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Dance

Information relating to the art and practice of dance and dance history

General Encyclopedic Databases

Tips for using online reference collections:

  1. Identify your main topic and keywords.
  2. Try synonyms and different combinations of words. Experiment with broad and narrow (specific) terms.
  3. Search in Gale eBooks or Credo Reference for quick facts and general overviews of your topic. 
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Credo Topic Pages

Credo Reference Topic Pages summarize information related to a topic on a single page and include search results from other selected library eResources. 

Reference Books in Print

Suggested Keywords

  • Ballet
  • Belly dance
  • Break dancing
  • Dance
  • Dance therapy
  • En pointe
  • Gangnam style
  • Hip-hop
  • Jazz dance
  • Kathak
  • Line dance
  • Modern dance
  • Pointe shoe (Toe)
  • Salsa
  • Tap
  • Yangko dance

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Dance

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The Department of Performing, Visual Arts and Communications

Dance is part of the PVAC Department, which is located in Washington-010.

Department Phone:  845-431-8610

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