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Dance Links & Resources

Continue your journey into the world of dance by traveling around the web.

Dance Education Resources

Resources on Individual Artists

• The CBC and Radio-Canada websites, as well as the sites of the CBC Archives and the archives de Radio-Canada, offer a wide range of documents about many dance artists. Use their search engines to access interviews and videos on a particular dance artist.
  Here are some of the many dance artists included in these websites:
  • Ludmilla Chiriaeff (in French)
    http://archives.radio-canada.ca
  • Marie Chouinard (in French)
    http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indicatifpresent/chroniques/50833.shtml
    http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indicatifpresent/chroniques/66692.shtml
  • Rex Harrington
    http://www.cbc.ca/arts/features/harrington/
  • Karen Kain
    http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-68-1002/arts_entertainment/karen_kain/
  • Teacher Lesson Plans on Karen Kain
    http://archives.cbc.ca
  • Édouard Lock (in French)
    http://archives.radio-canada.ca
• A Dancers Journal: Learning to perform the dances of Martha Graham
  ArtsEdge: The Kennedy Center, USA
  http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/marthagraham/
• Vaslav Nijinsky
  Online exhibit at New York Public Library, USA
  www.nypl.org/research/lpa/nijinsky/home.htm

Study Guides and Additional Resources

• Wonderland by Royal Winnipeg Ballet
  Study Guide - 1.2 mb
• A Pairing of Swans
  http://www.apairingofswans.com
  Dance Film and educational DVD-Rom directed by Veronica Tennant, featuring Evelyn Hart and Rex Harrington
• ArtsEdge
  TheKennedy Center’s Arts Education website for teachers, USA
  http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
  The following dance lesson plans can be found on the ArtsEdge site:
  • Dancing the Elements
    This list of elements is presented to jump-start non-dancers’ thinking about the art of dance.
  • Dancing the Everyday
    If you haven't studied or taught dance, these tips will help you get started.
  • Managing Creative Movement in the Classroom
    Arts educator Harlan Brownlee offers tips for managing student movement activities in your classroom.
  • Teaching Students to Critique
    This How-To covers the basic elements of art critique.
  • Kennedy Center:
    African Dance Resources
    http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/dance/artsedge.html
• Arts for Learning, USA
  http://www.arts4learning.org/
• ArtsSmarts
  http://www.artssmarts.ca/
• Ballet BC :: Ballet Diary Residency Project :: A Streetcar Named Desire
  http://www.balletbc.com/ballet-diary/residency/a-streetcar-named-desire/
• Ballet BC Carmina Burana Study Guide
  http://www.balletbc.com/community/education-outreach/student-dress-rehearsal/CBstudyguide.pdf
• Ballet de Lorraine Study Guide
  http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/allaboutthenac/publications/ballet_de_lorraine_guide_e.pdf
• Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre and Tilt Performance Guides
  http://www.ccdt.org/files/ccdt.htm
• Canadian Dance Family Tree Project http://www.dcd.ca/exhibitions/cdftpwelcome.html
• Council of Dance and Drama Educators:
  Lesson Plans and Dance Subject Support http://www.code.on.ca/Pages/subjectsupport.html
• Diavolo Study Guide
  http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/allaboutthenac/publications/diavolo_guide_e.pdf
• Enseignements de la danse (in French), France
  Website of the ministère de l’éducation nationale
  http://www.education.gouv.fr/arts/danse.htm
• Guide for youth shows presented by the École de danse du Québec (in French)
  http://www.ecolededansedequebec.qc.ca/j_public.html
• Kennedy Center, USA
  Study Guides
  http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/cuesheets/home.cfm
• Learning Through the Arts, Lesson Plans
  http://www.lttacollection.ca/Main.asp?Language=E
• Little Pear Garden Collective: Chinese Dance Resources
  http://littlepeargarden.com/eng/learn/
• NAC-CGI Youth Commission for Dance Study Guides
• National Ballet of Canada Study Guides and Educator Resources
  http://www.national.ballet.ca/EducationAndOutreach/classroomResources.php
• Toronto Dance Theatre: Education & Outreach Video
  http://www.tdt.org/files/outreach.html
• Dancing Our Stories: Personal Narratives from Dance Animation and Community Dance Projects in Canada
  http://www.dancingourstories.ca
• Dance Ontario: Ask Rachel
  Rachel Crowther providee information, opinions, answers and resources to questioning dancers and performers.
  http://www.danceontario.ca/rachel.php

