At the beginning of 1995 I started navigating the Web and there were very few places listed under "dance" when I tried the different search engines. Now there are 1,660,000,000 entries in the Yahoo Search under Dance, and 476,000,000 under a google search.
Because sites are being added so rapidly, often with a "Link to other Dance" page, I thought I would leave the total indexing to other sites and use this one to introduce you to some of the most comprehensive entries as well as some of the smaller sites that interest me, and perhaps you might find interesting. I will put a few of my own comments to guide you, but as every web browser knows, you are going to find everything from concert dance on a world class level to local classes at colleges, to country western in Hawaii. They range from Morris Dance to hip-hop dance sites. Also a dating service with flashy HTML coding and a dance name, but that one you can find yourself. The emphasis of this list will be on concert dance as opposed to recreational or educational dance, although I am open to adding a few of these. If you have a suggestion for an unusual dance releated link, let me know. You should be able to find others through the links that are comprehensive index sites.
I decided to follow a suggestion from a fellow dancer that as more dance from my part of the country develops Web sites, we might need a special place here for that, so I have added a category for Los Angeles area sites. There is also a fabulous new dance map for Los Angeles dance. Please check the Southern California Dance Directory page for the larger listing of companies in the area. One category here is "Dance Reviewers on the Web." Here in Los Angeles we have been talking about some alternative places for dance reviews for years. I would be interested in hearing of others.
Here are a few from my list of bookmarks. They may be changed as I discover new places, so if you like what you find, create a bookmark NOW.
(This interactive site has recently caught my attention. www.criticaldance.com and www.ballet-dance.com are hosted, maintained, moderated and published by CriticalDance, an international non-profit entity founded for the purpose of promoting and supporting the dance arts, including dance arts professionals, organizations, companies, presenters, writers and audiences. There is quite a variety of dance types covered, and space for you to add your opinions.
(Barry Weiss, a writer with a great sense of humor, includes eight reviews from Los Angeles. For more about this page, please check further along this list under "Los Angeles Dance.")
(Compiled by Meg Wolfe, this is a fabulous tool to finding dance locations in Los Angeles. I have not seen any others like this, and it connects you with many many studios and performance venues.
Ballet
Dance Images
Dance Periodicals and Books >
Dance Reviews on the Web
(The Beverly Hills Outlook is billed as "A Biweekly Review of the Arts and Culture in Southern California." With an on-line circulation of over 210,000 at the beginning of 2003, the paper has critics in all areas of the arts. Their dance reviewer is Diane Monroe, who unlike many dance reviewers actually comes from a professional and educational dance background. She tends to call it as she sees it, and attends and reviews 2 performances in each edition. Thank heavens for another dance reviewer in Southern California. Do we ever need it! In January their annual Awards Edition featured touring as well as some local dance people. As it will only be up for two weeks, and as I see my own name there, here is a listing of the winners and runner-ups. Dancer of the Year: Nagisa Shirai, , Runners up: Cindy Ricalde, Rasta Thomas, Maria Serafica, Val Halon. Dance Ensemble of the Year: Ballet Preljocaj, Runners up: Aeolian Ballet, Jazz Tap Ensemble, Bolshoi Ballet, Inland Pacific Ballet. Choreographer of the Year: Angelin Preljocaj, Runners up: Marat Daukayev, Debbie Allen, Louise Reichlin, Scott Heinzerlin. Performance Artists of the Year: Compania Marta Carrasco.) And now in January 2006 the current list is up. Go there now to see it!
Dance Indexes or Search Engine Results
Folklorico or Specific Cultures
Modern Dance
(This site presents dance classes in Bangkok, Thailand: contemporary dance, ballet, modern and modern-jazz as well as dance schools and volunteering by Yoona Crals and Patrice Leroy. It is very well executed and includes a definition of contemporary dance as well as broad description and images of the work of the two artists.)Tap Dance
Some Los Angeles Area Web Sites
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(Here is a site that has everything about the Tango, and it is located here in Los Angeles! Dance, Music, Artists, Events, Places, Classes, Media, Radio, Store, currated by Vladimir Estrin. You can also find out about a tango festival coming up in Long Beach in June and July. )
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