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Research in Dance

Dance draws on human emotion and experience to create expression.

Dance scholars drawn on interdisciplinary research to create scholarship and artistic works. Commonly used resources include:

Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
Dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
Performing Arts Database-FullText This link opens in a new window
Indexing, abstracts, and selected full text from scholarly and popular international performing arts periodicals. Subject coverage includes dance, film, television, drama, theatre, stagecraft, musical theatre, broadcast, circus, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, and more. 1864-current
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Journal articles and book reviews in the arts and humanities. Search by topic or use Cited Reference Search to discover what publications have cited a specific article. 1975-current