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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee
Explains the origin of the Ghost Dance movement and the massacre of the Sioux that happened at Wounded Knee. Includes questions for students.
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Cambridge University: The History of Salsa
A good introduction to the history of Salsa music and dance, covering all the periods of Salsa dance.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Henri Matisse: Dance 1
Features a comprehensive discussion by two art historians of Matisse's painting 'Dance 1', which is considered a Fauve masterpiece.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Eighteenth Century Music and Dance
Site provides lesson that examines the role of dance and music in Colonial Williamsburg. Interactive group activities highlight this lesson.
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Flamenco world.com: Flamenco Dance
This site from Flamenco World.com provides a history of the Flamenco dance containing biographical information of many of Flamenco's greatest performers.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)
The art of medieval India, like the art of medieval Europe, was primarily in the service of religion. The supple and expressive quality of the dancing Shiva is one of the touchstones of South Asian, and indeed, world sculpture. View...
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Keith Haring Foundation: Dance Party
A lesson plan for Grade 5 where they look at Keith Haring's Dance series and create a poster based on it.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: Period 6: 1865 1898
This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History: Period 6: 1865-1898.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Women's Rights
Such social reforms brought many women to a realization of their own unequal position in society. From colonial times, unmarried women had enjoyed many of the same legal rights as men, although custom required that they marry early. With...
Library of Congress
Loc: Eighteenth Centry Dance Instruction Manuals
Primary source documents from the Library of Congress's American Memory collection about how people in the eighteenth century learned to dance. Page through a dozen manuals from the era that give details about how dances and dance...
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Telematique, Inc.: Dance Styles
This site from Telematique, Inc. provides a list of many different dance styles and tells the origin of them.
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Gotta Dance: American Rumba
This site from Gotta Dance offers an easy-to-read history of rumba.
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Reeder's Egypt: Mysterious Muu and the Dance They Do
History and speculation about Ancient Egyptian muu dancers, types of muu dancers and their roles in ancient society.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: History of Dance
This lesson plan has students researching and presenting a cultural dance.
Central Home
Central Home: History of Jazz Dance
Ths site describes the growth and basic elements of jazz music and dance.
Central Home
Central Home: Waltz History
This site describes the emergence and history of the waltz.
Central Home
Central Home: Tango History
The history of the tango is described well. It tells where the tango originated and what it is now. Also, the different styles are explained.
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Swing: Swing Dancing and Web Sites
This site contains links, history of, types of, music of, and books about swing dancing.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Scottish Step Dancing
This interesting ibiblio.org site offers information, history, stories, and more on Scottish step dancing.
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Spectrum Dance Theater
This page describes Spectrum Dance Theater, company history, its mission, initiatives, and core values.
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Taipei Economic & Cultural Office: Art of Chinese Dance
This site from the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Houston has wonderful information on the Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan such as the art of Chinese Dance. The information is somewhat in-depth and is very interesting as...
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Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago
Information about the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Company, includes company history.
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