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International Encyclopedia of Dance by Selma J. Cohen; Perspectives Foundation Inc., Staff (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection, 1st Floor GV1585 .I586 1998
Oxford presents the first reference to document all types of dance around the world and throughout history. In six volumes, with nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from over fifty countries, the International Encyclopedia of Dance offers authoritative coverage of the full spectrum of dance, including theatrical dance, ritual dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance.
The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater by Nadine George-Graves (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection, 1st Floor GV1585 .I586 1998
The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater collects a critical mass of border-crossing scholarship on the intersections of dance and theatre.
The Encyclopedia of World Ballet
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GV1585 .S66 2015eb
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