Collections from American Memory:
An American Ballroom Companion Dance Instruction Manuals: 1490-1920
General Dance
Festival of modern dance : Myra Kinch & group.
Festival of modern dance - Myra Kinch & group : Music by Manuel Galea.
Myra Kinch & group in concert of modern dance now!.
Imperial Japanese dance / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, W.K.L. Dickson.
[Dance card for Lincoln's inaugural ball, 1861].
Sioux ghost dance / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, W.K.L. Dickson.
Buffalo dance / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, W.K.L. Dickson.
Spanish dancers at the Pan-American Exposition / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
[Politician, John Richert and Mrs. Leonora Meder dancing].
Bowery waltz / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, William Heise.
Special performance festival of American dance featuring "An American exodus".
The broom dance at the square dance.Pie Town, New Mexico. The extra girl or man dances around with a broom for a partner. Then drops broom loudly; everyone must change partners and the one left out in the exchange must then dance with the broom
[Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Combat Team at dance, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with Japanese American girls from Jerome and Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas: Dancing a slow dance]
[Large group, mostly men, surrounds couples jitterbug dancing on a dance floor, with a photographer in the foreground and the audience in raised seating on the left] / photo by Alan Fisher.
[Dancers in the Russian Festival of Music and Dance performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City]
[Woman in dance costume dancing on flower]
[Bent Creek Ranch Square Dance Team dancing at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina]
[Soco Gap Junior Square Dance Team dancing at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina]
[Enka Square Dance Team dancing at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina]
Bedouin maiden dancing "the sword dance"
[Balinese girls dance the rejang, a sacred ceremonial dance, in procession]
[Audrey Hepburn dancing with a man at a dance studio] / Theisen.
Cuban dancers on stilts dance around Old Havana, Cuba
[Scene from "Follow the Fleet"; Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in ballroom dance pose (FT200)]
The last ball of the season / A. Hoppin.
A ball-room scene in colonial days--our great-grand-parents were young once too
Fighting for the floor
[Vernon Blythe Castle, 1887-1918, and wife, Irene, full length portrait, in dancing pose]
[Vernon Blythe Castle, 1887-1918, and Irene (wife), full length portrait, in dancing pose]
The great Russian ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863 [Military men and women dancing, New York City, at ball in honor of the visit of Russian warship]
The inaugural charity ball
[Sailors aboard the OLYMPIA waltzing at tiffin time]
Charity ball / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Meyer's Dance Hall & Saloon, Shingle Spring Road, Coloma, El Dorado, CA
Dance Hall, South Pass Avenue & Dakota Street, South Pass City, Fremont, WY
Ballet
[Ballet dancers, a woman and a man, wearing dancing tights, posing by the barre in a dance studio].
[Helen Spangler wearing ballet slippers standing in a ballet position in corner of room].
[Five young women performing a ballet dance in a room].
Montgomery Ballet performs "A New Ballet by Paul Gilliam" at the Davis Theatre in downtown Montgomery, Alabama
Corps de Ballet of N.Y.C. Ballet Co. in Central Park / photograph by Ernst Beadle.
Alicia Alonso (left) and Muriel Bentley, of the Ballet Theater, in a scene from Fall River Legend, a 1948 ballet by Agnes de Mille based on the 19th century murder trial of Lizzie Borden
Tropical ballet tries classic New York, N.Y. --a group of the Katherine Dunham dancers are shown in mid-air during a rehearsal of the classical ballet, "Mozart's Sonata in D Major," which they will present at the annual dinner of the Spanish Refugee Appeal, at the Waldorf-Astoria, March 18 / Wide World photos.
Ballet dancer. Ballet dancer at National Theater II
[New York City Ballet performing "The Nutcracker"]
[Ballet scene from "Three cornered hat"] / photograph by Baron Photo Centre Ltd., 2. Brick Street, Park Lane, W.1.
[Ballet scene from Hamlet] / Tunbridge Ltd. Axtell House, Warwick St. W.1.
New York City ballet Cleveland Opera Association presents first time in Cleveland Music Hall - 4 performances / / Dick Dodge.
Ballets russes de Monte-Carlo Directeur général: W. de Basil - Directeur artistique: René Blum / / André Masson -33-.
[Symphonic variations] / copyright photograph by Richardby Photo Centre Ltd., 2 Brick Street, Park Lane, W.1.
[Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes in Dante Sonata] / photo by Anthony.
