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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Histories

  • Bremser, Martha. Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. London: Routledge, 1999. (GV 1785 .A1B74 1999/Reference Reading Room)

  • Chujoy, Anatole and Manchester, P.W., Editors. The Dance Encyclopedia. Rev. ed. New York: 1967. (GV 1585 .C47d 1967/Reference Reading Room)

  • Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Ed. David Levinson. 16 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991-96. (GN 307 .E53 1991/Reference Reading Room)
  • For Every area of the world provides details, descriptive information on culture.

  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Rudolph J. Vecoli, Judy Galens, et al., editors. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, c1995. (E 184 .A1G14 1995/ Reference Desk)

  • Grove Art Online (Grove Dictionary of Art)
  • A scholarly encyclopedia covering all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.

  • International Dictionary of Ballet. Edited by Martha Bremser. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993. (GV 1585 .I57 1993/Reference Reading Room)
  • A scholarly, well-illustrated and documented ballet resource.

  • International Dictionary of Modern Dance. Edited by Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf. Detroit, Mich. : St. James Press, c1998. (GV 1585 .B46 1998/Reference Reading Room)

  • International Encyclopedia of Dance: A Project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. Editors Selma Jeanne Cohen, George Dorris, et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 6 vols. (GV1585.I586.1998/Reference Reading Room)
  • The comprehensive, international, scholarly encyclopedia of dance. An excellent place to begin your research, obtain background on people, concepts, movements, forms of dance, countries, discover key articles and books on a topic, find pictures, etc.

  • Magriel, Paul D. Chronicles of the American Dance. New York: Henry Holt, 1948. (GV 1623 .M27c/Reference Reading Room)
  • Covers the early roots of dance in America.

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