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Additional Guides in the Area of Health, PE Recreation and Dance

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Dance Subject Guide

Research Databases


(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)

Physical Education Index

- GV201 .P534
Physical Education Index provides citation information and abstracts to journal articles about physical education and related disciplines.
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Reference Materials



Dance Words

- GV1585 .P74 1995
A mixture of agreed technical terms, subcultural vernacular expressions and idiosyncratic utterances representing every facet of dance.
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Grey House Performing Arts Directory

- PN1561 .G74
A comprehensive resource covering the Performing Arts. Provides current information for over 8,500 dance companies, orchestras, opera companies, choral groups, theater companies, performing arts series, performing arts facilities, and artist management groups.
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International Dictionary of Ballet

- GV1585 .I57 1993
750 entries covering individual artists (dancers, choreographers, composers, teachers, etc), individual ballets, and ballet companies.
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International Dictionary of Modern Dance

- GV1585 .B46 1998
The International Dictionary of Modern Dance covers all aspects of modern dance through biographies, essays, and overviews of dance development around the world.
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International Encyclopedia of Dance

- GV1585 .I586 1998
A project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. covering individual artists, companies, choreographers and choreographed works, as well as types of dance, music for dance, scenic and costume design, theories of aesthetics and methodologies, and dance films.
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Music and Dance of the World's Religions: a Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography..

- ML128 .S17 R87 1996
Contains some 3,800 references, most briefly annotated, to English-language print resources published mainly since the 1970s, including books and book sections, journal articles, dissertations, and entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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Oxford Dictionary of Dance

- GV1585 .C78 2000
Ranging from the history of music to the changing design of the ballet shoe, the ODD is a comprehensive dictionary compiled by two leading authorities on dance.
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Physical Education Index

- GV201 .P534
Physical Education Index provides citation information and abstracts to journal articles about physical education and related disciplines.
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Health, PE Recreation and Dance Subject Guide Librarian


Fields, Paul

Meeter Center Curator / Theological Librarian

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Hekman Library L422 (616) 526-7041 pfieldsATcalvin.edu

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