Dance

This reference tool includes definitions of major ballet terms as well as video demonstrations of some movements.

Gives description and examples of labanotation, a type of dance notation which uses symbols to capture dance steps. This site includes the DNBulletin as well as a link to DNB publications through Princeton Book Company.

Streaming documentary films on the subject of Dance courtesy of Docuseek.

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive is an ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today. Jacob’s Pillow is a National Historic Landmark, a National Medal of Arts recipient, and home to America’s longest running dance festival.

Kennedy Center Resources for Educators Dance Collection is a collection of dance-related lessons for educators.

Numeridanse is a multimedia dance platform. It offers free access to a unique video base: filmed performances, documentaries, interviews, fictions, dance videos. Every single genre, style and form is showcased here: butoh, classical ballet, neo-classical ballet, baroque, Indian, African, flamenco, contemporary, traditional dances, hip-hop, tango, jazz, circus arts, performance, etc.

Encourage and explore the participation, analysis, appreciation, and history of Dance. Students can create diagrams to compare different styles of dance, from clogging to stomping to ballet. Teachers can collaboratively plan interdisciplinary lessons, such as choreographing, graphing, and performing a figure for a square dance, in the Math + Arts collection.