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ASK Chicago Collections
Archival Sources
- Explore Chicago Collections HomepageYou can search for collections broadly relating to dance by searching for "dance" from the homepage. Images digitized from collections appear at the top; physical collections appear below that.
- The Newberry Library's Dance CollectionsExplore The Newberry Library's collections related to dance.
- University of Illinois at Chicago Digital Images CollectionSchool dances and other images.
Kaufmann & Fabry Co. "Arthur Bublitz and Lenore Feldon offer a bit of native dancing [known as] the Jarabe dance, at the Mexican Village at the World's Fair. They are featured in the show that entertains afternoons and nights at the village," ca. 1933-1934. University of Illinois at Chicago, http://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/uic/67/280538t/
Online Sources
- An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490 to 1920Digitized social-dance manuals from the Library of Congress, 1490-1929; does include some Chicago-related items.
- Jacob's Pillow Dance InteractiveCollection of videos filmed at Jacob's Pillow from the 1930's to the present; includes film of Chicago dance companies, with quite a few videos from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Hubbard Street Dance's physical records are held at the Newberry Library).
- Library of Congress Performing Arts DatabasesDigitized photographs, manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera. The Performing Arts Databases page contains database and catalog resources that are intended to help users with research in the performing arts areas. The databases are stand-alone resources that are not integrated with the rest of the Library’s digital collections or catalogs.
Books and Other Published Sources
WorldCat allows you to search the holdings of libraries around the world. Check to see if these titles are at a library near you! If not, see if a local public library or a university with which you are affiliated allows you to do interlibrary loan. WorldCat may not include images or summaries for all titles.
International Dictionary of Ballet by ISBN: 1558620842Publication Date: 1993-09-01The International Dictionary of Ballet has as its subject all of ballet, from its beginnings in the Renaissance to contemporary dance.
International Dictionary of Modern Dance by ISBN: 1558623590Publication Date: 1998-05-01This reference offers alphabetically arranged essays, selected, written and reviewed by expert contributors.
International Encyclopedia of Dance by ISBN: 0195173694Publication Date: 2004-12-23The International Encyclopedia of Dance documents all types of dance around the world and throughout history.
