Primary Source Spotlight: Dance
Curated collections of LOC.gov links
- Collection Spotlight: Katherine Dunham Selections
- Primary Source Spotlight: Martha Graham
- Today in History: George M. Cohan
- Today in History: Bob Fosse
- Today in History: Stravinsky & Balanchine
Library collections
- An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920
- American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
- Larry Colwell Dance Photographs, 1944-1966
- Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev
- Selections from the Katherine Dunham Collection
- Martha Graham at the Library of Congress
- Bronislava Nijinska Collection
Online Exhibitions
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 50 Years Cultural Ambassador to the World
- American Ballet Theatre: Touring the Globe for 75 Years
- Politics and the Dancing Body
- Serge Diaghilev and His World: A Centennial Celebration of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1909-1929
Dance Research at the Library of Congress
Dance: Resources in the American Folklife Center
Black Dancers and Choreographers: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress
Music, Theater, Dance: An Illustrated Guide
Featured Image: Julian and Julienne
Dancers portraits by Carl Van Vechten
Dance films & streaming webcasts
David Fullard: The Art of Photographing Dance
Topics in Chronicling America
- Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes
- Lady Constance Stewart Richardson
- Paul Swan
- Maria Tallchief
- Eva Tanguay
- Flappers
- Ghost Dance Movement
Special Presentation: Tap Dance in America
Learning from the Source: Science Radium Romp primary source lesson
Can music and dance change public opinion? lesson plan
Documenting Dance: The Making of Appalachian Spring Library of Congress Magazine September/October 2014 pp. 10-15
Tap Dance in American: A Short History article by Constance Valis Hill
Library blog posts
- 10 Hairy Legs Dance in a Company’s Digital Archive In the Muse
- All That Jazz … and Humor, Opera, Dance Music . . . Timeless Stories from the Library
- Cambodian-American Heritage Dancers with Chum Ngek Ensemble Folklife Today
- Capoeira: From Crime to Culture In Custodia Legis
- Caught My Ear: Dance Tunes in the National Jukebox Folklife Today
- Choreographer Leni Wylliams Commemorated in a Newly Available Special Collection In the Muse
- Community Collection Grants: R&B Urban Line Dancing on “Of the People” Folklife Today
- Merce Cunningham, Dance Great, Dies at 90 Timeless Stories from the Library
- Dance! Folklife Today
- Dance on Display: Music Division Hosts Dance Studies Association In the Muse
- A Dance for the Birthday of the Buddha Folklife Today
- Dance, Manhood and Warfare Amongst the Acholi People of Northern Uganda 4 Corners of the World
- Dance Moves in D.C. and Beyond Picture This
- Dance in Our Special Collections In the Muse
- Dance in Our Web Archives In the Muse
- Dancing the Danzón: Hispanic Heritage Month Timeless Stories from the Library
- Debbi Dee: Passing on the Art of Tap Dancing In the Muse
- Debbi Dee: Passing on the Art of Tap Dancing, Part 2 In the Muse
- Discovering the Music within our Dance collections: Composer Lucia Dlugoszewski and the Erick Hawkins Dance Company In The Muse
- Documenting Dance: The Making of “Appalachian Spring” Timeless Stories from the Library
- Family Resources for Exploring the Work of Katherine Dunham: Experience, Research & Creation Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
- Find Dance in Copyright Copyright: Creativity at Work
- Finding Gus Solomons jr in the Beverly Emmons Papers In the Muse
- A Guided Dance Research Tour for National Dance Week In the Muse
- Happy Birthday, Alvin Ailey! In the Muse
- Happy Birthday to Harriet Hoctor: Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher In the Muse
- Helen McGehee (1921-2020), a commemoration in pictures In the Muse
- Homegrown Plus: Somapa Thai Dance Company and Orchestra Concert and Interview Folklife Today
- Homegrown Plus: Traditional Dance from American Samoa Folklife Today
- James Mooney Recordings of American Indian Ghost Dance Songs, 1894 Folklife Today
- Kalanidhi Dance Company Performs Kuchipudi Dance Folklife Today
- Katherine Dunham’s Ethnographic Research in the Caribbean Folklife Today
- Let’s Dance! Timeless Stories from the Library
- The Masquerade King and the Regulation of Dancing in Sweden In Custodia Legis
- James Mooney Recordings of American Indian Ghost Dance Songs, 1894 Folklife Today
- The Music and Dance of Body Percussion Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
- Nepal traditional dance comes to the American Folklife Center Folklife Today
- Omaha Hethu’shka Society Songs and Dances Folklife Today
- Reintroducing Bronislava Nijinska! In the Muse
- Remembering the Life and Work of Tony Barrand: The 2003 Interview Folklife Today
- Shall We Learn to Dance? Picture This
- The Sattriya Dance Company with the Dancing Monks of Assam Folklife Today
- They Start the Victrola and Go Dancing Around Now See Hear!
- Urban Folklife, Urban Artistry: breaking down the complexities of urban dance with Junious Brickhouse Folklife Today
- Ven a Bailar Bachata! In the Muse
- Washington’s Birthday Dance Challenge Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
- Wuza Wuza Music and Dance Ensemble from Ghana