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Below you'll find many online resources about dance, from dance techniques to dance schools and companies.

• Local
  
  • Ballet Theater of Maryland
  • Doug Hamby Dance
    A professional dance company in residence at UMBC.
  • National Tap Ensemble - Hagerstown, MD
  • The Washington Ballet
  
  
• National
  
  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - New York, NY
  • American Ballet Theatre (ABT) - New York, NY
  • Limón Dance Company & Foundation - New York, NY
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company - New York, NY
  • New York City Ballet
  • Paul Taylor Dance Company - New York, NY
  
  
• International
  
  • Ballet Companies
    Comprehensive listing of companies from around the world.
  • Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
  • The Kirov Ballet
  • Mariinsky Theatre Ballet Company

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• The Institute for Historical Dance Practice
  Includes links to Renaissance, Baroque, English Country, and early modern dance resources as well as other historical dance pages, general dance directories, and dance quotes. Offers bibliographies, discographies, and links to related sites.

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• American Dance Festival
• American Dance Guild
• American Dance Therapy Association
• Columbia Festival of the Arts - Columbia, MD
• Dance Educators of America
• Maryland Council for Dance
• Maryland State Arts Council
• National Association of Schools of Dance
• National Dance Week

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• Ballet.co Magazine
  Based in the U.K.
• CultureKiosque
  Offers worldwide coverage of the best in ballet, modern, and contemporary dance.
• Dance Magazine
• Dance Spirit Magazine
• DanceTeacher Magazine
• Pointe Magazine Online
• Stage Directions

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• Artslynx International Dance Resources
  Dance Links, Ballet Links, and other resources organized into accessible link libraries.
• Cyber Dance
  Links to classical ballet and modern dance resources.
• Dance Links
  Links to dance information in the Baltimore-Washington area.
• Dance Notation Bureau
  Works to advance the art of dance through the use of a system of notation. DNB creates dance scores using the symbol system called Labanotation.
• Dance USA
  Festivals, fashions, and local dance information.
• DC Dance
  Lots of information on Ballroom and Latin dance in the Washington, DC area.
• Gaynor Minden
  Includes links to Online Resources, and a history of Pointe.

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• Broadway Dance Center - New York, NY
• College & University Degree Programs
  Directory listing colleges and universities with dance programs.
• Jazz Dance World Congress - Evanston, IL
  A five-day event celebrating the uniquely American art form of jazz dance.
• Steps on Broadway - New York, NY
  Provides class schedules, rates, and faculty listings.

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• Ballet
  
  • All About Pointe
    Information on pointe shoes, as well as a history of the technique.
    
    
  • The Art of Ballet
    Includes photos, info on technique, clip art, and more.
    
    
  • Ballet Dictionary
    An "interactive resource designed to bring dance to the Web and make it accessible to everyone. ... This is not a comprehensive list of ballet terms and forms." Many terms are demonstrated with small videos featuring American Ballet Theatre Company dancers. Browsable alphabetically. From the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
    
    
  • Studio to Stage
    Educational website about all aspects of Ballet Dancing.
  
  
• Ballroom
  
  • An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920
    Collection of materials relating to ballroom dance. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
    
    
  • Ballroom Dance Resource
    Extensive information for beginning and experienced ballroom dance enthusiasts. Offers a history of and instruction in the waltz, tango, foxtrot, Viennese waltz, cha cha, rumba, salsa, east and west coast swing, and the lindy hop. Includes video clips demonstrating various steps. Also included are Technical Tips, a discussion forum, glossaries of terms and abbreviations, and FAQs.
  
  
• Jazz & Tap
  
  • Jazz and Tap Dance
  • International Tap Association
  • 3D Dance Network
    Tap graphics/sounds, products, news and events.
  
  
• Modern
  
  • Butoh Net: The World of Butoh Dance
    "Butoh is a contemporary avant-garde dance form which originated in Japan and which was first performed there in 1959. It combines dance, theater, improvisation and influences of Japanese traditional performing arts with German Expressionist dance ... and performance art to create a unique performing art form. ..." Includes an international calendar of butoh performances and classes, links to essays on the dance form, and a directory of teachers and performance artists.
    
    
  • A Dancer's Journal: Learning to Perform the Dances of Martha Graham
    Interactive site providing a look at the life of Martha Graham (the "mother of modern dance" and founder of the "oldest modern dance company in the world") as depicted in the journal of a new dancer in the company. Includes photos, music and video clips, news clippings, and related material. From ArtsEdge (National Arts and Education Network), a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    
    
  • Free to Dance
    Explores "the crucial role that African-American choreographers and dancers have played in the development of modern dance as an American art form." Includes a timeline (1619-2001), historical and thematic essays, biographies of African-American dancers, recommended resources, and lesson plans. Online companion to PBS film of the same title, this site also contains transcripts of interviews with those featured in the program.
  
  
• Other
  
  • Dance Style Locator
    Collection of illustrated descriptions of dance styles from around the world, such as masked dances of Liberia, capoeira (Brazil), kathak (India), Yup'ik Eskimo dance, Afro-Cuban folkloric dance, and hula.
    
    
  • Sapphire Swan Dance Directory
    Resources organized by type of dance: Ballet, Ballroom, Cajun, Contra, Flamenco, Folk, Morris, Modern, Salsa, Square, Swing and Lindy, Tango, Zydeco, and more. Also covers books, schools, supplies, and other directories and guides.

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• Capezio Dancewear
• Dance Horizons
  Dance books and videos. Part of the Princeton Book Company.
• Discount Dance Supply

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