Music Library

Free Dance Web Sites

Dictionaries and Encylopedias

American Ballet Theatre - Ballet Dictionary
http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html This is a link to another web site
The American Ballet Theatre's Online Ballet Dictionary is a self-described "unique interactive resource designed to bring dance to the Web." One hundred and seventy terms, from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet (Dover), are defined, and most terms are demonstrated with photographs or video clips of American Ballet Theatre dancers. This is a wonderful visual introduction to the steps and movements most important to ballet technique and study.

Glossarist.com - Dance: Glossaries and Dance Dictionaries
http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/arts-culture/dance.asp This is a link to another web site
Links to more than 30 glossaries of dance, including glossaries on ballet, flamenco, swing, Irish, and other types of dance, are available from this site.

Off Jazz - Jazz and Tap: Terminology
http://www.offjazz.com/index1a.html This is a link to another web site
Useful lists of jazz and tap terms in French and English can be found in this site. Also included are short video clips on basic jazz and tap steps.

Dance Education Resources (K-12)

Free To Dance - Lesson Plans
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/index.html This is a link to another web site

The Kennedy Center Arts Edge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/ This is a link to another web site
Curricula Lessons and Activities: Performing Arts. This site has more than 67 lesson plans involving dance activities are included here for K-12 teachers.

PBS Teachers - The Arts
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/arts/ This is a link to another web site

PE Central - Dance Lesson Ideas and Plans
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/dance/danceindex.asp This is a link to another web site
This database of lesson plans provides search access by keyword, subcategories, and title of lesson or activity. Results appear with clearly defined age/grade information at the top level.

Dancer Health Resources

American Dance Therapy Association
http://www.adta.org/ This is a link to another web site
Maintaining high standards of professional education and competence in the field of dance/movement therapy.

Dancer.com - Gaynor Minden, Inc.
http://www.dancer.com This is a link to another web site
Manufacturer of pointe shoes publishes this site, which includes the Dancer Links reviewed above. Of note is a useful section on "Health and Safety," including the "Ask a Dance Medicine Expert" column and an article on "Turnout, Tendonitis and Bunions."

International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
http://www.iadms.org This is a link to another web site
Visit this site for the full-text position paper on The Challenge of the Adolescent Dancer and information on other dance medicine publications and issues. Its bulletin board for the dance science, medicine, and education communities contributes to the usefulness of this site.


Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) Online
http://www.limsonline.org/ This is a link to another web site
LIMS Online offers programs and conferences on the science of movement and a link to the corresponding Laban Web ring.