Dance Resources

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Ethnicity by Anthony Shay (Editor); Barbara Sellers-Young (Editor) This compilation of 31 essays from scholars throughout the globe examines the relationship between ethnicity as a signifier of identity and the dances associated with an ethnic designation. As such, it incorporates the critiques of previous designations of dance as folk, classical, etc. in favor of a more nuanced and complex view of ethnicity as at the intersection of race, gender, nation and life style.

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater by Nadine George-Graves (Editor)

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and the Popular Screen by Melissa Blanco Borelli (Editor) The Oxford Handbook of Dance and the Popular Screen sets the agenda for the study of dance in popular moving images--films, television shows, commercials, music videos, and YouTube--and offers new ways to understand the multi-layered meanings of the dancing body by engaging with methodologies from critical dance studies, performance studies, and film/media analysis.

International Encyclopedia of Dance by Selma Jeanne Cohen (Editor); Inc. Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. (Editor) Exciting and fascinating, this reference work succeeds in its goal of bringing "joy as well as enlightenment" about all forms of dance in all countries of the world. An extremely useful synoptic outline of contents" with nine sections (including "Ritual and Religion" and "Popular Entertainment") enables the user to explore dance in its cultural and social aspects, while topical essays complement the 2,000-plus entries. Heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the encyclopedia captures the fluid movement of dance; with its depth and scope, this outstanding work has carved a well-deserved niche.

Dancers and Choreographers by Leslie Getz; Lincoln Kirsten (Introduction by) Covers the full range of English language dance book literature published in the twentieth century as well as all the scholarly periodicals in the field from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia.

The Simon and Schuster Book of the Ballet by Mondadori Editors (Editor) Most complete reference book on the social and cultural conditions of the four centuries that have produced this fascination form of theater.