Sites for students

• BBC Blast Dance, UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/dance/
• Terminus 15 – 25: an open space for emerging creatorswww.terminus1525.ca
• New York City Ballet: Education Resources
  See: Ballet is for Kids

Ballet Education Resources

• ABT - American Ballet Theatre Library: Ballet Dictionary and Repertory Archive, USA
  http://www.abt.org/education/library.asp
• Ballet.co, UK
  http://www.ballet.co.uk/
• CBC.ca: "Into a fantasy world: A history of ballet”
  A brief history of the deceptively simple but evocative dance form.
  http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/ballet/
• Ladanse.net
  History of dance from prehistory to 18th century ballet (in French), France and Belgium
  http://www.ladanse.net/histoire/accueil.html

Canadian Dance Service Organizations

• Alberta Dance Alliance
  www.abdancealliance.ab.ca
• Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists (CADA)
  http://www.cadadance.org/
• Canadian Dance Assembly (CDA)
  http://www.dancecanada.net/
• Candanc/se
  Canadian Network of Dance Presenters
  http://www.candance.ca/
• Dance Manitoba
  www.dancemanitoba.org 
• Dance Nova Scotia
  http://www.dancens.ca/
• Dance Ontario
  www.danceontario.ca
• Dance Saskatchewan
  www.dancesask.com
• Dance Umbrella of Ontario (DUO)
  www.danceumbrella.net
• Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC)
  www.dtrc.ca
• Diagramme: Gestion Culturelle
  www.diagramme.org
• Regroupement Québécois de la danse
  www.quebecdanse.org
• The Dance Centre
  www.thedancecentre.ca

Dance Educator Organizations

• Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance http://www.cahperd.ca/
• Canadian Dance Teachers’ Association
  http://www.cdta.info/
• Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), USA
  http://www.cordance.org/
• Council For Dance Education And Training, UK
  www.cdet.org.uk
• Council of Drama and Dance in Education in Ontario (CODE)
  http://www.code.on.ca/
• Le portail des professionnels de l’éducation (in French), France
  Dance section
  http://www.educlic.education.fr/Plan.asp?Noeud=288
• National Dance Education Organization, USA
  ndeo.org
• National Dance Teachers Association, UK
  www.ndta.org.uk
• Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS), USA
  sdhs.org

International Dance Service Organizations

• BelgiqueDanceWeb (in French), Belgium
  http://www.ladanse.com/auto/be.mv
• Dance UK
  www.danceuk.org
• Dance USA
  www.danceusa.org
• Dance Web Europe
  http://www.dancewebeurope.net/
•  France-Danse (in French), France
  http://www.france-danse.com/

Canadian Dance Libraries, Archives and Resources

• The Chorème Website
  The Bibliothèque de la Danse de l'École supérieure de ballet contemporain (ESBC) has built Chorème to conserve and enhance the documentary heritage of dance while making it more accessible to the general public.
  http://www.choreme.ca/
• Bibliothèque de la danse of the National School of Contemporary Ballet
  http://www.enbc.org/biblio.htm
• Bibliothèque des arts, UQÀM (in French)
  http://www.bibliotheques.uqam.ca/bibliotheques/arts/index.html
• Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
  http://www.bnquebec.ca/portal/dt/accueil.html?bnq_langue=en
• Dance Collection Danse
  www.dcd.ca
• Dance Nova Scotia
  http://www.dancens.ca
• Dance Saskatchewan Resource Centre
  www.dancesask.com
• Library and Archives Canada
  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html
• National Ballet of Canada, Archives
  www.national.ballet.ca
• Tangente
  www.tangente.qc.ca
• The Canadian Encyclopedia
  http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
• The Dance Centre
  www.thedancecentre.ca
• The Society for Canadian Dance Studies
  http://people.uleth.ca/~scds.secd/
• Toronto Public Library
  www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/uni_per_dance.jsp
• York University Archives and Special Collections
  http://library.yorku.ca

