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History of Dance Research Guide:
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Your textbook covers many topics in dance history and world dance. Use your textbook to gather ideas and concepts for further searches in books for background information, library catalogs, periodical databases and the World Wide Web. Page numbers listed below refer to the 3rd edition of History of the Dance in Art and Education (located on the 3rd Floor at the call number, 793.309 K91h 1997).


Your book mentions:
Persons associated with dance
Dance companies
[ diamond ]Jean-Baptiste Lully, pp. 72-76
[ diamond ]Serge Diaghileff, pp. 90-91
[ diamond ]John Cage, p. 201
 [ diamond ]New York City Ballet, pp. 151-54
[ diamond ]American Ballet Theater, pp. 225-56
[ diamond ]Dance Theater of Harlem, pp. 250-51
Ethnic and folk dance
Forms of dance
[ diamond ]Indonesian dance, pp.256-56
[ diamond ]Japanese dance, pp. 257-59
[ diamond ]African dance, pp. 35-6
[ diamond ]Indian dance, pp. 259-60
 [ diamond ]Peasant dances (couple dance, round dance), pp. 62-63
[ diamond ]Courtly dance (pavane, galliard, allemande, gigue), pp. 262-64
[ diamond ]Social dance (Virginia reel, country jig, shakedown), pp. 101-03
[ diamond ]Ballroom dancing, p. 264
[ diamond ]Dance as performance (ballet, tap dance, avant garde dance), pp.141-58, pp. 196-97, pp. 266-67
Social and cultural events associated with dance
Other performing arts closely related to dance
 
[ diamond ]Celebrations (weddings, coronations, commemorations)
[ diamond ]Religion and dance (early Christian dance, dance processions), pp. 53-57
[ diamond ]Court entertainments (equestrian ballet, moresca, pageants), pp. 67-70
 [ diamond ]Music performances (opera) pp. 74-75, 85-88
[ diamond ]Theater performances (Greek theater, roman theater, miracle plays, mintrel shows, Black Crook) pp. 42-46, pp. 47-50, pp. 105-06, p. 100

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Use the Notes at the end of each chapter of your textbook:
      [ diamond ]Check the Northwest Missouri State University Library Catalog to find out whether Owens Library has any of the books or periodical titles listed in the end-of-chapter Notes.
  [ diamond ]Interlibrary loan those books or articles not available in Owens Library

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Use the bibliography at the end your textbook:
      [ diamond ]Check the Northwest Missouri State University Library Catalog to find out whether Owens Library has any of the books or periodical titles listed in the bibliography.
  [ diamond ]Interlibrary loan those books or articles not available in Owens Library.

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Revised (February 11, 2009)
Created (December 2001)
Current Author: Frank Baudino
Links Verified (November 2008)