The DHC is a national alliance of institutions holding significant collections of materials documenting the history of dance. Its mission is to preserve, make accessible, enhance and augment the materials that document the artistic accomplishments in dance of the past, present, and future. The DHC pursues its mission by encouraging, initiating, and developing collaborative projects among the dance communities, library and archival fields, scholarly institutions, and individuals in four essential

The IADMS was formed in 1990 by an international group of dance medicine practitioners, dance educators, dance scientists, and dancers. Membership is drawn equally from the medical and dance professions. Their mission is to enhance the health, well-being, training, and performance of dancers by cultivating educational, medical, and scientific excellence. (from their web site)

"The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the advancement and promotion of high quality education in the art of dance ... the organization provides professional development, leadership, support services, research and advocacy for artists, educators and administrators in dance education across all genres of dance." (from their web site)

Society of Dance History Scholars advances the field of dance studies through research, publication, performance, and outreach to audiences across the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

An international organization of dance scholars, educators, and artists that aims to strengthen the visibility and increase the reach of dance as embodied practice, creative endeavor and intellectual discipline. CORD advances innovative understandings of dance by promoting diverse approaches and a globally inclusive, respectful dialogue in the dance field and across disciplines. (from their web site)

The site is a digest of arts and cultural journalism. Links to stories from more than 200 English-language newspapers, magazines and other publications.

Includes over 3,000 links to ballet and dance companies around the world.

An American Ballroom Companion presents a collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress. The list begins with a rare late fifteenth-century source, Les basses danses de Marguerite d'Autriche (c.1490) and ends with Ella Gardner's 1929 Public dance halls, their regulation and place in the recreation of adolescents.
Along with dance instruction manuals, this online presentation also includes a significant number of antidance manuals, histories, treatises on etiquette, and items from other conceptual categories.
Many of the manuals also provide historical information on theatrical dance. All illuminate the manner in which people have joyfully expressed themselves as they dance for and with one another.
Also includes 75 DANCE VIDEO CLIPS illustrating a variety of historical dance forms.

The Jerome Robbins Dance Division is the largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance.

"Anchor standards describe the general knowledge and skill that teachers expect students to demonstrate throughout their education in the arts. These anchor standards are parallel across arts disciplines and grade-levels and serve as the tangible educational expression of artistic literacy." (from the NDEO web site)

"For over forty years, Harriet Berg has been a choreographer, teacher, performer, and arts advocate. Part I of her papers reflect her interest in all aspects of dance and other performing and fine arts, as well as her personal family life. Part II includes Berg’s work as Director of Renaissance Dance Company and Madame Cadillac Dance Theater as well as her work with the Jewish Community Center and Camp Maas. Also included are materials relating to Isadora Duncan, local, state and national dance schools, dance programs, as well as artwork and publications relating to dance." (from the Reuther Library web site)