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ance is a topic that can foster many more than 200 different publications. The Ddifferent types of research, reaching content is searchable by citation fields as from historical topics to scientific ones. well as keyword, research methods and This makes it a fascinating topic for librar- techniques, populations served, and more. ians, who may find themselves supporting The site also includes a tutorial to help a broad range of researchers and projects researchers get started using the database. while working with dance resources. As with While full access requires a subscription, many research topics, there are a number the search features for DELRdi citations of online resources that can help you to re- are freely available online, making this a spond to patron requests and guide research helpful resource even for those without a about dance. Moreover, as a performing art, subscription. Access: https://www.ndeo.org many online resources can prove particu- /content.aspx?page_id=1106&club larly valuable for dance scholarship since _id=893257. they make it possible to find images and • Bureau (DNB). This videos that offer a unique way for users to website collects an array of dance notation learn to dance or research dance topics for resources, including online tools for notation, academic purposes. digitized books on the topic, and more. It also has a related YouTube presence, which Reference and research resources includes performance recordings and train- • American Theatre’s Bal- ing videos. Included within the resources let Dictionary. This reference resource are a tutorial on the basics of the Labanota- provides clear and concise definitions of tion form of dance notation and the DNB the important terms of Ballet. In addition Notated Theatrical Catalog, which to the definition, each term also has an is a searchable database of the most fre- accompanying audio clip with the cor- quently requested of DNB’s large collection rect pronunciation for the term. A good of Labanotated dance scores. Access: http:// source for authoritative definitions on- dancenotation.org/catalog/. line. Access: https://www.abt.org/explore /learn/ballet-dictionary/. • Dance Education Literature and Research Descriptive Index (DELRdi). Created and maintained by the National Carli Spina is associate professor and head of Research Dance Education Organization, this search- and Instructional Services at the FIT Library, email: [email protected] able database indexes dance literature from 1926 to the present, including content from © 2020 Carli Spina

July/August 2020 353 C&RL News Discussion list lished, the Dance • ACRL Arts Dance Librarians Discus- Studies Associa- sion Group Email List. This email discus- tion provides on- sion list from ACRL’s Dance Librarians Discus- line access to the sion Group offers a means of connecting with proceedings of all dance librarians and other librarians who are conferences from interested in, or work with, dance materials. 1982 to 2018, in- The list is open to all, and the archive is cluding keynotes, programs, and awards publicly available to nonmembers. Access: speeches. Many focus on specialized themes https://lists.ala.org/sympa/info/dance. such as appropriation and dance dramaturgy. From the 2019 conference on, presenters are Scholarly journals, periodicals, and instead encouraged to submit their work conference proceedings to Dance Research journal. Access: https:// • Conversations Across the Field of dancestudiesassociation.org/publications Dance Studies. As an annual online publi- /conference-proceedings. cation from the Dance Studies Association, • The International Journal of this peer-reviewed journal focuses on a dif- Screendance. This peer-reviewed journal ferent theme each year, with content curated publishes scholarly research and reviews by a guest editor. In addition to articles, it on all topics related to screendance, which frequently includes works in other formats, refers to dance that is created including reviews, conversations, poems, and specifically to be recorded and displayed on more. Some of their issues have been associ- the screen. All issues of this journal from ated with specific conferences or events in the volume 9 are published on an open ac- past. Access: https://dancestudiesassociation. cess basis, and these issues and others are org/publications/conversations-across freely available online. It is the first journal -the-filed-of-dance-studies. on this specific topic and is an important • Dance Index. Initially running from resource for scholars of this subset of dance 1942 to 1948 and revived in 2017, this jour- research. Access: https://screendancejournal. nal publishes original scholarly research on org/index. a wide range of dance topics. Though the • Journal of Movement Arts Literacy modern run is only available by subscription, Archive. Covering the research, pedagogy, free, searchable, full-text access to all issues and practice of all forms of human move- from the 1940s is available online, making ment, including dance, this peer-reviewed this is a useful historical resource about journal makes all articles available on an dance scholarship during this period. Access: open access basis. It regularly publishes https://www.eakinspress.com/danceindex/. articles about dance/movement notation. Ac- • Dance Research. This peer-reviewed, cess: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/jmal/. scholarly journal from the Society for Dance Research is published on a biannual basis Popular magazines and features research on all types of dance • Dance International. Covering both contemporary and historical. Though dance worldwide, this magazine, which is ex- the journal is subscription-based, it offers clusively web-based as of January 2020, has free access to some articles on its website features, re- and makes all of its review content freely views, and available, making it a valuable collection more on development resource. Access: https://www. both clas- euppublishing.com/loi/drs. sical and topics. The • Dance Studies Association Confer- magazine also publishes seasonal reports on ence Proceedings. Though no longer pub- dance in major cities around the world with

