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Welcome to the FSU Libraries' guide to Dance research and resources. Use the tabs at the top to navigate through the resources. Please contact me with any questions or if you would like to suggest resources to be added to the guide. Enjoy!

Paloma Herrera in Swan Lake. Photo: MIRA (Source: American Ballet Theatre)

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Call Numbers

Use the Library of Congress Classification Outline to browse for serendipitous discovery of books in your subject area. Here are the call number ranges for dance:

GV 1585 - Dictionaries, encyclopedias
GV 1587 - Terminology, abbreviations, notation
GV 1587.5 - Directories
GV 1588 - Philosophy (and theory)
GV 1589- Study and teaching
GV 1590-GV 1594 - General works
GV 1595 - Special aspects of the subject as a whole
GV 1596 - Pictorial works
GV 1596.5 - Juvenile works
GV 1597 - Dancing as a profession
GV 1600 - Dance criticism, appreciation
GV 1645-GV 1728 - Dance history (and historical dance)
GV 1743 - National dances. Folk dances and dancing (General)
GV 1746-GV 1771 - Social dancing. Ballroom dancing
GV 1781-GV 1795 - Theatrical dancing (Biography: GV 1785)
GV 1796 - Special dances.
M 1450 - Dance music
M 1520 - M 1526 Ballets (full scores, piano scores, excerpts)
QM 1- QM 511 - General human anatomy
QP 1 - QP 345 - General physiology
RC489.D3 & RJ505.D3 - Dance Therapy

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Key Resources

Dance in Video
Dance in Video contains dance productions and documentaries by many influential performers and companies of the 20th century, available online in streaming video. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as pioneers of modern concert dance.
Oxford Dictionary of Dance
Online reference book. Only 5 seats are available at a time. If you are receiving a log in message, all seats are full. Please check back later or look for the print version on the shelf at Strozier.
International Encyclopedia of Dance
Online encyclopedia published by Oxford. 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.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
Description: International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles.
International Index to the Performing Arts
IIPA draws its current content from more than 130 international performing arts periodicals from 9 countries, and also indexes feature performing arts articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Indexing 1998 - present (plus 89,464 retrospective citations from 46 periodicals, dating back to 1864).
SPORTDiscus Select
Description: Indexes the world's practical and research literature dealing with all sport and fitness disciplines, including dance. It covers over1000 sport periodicals from 1949-
Physical Education Index
Description: Subject index to domestic and foreign periodicals that are published in English. Coverage includes dance, health, physical education, physical therapy, recreation, sports, sports medicine, physical fitness, rehabilitation, and sport psychology. Coverage is from 1970 to the present.

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Citation Guide

Citation Research Guide
Use the FSU Libraries Citation Research Guide to to find more information and examples of how to cite your sources in Chicago, MLA, and APA.
Citation Management Tools
Find more information and links to tools to help you organize and format citations, such as RefWorks, Zotero, and EndNote.

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Subject Headings

Here are a few subject headings you can use to search the catalog for books and journals about dance.

Art and dance

Dance – Philosophy

Dance -- Religious aspects

Dance -- Study and teaching

Modern dance -- Study and teaching (Higher) – Methodology

Body language

Performing arts

Dance -- Sociological aspects

Modern dance

Choreography – Philosophy

Movement (Philosophy)

Movement, Aesthetics of

Dance – History

Choreography

Dance -- Anthropological aspects

Human beings -- Attitude and movement

Dance -- Study and teaching – Periodicals

Religious dance -- History

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Visual & Performing Arts Librarian

Jessica Evans Brady

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Visual & Performing Arts Librarian
Strozier Library, Scholars Commons
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee, FL 32306
*on leave until August 2013*
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Art History, Studio Arts, Museum Studies, Art Education, Arts Administration, Art Therapy, Theatre, Dance, Interior Design

Education:
MA, MS(LIS)