Getz, Leslie. Dancers and Choreographers: A Selected Bibliography. Wakefield, R.I.: Asphodel Press, 1995. (LC) GV1785.A1A14 1995.

Grant, Gail. Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet. 3^rd rev. ed. NY: Dover, 1982. (LC) Ref GV1585.G68 1982.

International Dictionary of Ballet. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993. (RH) +GV1585.I57 1993.

International Dictionary of Modern Dance.  Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1998.  (LC RH) +GV1585 .I58 1998

Kersley, Leo. A Dictionary of Ballet Terms. 4^th ed. London: A & C Black, 1997. (LC) Ref GV1585.K45 1997

Mara, Thalia. The Language of Ballet; An Informal Dictionary. Brooklyn, NY: Dance Horizons, 1972, 1966. (LC) GV1585.M37 1966a.

McDonagh, Don. The Complete Guide to Modern Dance. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. (LC RH) Ref GV1783.M26.

Mirault, Don. Dancing--For A Living: Where the Jobs Are, What They Pay, What Choreographers Look For, What To Ask. Toluca Lake, CA: Rafter, 1993. (LC) GV1597.M57 1993.

Murault, Don.  Dancing- For a Living- Two: Where the Jobs are, What They Pay, What Choreographers Want to Ask. Toluca Lake, Calif.: Rafter Pub., 1998.  (LC) GV1597 .M57 1998

Music, Dance, and Theatre Scholarships: A Guide to Undergraduate Awards.  South Euclid, Ohio: Conway Greene Pub. Co., 1998. (LC RH) Ref LB2338.M87 1998.

Preston-Dunlop, Valerie Monthland. Dance Words. Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1995. (LC) GV1585.P74 1995

Rust, Ezra Gardner. The Music and Dance of the World's Religions: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of the Materials in the English Language. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. (LC) GV1585.P74 1995

Ryman, Rhonda. Ryman's Dictionary of Classical Ballet Terms: Cecchetti.  Toronto: Dance Collection Danse Press/es, 1998. (LC) GV1585 .R96 1998

Searle, Humphrey. Ballet Music: An Introduction. NY: Dover, 1973. (LC) ML3460.S4 1973.

Stearns, Marshall Winslow. Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance. NY: Macmillan, 1968. (RH) GV1623.S84

Tutterow, Gayle. The Encyclopedia of Tap. Largo, FL: G. Tutterow, 1982. (LC) GV1794.T865 1982

Periodical indexes provide you with access to articles in magazines, newspapers, newsletters, company reports, and sometimes transcripts of radio and TV broadcasts. The following indexes are a good place to begin when doing research in dance and the performing arts.

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) provides access to tens of thousands of articles published in more than 400 international music journals every year. Many journals covered are indexed exclusively in IIMP. Coverage is from 1993 to the present. (LIBRARY DATABASE MENU)

International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA). The IIPA draws its current content from more than 130 international performing arts periodicals from 9 countries and also indexes performing arts articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. IIPA covers nearly all aspects of the world of the performing arts, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Coverage is from 1864 to the present. Records from 1998 forward contain an abstract. (LIBRARY DATABASE MENU)

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains full text for more than 100 journals and more than fifty books and monographs. (LIBRARY DATABASE MENU)

The library also has many general periodical indexes which cover thousands of journals and newspapers in every field, from around the country and the world. Check General Periodical Indexes on the Library Database screen .

Internet resources in dance, just like web sites in other subject areas, run the gamut from indispensable to inadequate. When using information found on the Internet keep in mind that it is not always written by a team of experts or scholars (like the authors of the International Encyclopedia of Dance) or organized in a standardized, authoritative way (like the International Index to the Performing Arts). But that caveat aside, the Internet offers a wealth of timely and valuable information on all aspects of dance. The sites listed below are a few of the more comprehensive and interesting ones. More can be found through various links in the general sites.

Deborah Winkler, Fordham University Libraries
September 14, 2006