Dance Appreciation

Dance Collection Danse  

http://www.dcd.ca/

This site features Canadian dancers. It is still in the development stage. Under education see the Exhibitions section for extensive information about a few artists (Encore Encore) as well as biographies of some artists (Pages of History) 



Choreme
http://www.choreme.ca/
From l’École supérieure de ballet contemporain - it links to the library catalogue and has information on a variety of Quebec artists, works and companies.

Great Performances : Free to Dance
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/
From PBS – based on the series – excellent information and links about black dance in America

PBS Great Performances – Dance
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/genre/dance.html
links to performances featured on the series, with excellent background information

Timeline of Ballet History
http://michaelminn.net/andros/index.php?history
This timeline of ballet history gives information from its beginnings through to the 20th century.

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Many videos are available on YouTube . Some school boards block this site so you will not be able to access it. Here is a sampling of what you can find:

Classical Dance

An excerpt from Le Corsair with Rudolph Nureyev
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wvwPo899bE

An excerpt from Romeo and Juliet with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl7zsvLayKo

Grand pas de quatre by the Cuban National Ballet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqx1aOR0luQ

Modern Dance

Excerpts from Revelations by the Alvin Ailey Dance Company
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJzSP7irwM

Excerpts from Black Tuesday by Paul Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve79_wib-kM

Hip Hop

Hip Hop Dance Competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FX_NFOgQEU

Swing Dance

Fast Swing Dancing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJj0mNNe1Y