Dance

With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, the Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.

Covers all aspects of dance performance and the diverse dance world from classical ballet to modern, from flamenco to hip-hop, from tap to South Asian dance forms. Includes detailed entries on technical terms, steps, styles, works, and countries, in addition to many biographies of dancers, choreographers, and companies.

Surveys the emergence of ballet from ancient Asian models to the present, providing overviews of rhythmic movement as a subject of art, photography, and cinema. This reference covers: choreographers, composers, costumers, dance companies, dancers, productions, set designers, techniques, and terminology.

A collection of the verbal language of dance practitioners. Includes the words and phrases of their technical and vernacular languages (which are used to communicate what is essentially a non-verbal activity) that have been collected in rehearsal, classes and workshops by interviews, and from published sources.

Arranged alphabetically from Adolphe Adam to Jiri Kylian, this reference includes entries on individual artists, individual ballets, and on ballet companies.

Encyclopedia showcasing the contribution of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer people to music, dance, and musical theater.

Comprehensive survey of select moments in the development of both American and World dance.
Also in print: GV1601 .M86 2001

This reference is a concise history of all forms of dance. Detailing the development of dance from its earliest beginnings, this guide covers the intersection of dance and religion, social dance, ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, film and theatrical dance, and contemporary dance.

Provides biographical and historical information on a group of African-American artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to legitimize dance of the African diaspora as a serious art form.

This book chronicles one hundred years of dramatic developments in ballet, modern, and experimental dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America.

The development of Western theatrical dance from the Renaissance to the first decades of the 21st century, incorporating the most recent scholarship and projecting trends.
(Also in print: GV1787 .A467 2018)

Showcases a kaleidoscope of contemporary artwork--from photography and sculpture to illustration and design--by world-renowned artists who find inspiration in dance.