International Dance Libraries and Archives

• Centre national de la danse, France
  www.cnd.fr
• Contredanse (in French), Belgium
  Documentation centre
  http://www.contredanse.org/
• Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts, USA
  www.lincolncenter.org
• National Resource Centre for Dance, UK
  www.surrey.ac.uk/NRCD
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, USA
  http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html
• SIBMAS - International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
  http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/index.html
• Theatre Museum, UK
  www.theatremuseum.vam.ac.uk

Dance Book Publishers

• Centre national de la danse, France
  www.cnd.fr
• Contact Collaborations, Inc., USA
  http://www.contactcollaborations.com
• Dance Collection Danse
  www.dcd.ca
• Dance Books, UK
  www.dancebooks.co.uk
• Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc., USA
  www.humankinetics.com
• Oxford University Press, USA
  www.oup-usa.org
• Princeton Book Company, USA
  www.dancehorizons.com
• Routledge, USA
  http://www.routledge-ny.com
• Theatre Books
  www.theatrebooks.com
• The Banff Centre
  www.banffcentre.ca/press
• Wesleyan University Press, USA
  http://www.wesleyan.edu/wespress

Dance Film and Video Distributors

• A Pairing of Swans
  http://www.apairingofswans.com
  An educational DVD-Rom directed by Veronica Tennant, featuring Evelyn Hart and Rex Harrington
• ARTE (in French), France and Germany
  http://www.arte-tv.com/fr/art-musique/danse/videotheque/368450.html
• Boutique Radio Canada
  http://boutiqueradio-canada.ca
• Bravo!Fact (Foundation to assist Canadian talent)
  http://www.bravofact.com/
• CBC Educational Shop Online
  www.cbceds.ca
• CBC Shop
  www.cbcshop.ca 
• Contre Danse, Belgium
  http://www.contredanse.org/
• Dance Time Publications, USA
  www.dancetimepublications.com
• Eye on Dance, USA
  http://www.eyeondance.org/
• Great Performances: Dance (PBS), USA
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/genre/dance.html
• National Film Board of Canada
  www.nfb.ca
• Sound Venture
  http://www.soundventure.com/web/website/catalog.asp
• The American Dance Festival Video, USA
  http://www.adfvideo.com/
• The Place, UK
  http://www.londondance.com/content.asp?CategoryID=90&ArticleID=30358

Canadian Dance Media

• Le magazine de la danse actuelle
  http://www.dfdanse.com/
• The Dance Current
  www.thedancecurrent.com

International Dance Media

• Dance International Magazine
  http://www.danceinternational.org/
• Ballet and Dance, UK
  http://www.ballet.co.uk/
• Ballet-tanz aktuell, Germany
  www.ballet-tanz.de
• Dance Europe Magazine, UK
  www.danceeurope.net
• Dance Magazine, USA
  dancemagazine.com
• Dansenet, France
  www.dansenet.com
• La danse, France
  www.ladanse.com
• London dance, UK
  www.londonddance.com
• Mouvement, France
  www.mouvement.net
• The Dance Insider, USA
  www.danceinsider.com
• The New York Times Dance Reviews, USA
  http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/dance/
• The Village Voice, USA
  http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/
• Educational podcasting for teaching and learning, UK
  http://www.recap.ltd.uk/podcasting

Dance and Technology

• Credo Interactive
  http://www.charactermotion.com/
• Lartech technochorégraphie
  http://www.lartech.uqam.ca/

Additional dance links pages

• ArtsLynx International Dance Resources, USA
  http://www.artslynx.org/dance/
• Bibliothèque de la danse of the National School of Contemporary Ballet
  http://www.enbc.org/biblioenglish.htm
  Links page: http://www.enbc.org/liens.htm
• Canada Dance Festival
  http://www.canadadance.ca/
  Links page: http://www.canadadance.ca/english/links/links.cfm
• Dfdanse, Le magazine de la danse actuelle
  http://www.dfdanse.com/liens.html
  Links page: http://www.dfdanse.com/
• France Danse
  http://www.france-danse.com
• The Dance Centre
  http://www.thedancecentre.ca/
  Links page: http://www.thedancecentre.ca/index.php?option=com_weblinks&Itemid=4
• World Wide Dance UK
  http://www.worldwidedanceuk.com/
• DanceHelp.com: A compilation of dance articles, dance tips, news, forums, dance listings, and educational information for the aspiring and professional dancer.
  www.dancehelp.com

 

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