Dance Resources on the Web

Gateway Web Sites | Specific Web Sites | Austin Web Sites |

"Gateway" Web Sites

The following web sites are gateways: collections of dance-related links. In other words, you'll go through a couple of steps to actually get to the information

Dancer Links: Connects to thousands of web resources. Divided into general topics: Education, Research, People, Dance Forms, Organizations. More specific topics are listed under each of these.

Dance Magazine: Dance Magazine's web site includes articles, photos and links to other dance sites.

Yahoo's Dance Links: Lists more than 1700 sites in 40+ categories, from ballet and modern to butoh and capoeira.

Society of Dance History Scholars Online Resources page: Provides links to web resources in dance history, including archives and museums, periodicals, organizations, and specific periods in dance history, such as medieval, baroque, etc.

Southern California Dance Directory, Links with Other Dance on the Net.: Louise Reichlin's site links to comprehensive sites, but also has a nice section on specific cultures.

Specific Dance Web Sites

Archives of the Early Lindy Hop: Judy Pritchett's tribute to the Lindy Hop, which started at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, 1926, in consultation with original Lindy Hopper Frankie Manning. "Lindy Hop became a dance craze worldwide, known as Jitterbug. It evolved into many forms, such as West Coast Swing, Rock'n'Roll, and Boogie Woogie."

CriticalDance Forum: CriticalDance is an international non-profit entity established to support all of the dance arts. This site is a celebration of all facets of dance and ballet and includes photo galleries, external links, an online forum, and articles from the current "Ballet-Dance" magazine containing performance reviews and upcoming performances and conferences.