Mme. Ferraris, dans le ballet des elfes / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry.
Ballet school for baby ballerinas
[Edward Villella, mid-air leap, in costume for his role as the Peppermint Stick in Tschaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" as performed by the New York City Ballet at City Center]
An Albertina Rasch ballet rehearsing on beach at Santa Monica, Calif. - Dimitry Tiomkin at piano in center of the group
Georgia, Transcaucasia, Russia: Georgian Ballet School - group in dancing pose
United Arab Republic Ballet principals: Diana Hakak
Ballet rehearsals, New York City, ca. 1916: [Unidentified group of 6 women & 2 men]
Ballet rehearsals, New York City, ca. 1916: Washington Square Players at Comedy Theatre, 41st St. near 6th Ave.
Ballet Russe practicing
Mrs. Galanta Ballet Russe
Ballet school, Wash. Sq. players
Rasch (ballet)
Tap Dancing
Tap Dance (Recording)
Women dancers / photo by Harry M. Rhoads.
Tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa.
Tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa.
Tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa.
Tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa.
A tap dancer / Albert Smith.
Jazz Dance
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947].
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947].
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947].
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947].
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947].
[Portrait of Larry Adler and Paul Draper, City Center, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947].
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3 New Dances Given By Martha Graham [clipping]
A unique dance by Martha Graham [clipping]
Barnyard waltz [sheet music]
Beautiful Venice waltz [sheet music]
Cupid waltzes [sheet music]
Evening waltz [sheet music]
Missouri waltz [sound recording]
Phroso waltzes [sound recording]
New Dance Group Collection [collection]
John Herbert McDowell Collection [collection]
Ruth St. Denis Collection [collection]
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Famous Dance Studios/Companies:
Parsons Dance (Company)
Alvin Ailery American Dance Theatre
New York City Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
American Ballet Theatre
Dance Studios/Companies in Illinois:
Heinze Dance Academy (Quincy)
Cheryl Loatsch Studio (Quincy)
Vancil Performing Arts Center (Quincy)
Classical Dance Academy (Pekin)
Peoria Ballet (Peoria)
Just Dance Home of Water Street Dance Company (Washington)
Dance Creations Dance Studio (Springfield)
Capital Elite All Stars (Springfield)
Springfield Ballet Company (Springfield)
Champaign Urbana Ballet (Champaign)
ABC Dance Academy in Chicago
Joffrey Ballet (Chicago)
Illinois Dance Academy (Joliet)
Vaughan Dance Academy (Plainfield)
Universities/Colleges with Dance Schools/Programs:
Illinois State University- College of Fine Arts
Northwestern University - School of Communication
Southern Illinois University -Edwardsville - College of Arts & Science
University of Illinois Department of Dance
Columbia College Chicago
Books:
A Dictionary of Dance by Liz Murphy ~ ISBN-10: 1593546130 or ISBN-13: 978-1593546137
Dance (DK Eyewitness Books) by Andre Grau ~ ISBN-10: 0756610656 or ISBN-13: 978-0756610654
Meet the Dancers: From Ballet, Broadway, and Beyond by Amy Nathan ~ ISBN-10: 0805080716 or ISBN-13: 978-0805080711
A Young Dancer: The Life of an Ailey Student by Valerie Gladstone (author) and Jose Ivey (photographer) ~ ISBN-10: 0805082336 or ISBN-13: 978-0805082333
Let's Dance: Learn to Swing, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, Line Dance, Lambada, Cha-Cha, Waltz, Two-Step, Jitterbug and Salsa With Style, Elegance and Ease [Hardcover] by Paul Bottomer ~ ISBN-10: 1579120466 or ISBN-13: 978-1579120467
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing, DVD Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to) [Paperback] by Jeffrey Allen ~ ISBN-10: 1592575773 or ISBN-13: 978-1592575770
Jump Into Jazz: The Basics and Beyond for Jazz Dance Students [Paperback] by Minda Goodman Kraines ~ ISBN-10: 0072844043 or ISBN-13: 978-0072844047
Teaching Dance: The Spectrum of Styles [Paperback] by Elizabeth Gibbons ~ ISBN-10: 1434312062 or ISBN-13: 978-1434312068
Videos:
Martha Graham- An American Original in Performance (2002)
Lester Horton Technique: Intermediate Level (2004)
Dancing for Kids (Baby Ballet/Tot Tap/Junior Jazz) (2003)
The Video Dictionary of Classical Ballet (1985) |