C&RL News July/August 2020 354 a strong Canadian focus due to it being a “step into the shoes of dancers from across Canadian-based publication. Access: https:// the country who dare to imagine what it danceinternational.org/. would look like if their city could dance.” • . With an audience Each short episode offers a glimpse into of both aspiring and professional dancers, dance in one particular city in the United this magazine covers all types of dance. It States. Two seasons are currently available for provides free online access to articles on free online with a third on the way. Access: dance news, career advice, health topics, https://www.wgbh.org/if-cities-could-dance. audition guides, as well as a performance cal- • Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive. endar. The magazine also has an active social Jacob’s Pillow is a dance education and media presence, including a YouTube chan- performance center in the Berkshires region nel, where new videos are posted frequently. in Western Massachusetts, which hosts an The magazine’s searchable guide to college annual dance festival. Preservation and edu- dance programs is also available on the site. cation are core pieces of their mission, which Access: https://www.dancemagazine.com/. has led them to create a number of impres- • Pointe Magazine. Devoted solely sive online resources. This site collects and to ballet, Pointe Magazine posts an array makes searchable videos of performances of content on their website for free, which going back to the 1930s. In addition, the site ranges from has curated playlists of videos on particular detailed ad- topics and multimedia essays on themes vice about within dance that are created by guest cura- technique to tors. There is also a fun Guess Game fea- the latest news on performances by impor- ture, which allows users to test their dance tant ballet companies. The site has sections knowledge. Access: https://danceinteractive. devoted to technique, health, career, and jacobspillow.org/. audition listings. Access: https://www.poin- • Numeridanse. Available in both temagazine.com/. French and English, this site collects more than 3,500 videos related to dance. It features Video content performances, interviews, and documentaries • Alvin Ailey American Dance The- with an educational focus. It has specific ater YouTube Channel. This YouTube content aimed at children and young students channel from the Alvin Ailey American Dance in the Tadaam! Section, which is intended Theater features a mix of performance clips, for use by teachers. All styles and types of behind the scenes footage, and interviews. dance are included. Access: https://www. Access: https://www.youtube.com/user numeridanse.tv/. /AileyOrganization/. • Bhutan Dance Project. Created as a Historical resources and archival collaboration between Core of Culture and collections the New York Public Library, this digital • An American Ballroom Companion: collection of videos aims to preserve the Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490 Kingdom of Bhutan’s dance traditions. Vid- to 1920. This digitized collection from the eos depict dance performances and events Library of Congress features more than 200 recorded in Bhutan and the associated meta- ballroom or manuals, starting data offers additional details about the peo- with one that was published prior to 1500. ple, places, and events in the videos. Access: In addition to these instruction manuals, the https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections collection includes notated music, etiquette /bhutan-dance-project-core-of-culture#/. books, and 75 videos with examples of • If Cities Could Dance. This series social dances, as well as a bibliography of from KQED Arts & Culture lets the audience additional resources on the topic. Access:

July/August 2020 355 C&RL News https://www.loc.gov/collections/dance cluding full text of many writings. It also -instruction-manuals-from-1490-to-1920 provides access to dance capsules of 86 /about-this-collection/. of Cunningham’s works, which aim to • Dance Heritage Video Archive. digitally preserve these works. The related Originally begun as the Dance Heritage Co- YouTube channel also features interviews, alition’s Dance Preservation and Digitization rehearsals, and performances. Access: https:// Project, this archive of dance performance www.mercecunningham.org/. videos is now available through the Univer- • Pioneers of Chinese Dance. Created sity of Southern California Digital Library. A in 2014 by the University of Michigan Asia significant number of the more than 1,000 Library with support from the Lieberthal- videos are available to view online, though Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Center some do have access restrictions. The focus for World Performance Studies, and Insti- of the collection is on preserving “cultur- tute for Research on Women and Gender, ally significant recordings that document this digital collection provides access to global and U.S. dance traditions, creative 1,500 photographs of 20th-century Chinese work by outstanding choreographers and dancers. Most of the items come directly performers, and performances that helped from the dancers themselves. The detailed to advance the art form.” Access: http:// metadata for items “include biographi- digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/landingpage cal narratives and information gathered /collection/p15799coll105. from historical sources and oral history • Dance Oral History Project. Cre- interviews.” Access: https://quod.lib.umich. ated and run by the Jerome Robbins Dance edu/d/dance1ic. Division at the New York Public Library, the Dance Oral History Project has been record- Professional associations ing interviews with an array of dancers, • Dance Studies Association. Created choreographers, and those working in close in 2017 from the merger of the Congress on with them in an effort to record Research in Dance and the Society of Dance the and offer researchers History Scholars, the Dance Studies Associa- access to important primary information. tion is a membership association of scholars, Though the full content is not available educators, and practitioners of dance. It online, excerpts from many interviews are publishes a number of academic resources, available online. Access: https://www.nypl. including the Studies in Dance History book org/oral-history-project-dance. series, the Dance Research Journal, and • Jacob’s Pillow Archive. The archive other resources noted above. It also hosts of Jacob’s Pillow includes a wide range of conferences and publishes job opportunities, materials from correspondence to hundreds CFPs, and a curated list of external resources of costume pieces, all of which is searchable covering all aspects of dance studies. Access: online. Though not all items have been digi- https://dancestudiesassociation.org/. tized, a significant number of photographs, • International Association for Dance posters, letters, and performance programs Medicine & Science. Bringing both medical have been and are available for online brows- and dance professionals together, this asso- ing and searching. Access: https://archives. ciation offers a number of useful resources, jacobspillow.org/. including the Bulletin for Teachers, which • Merce Cunningham Trust. This site brings scientific research to bear on dance centers on the works and philosophy of education and performance topics, and Re- Mercier Philip “Merce” Cunningham, an source Papers on a number of related top- American choreographer and dancer. It ics. It also features job postings and curated collects historical information about his content for students and teachers. Access: works, writings, and collaborators, in- http://www.iadms.org.

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