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Dance Research

From the Society for Dance Research; Essential reading for those involved in the study and practice of dance. Dance Research is edited and published in Britain with the assistance of a distinguished group of editorial consultants based in Europe and the USA. The journal provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of contemporary dance research and contains a section of comprehensive book and journal reviews;
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Dance Research Journal

From The Congress on Research in Dance (CORD); Oriented primarily toward historical and critical theory of dance. DRJ features articles, book reviews, research, and dialogues which span disciplines including anthropology, education, pedagogy, gender and sexuality, criticism, intercultural studies, and somatics. The journal also reports on scholarly conferences, archives, and other projects of interest to the field. DRJ encourages interdisciplinary approaches to dance and welcomes scholars in dance studies and related fields.
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Dance Chronicle

Dance Chronicle covers a wide variety of topics, including dance and music, theater, film, literature, painting, and aesthetics. Dance Chronicle has featured unique articles on the Bedaya-Serimpi dances of Java and the dancing choirboys of Seville Cathedral. Other, broader articles have presented studies on Renaissance dance, Baroque dance, romantic ballet, and dancing for Broadway, Hollywood, and television. Individual issues have been devoted to Bournonville, Gautier on Spanish dance, the Camargo Society, and Moscow's Island of Dance. Coverage also includes comprehensive pieces on Sada Yacco, Cyril W. Beaumont, Andre Howard, Maya Plisetskaya, Merce Cunningham, the Judson Dance Theater, Trisha Brown, and Meredith Monk.
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Contact quarterly.

Publisher: [Northampton, Ma., Contact quarterly]

Contact Quarterly began as a forum for discussion of the emerging dance form contact improvisation. While serving as a meeting ground for a worldwide network of contact improvisers, from its earliest days, CQ has presented writings and interviews on postmodern and contemporary experimental dance, somatic movement practices, improvisational dance, mixed-abilities dance, teaching methods, creative process and performance.
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Dance theatre journal.

Publisher: London : Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, [1983-

From the UK, Dance Theatre Journal contains reviews, features, interviews and in-depth discussions by leading dance writers and artists, as well as talented new writers.
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Newspapers:

The New York times on the Web

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1851-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1851-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1851-present.

Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : New York Times.

San Francisco chronicle

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1985-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1985-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1985-present.

Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Chas. D. Young & Co.,

The Globe and mail

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1977-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1977-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1977-present.

Publisher: Toronto, Globe and Mail, Division of Canada Newspapers Co. [etc.]

Times (London, England)

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1985-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1985-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1985-present.

Publisher: London [England] : R. Nutkins,

Guardian (Manchester, England)

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1984-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1984-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1984-present.

Publisher: Manchester : Printed and published by Laurence Prestwich Scott for the Manchester Guardian & Evening News Ltd.,

Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland : Daily)

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1993-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1993-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1993-present.

Publisher: Edinburgh [Scotland] : J. Ritchie,

Online Forums & Magazines:

Critical Dance Forum & Ballet-Dance Magazine

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.

Ballet.co

The Magazine section is updated each month and contains a mix of the latest reviews, interviews, and views together with pieces on ballet history and regular weblogs by choreographers, dancers and dance students. Past issues go back to October 1997. Additional, Ballet.co gathers thousands of performance Reviews from major English language newspapers such as the New York Times, The Times London.

Dance View Times

The online supplement to DanceView, reviewing dance in New York, the San Francisco Bay area and Washington, D.C.

The Dance Insider

Includes a section called "Flash Reviews" comprised of insider impressions of performances, written by a staff made up almost entirely of practicing professional dance artists.

Article19

From the UK, Article19 covers contemporary dance and includes feature articles, performance reviews, interviews, and video features on dance companies from the UK and Europe.

WorldWideDanceUK.Com

"A UK wide website for international dance" from The Dance Consortium comprised of all the leading large scale theatres in the UK.