This website is for instructing “New Jersey students in grades K through 4 in New Jersey History and Social Studies.”
Subject: Our World–North America–USA–History & People; Our World–North America–USA–50 States–N-P–New Jersey
American Ballet Theatre
ABT homepage featuring a ballet dictionary, company archives with information on past shows and coreographers, dancer bios, and a variety of other information about the company.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance
CyberDance Ballet on the Net
This is a good site for updated information on ballet companies, dance education, news, people, organizations, international information and links to other dance related sites. There are links to ballet company web pages and biographies and photographs of dancers. There is also a glossary of dance related terms.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance
An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals ca. 1490 – 1920
An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals ca. 1490 – 1920
A “collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress” spanning 400 years with “75 video clips that illustrate portions of the Dance Instruction Manuals.” Includes “antidance manuals, histories, treatises on etiquette… historical information on theatrical dance,” and more.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance
American Ballet Theatre – Ballet Dictionary
American Ballet Theatre – Ballet Dictionary
The American Ballet Theatre’s dictionary of ballet terms. Site features a video accompaniment for many of the entries, including demonstrations of dance movements. Video viewing requires QuickTime plug-in.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance
PowWows.com
Discusses the history, etiquette, costumes, drums, and music of Pow Wow dancing. It has articles that describe specific women’s dances and men’s dances. It also features a calendar of events.
Subject: Social Sciences–Ethnicity, Culture, And Race–Native American; Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance
Free to Dance
Free to Dance chronicles the role of African American dancers and choreographers in the United States. It includes a timeline and biographies.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance; Sports, Entertainment, And Arts–Arts–Dance; School And Homework Help–Homework Help–Subject Area Help–History
The Pontic Music Homepage
History and audio relating to the Greeks of Pontos who were settled mostly in Macedonia after the 1922 Treaty of Lausanne. Instruments including the kemenche, a type of lyra, and the tulum, a type of bagpipe, are discussed as well as dance forms including dipat, kochari, and serra.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance; Entertainment & Leisure–Music–Performance–Instruments; Entertainment & Leisure–Music–Genres–World; Social Sciences–Ethnicity, Culture, And Race–European/European-American
Renaissance Dance
“Here you will find information on everything to do with European dance from the 15th to early 17th centuries.” This site includes drawings and photographs from primary and secondary sources and a comprehensive bibliography.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance
Broadway.com: Broadway Buzz
Site provides “editorial coverage of theater on the web, including the latest news, interviews with actors and playwrights, opening-night coverage, original theater reviews and video features” as well as “current box office results, show synopses, credits and biographies and in-depth Tony Awards coverage.”
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Drama & Performance (Theater & Stagecraft); Arts & Humanities–Fine Arts–Performing Arts–Dance; Entertainment & Leisure–Music–Performance