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Dancing History Online: History of Ballet
Substantive essay on the evolution of ballet as an art and theater form. Includes information on specific composers and performers.
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Ballet Arts School of Dance
This website advertises a school in Westlake,CA. Classes are from pre-ballet through adult. The 4-5 year old class's focus is on basic coordination, stretching, and simple ballet terms.
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American Ballet Theater: Homepage
Official site of one of the United States' largest and oldest classical ballet companies. Includes repertory and performance information as well as photos and biographies of the dancers. A ballet dictionary with videos and photos...
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Ballet Met Columbus: Ballet Notes
This page on the BalletMet Columbus site provides notes on many classical ballets. Also provides biographies on famous ballet choreographers and composers. Click on links for fun ballet games.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Ballet
Meet an expert ballerina to learn what it takes to become a ballet dancer. Find out what gear you will need, safety tips, the basics of ballet dance, and more.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Origins of Ballet
Can you imagine a party where every movement and every visual detail were governed by a complex system of rules and procedures? For centuries, such rituals were commonplace for European nobility. And while they've gone out of fashion, we...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Dancing Towards Dreams
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Yale University
Living Pictures Representing the History of Black Dance
A brief history of black dance in America, includes dance pioneers in jazz dance, ballet, and modern dance.
Black Past
Black Past: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
This brief encyclopedia entry describes the creation and development of the dance company Alvin Ailey began. There is a link to a website that will take you to the theater's web page.
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Houston Ballet
The Houston Ballet's website profiles the classical company's leading dancers and offers information on its current season. Also provides history and information on The Houston Ballet Academy.
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Andros on Ballet: Galina Ulanova (1910 1998)
A description of the dance career of Galina Ulanova. Discusses her training while growing up and some of her performances in later life.
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Netherlands Dance Theater
This site offers information on the unique Holland-based modern dance company and its primary choreographer, Jiri Kylian.
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Ballet Hispanico
This is the main page for the Ballet Hispanico of New York city which works to present and preserve Spanish dance in the United States.
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Frequently Asked Questions: Ballet and Modern Dance
This site, in question and answer format, contains information about the history of and emergence of both ballet and modern dance.
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Ballet Dance Magazine: An Interview With Evelyn Cisneros
An interview with Evelyn Cisneros and with the choreographer of a dance, "Lambarena," created especially for her. In it, Cisneros discusses why she started dance, her early training, and the work that went into "Lambarena."
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Physics of the "Hardest Move" in Ballet
In the third act of "Swan Lake", the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around.. How is this move- which is called a fouette- even...
Library of Congress
Loc: Invitation to the Dance
This site briefly details various artists and group contributions to the history of dance. Includes some information on costume design and dance manuscripts.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
To Dance is a graphical memoir of Siena Cherson Siegel, a young girl growing up in Puerto Rico who eventually came to New York to study with the School of American Ballet. It captures the passion of the artist, as well as the discipline...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson: Telling a Story Through Dance
In this lesson plan from ArtsEdge, students focus on the ballet, "Nutcracker," while learning about storytelling through dance and movement. Provides assessment criteria, a list of sources and links to use for references.
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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens De Montreal
Site offers general information on this contemporary ballet company: biographies and pictures of the dancers, season information, and history.
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Boston Ballet: Homepage
Official site of one of the top ballet companies in the United States. Profiles dancers and staff, includes season and background information as well as photo galleries.
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Miami City Ballet
Official site of the Miami City Ballet listing repertoire, performances, and the roster of dancers.
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Vance Holmes's Fantastic Tap Dance Dictionary
Searchable glossary of terminology common in tap dance, compiled by Vance Holmes, M.F.A., choreographer, and dance educator. Links to other dance and music dictionaries.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: "The Dance Class" by Degas
Information is provided about "The Dance Class," by Edgar Degas (1834-1917 CE), who is thought to have made the painting as a tribute to ballet master Jules Perrot.
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