Dance: History and Performance
Dancers spend endless hours a day perfecting their craft, but you don’t need toil quite as hard for good dance information online. Delve into dance history with pictures, biographies and timelines. Get expert opinions and breaking dance news from arts newspapers and dance magazines. Or buy dance performance tickets and make your own judgments. Then, chat about what you’ve learned with others on dance news and forums.
Expand All Guide SectionsHistory of Dance
Below, you’ll find sources that offer a dance history overview or go into greater depth. ... read more »
Dance News and Reviews
Dance is an international art, and using the Internet as your source for news and reviews puts the world at your fingertips. You’ll find articles on dance news, as well as reviews of performances and companies in both North America and Europe. Take advantage of dance news aggregators that collect dance news, reviews and features from international papers, or visit arts and dance sites that offer original coverage.
Dulcinea's Insight
- Many of the picks below focus on dance performances in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. There are certainly many other cities and towns with thriving dance communities; your local paper online is a good place to search for reviews and news about performances in your area.
- If you’re interested in simply keeping up with the dance community at large, visit a paper from one of the big dance cities. For example, The New York Times collects all of its dance news and reviews on one page, listed newest to oldest. Although the information may be somewhat New York-centric, the Times generally provides good national and international coverage.
- Since dance magazines are published on a monthly basis, the reviews and news you read in one of them may be older than the stories you’ll find in a newspaper or aggregator.
Dulcinea's Picks
For a quick overview …
PlaybillArts
has a dance news section that neatly and attractively lists dance headlines. Click a particular headline to read the whole article. Also visit the “Features” section for more in-depth articles.
For dance news and reviews …
ArtsJournal
is an online aggregator of arts news and reviews. The dance page collects articles from papers around the world, providing easy access to dance news from San Francisco, New York, and London, among other locations.
Danceviewtimes
(DVT) is an online supplement to DanceView, a quarterly dance magazine. It’s formatted as a blog and updated frequently with articles and reviews of dance in New York, Washington, DC, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Look for links to DVT’s writers’ blogs, as well as other dance blogs, on the right sidebar.
Culturekiosque
publishes arts and culture reviews and news in a variety of disciplines, including dance. Unlike ArtsJournal, Culturekiosque produces original content. This page lists international dance articles and organizes them by date. Read up on dance news, reviews, and commentary from readers.
For dance magazines …
Dance Magazine
encompasses jazz, modern, hip hop, ballet, and much more. The Web site features selections from the print issues as well as a college guide, dance blog, calendar of events and performance reviews.
Ballet-Dance Magazine
is a biweekly online magazine. Read reviews covering ballet and dance from all over the country, or explore the gallery and features. You can also view archives from up until 2003.
For ballet news and reviews …
Pointe Magazine
is a bi-monthly magazine for ballet dancers and fans. Not all of the content is available online, but you can read blogs, watch special videos, and access an archive of reviews.
Buying Dance Tickets
Dance is part of an ancient tradition, but you can purchase tickets to a public dance performance ... read more »
Dance Forums and Blogs
Dance is usually a silent art but the sites below provide all the missing dialogue. The following ... read more »
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