Research Guides @ Fordham: Dance: Begin Here

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Welcome to the Dance Research Guide!

This guide gives an overview of resources and information for research about 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.

International Encyclopedia of Dance by Dance Perspectives Staff; Selma Jeanne Cohen (Ed.)
Call Number: REF GV1585.I586 2004 (LC)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Also available electronically (ebook) via the Fordham Library Catalog.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Ed.); John Tyrrell (Ed.)
Call Number: REF ML100 .N48 2001 V. 1-V.29 (RH LC)
New York, NY: Grove Dictionaries, 2001.
2nd edition
Also available electronically (ebook) via the Fordham Library Catalog

Dance Research Guide

Source: Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Jerome Robbins in rehearsal for "The Concert"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1956 - 1958. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abbc97cf-ac0c-9f9d-e040-e00a18063d4e

Jerome Robbins
This year marks the centennial of Jerome Robbins' birth. Explore the many ways Jerome Robbins influenced dance, theater, and film.

Related Research Guides: Theater and Music

New York Times Dance Section

Daily links to new articles published in the New York Times Dance section.

Other Books

Dance on Camera: A Guide to Dance Films and Videos by Louise Spain
Call Number: +GV1595.D342 1998 (RH LC)
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 1998.
Rev. edition
Available in Reference Area
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance by Debra Craine; Judith Mackrell
Call Number: GV1585.C73 2010 (RH)
New York, NY: Oxford Dictionary of Dance, 2010.
2nd edition
Available in Reference Area.