LibGuides: Dance: Articles, Magazines, & Journals

Finding Scholarly & Popular Articles About Dance

These databases offer online access to articles on all aspects of the dance world, from reviews to biographies and more.

Gale Fine Arts
Access to scholarly and popular resources regarding dance, including access to Dance Magazine. Features some audio and video content.
Dance Education Literature and Research Descriptive Index
This freely available resources offers "an index of literature and research from 1926 to the present that informs teaching, learning, and future directions of research in the field of dance education."

Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
This database offers access scholarly articles on a variety of humanities topics, including a significant number on dance. It also features video content related to dance. It indexes items from 1984 to current and provides full text from 1995 to current.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
Featuring general-audience, trade publication, and scholarly articles as well as photos and videos, this database covers a wide range of topics, including a significant number of dance-related articles.
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
This database focuses on scholarly articles related to the arts, including dance. It offers abstracts from 1984 and full text from 1995 to present.
Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Offering indexing of articles from 1929 to 1984, this database indexes a number of scholarly journal articles related to dance and related performing arts.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text books and articles from scholarly publications, including resources on dance.
Credo This link opens in a new window
Includes entries on dance and related topics.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Features scholarly articles and book chapters on dance research.

Dance Magazine
trade publication
January 1970 (v44 n1)-Current (with gaps).Monthly
An influential American trade publication for dance with emphasis on advice for dancers, articles written by and about dancers, and information on dance equipment and costumes
Dance Research Journal
Peer-reviewed journal with research related to dance.
Dance Index
Provides free, searchable access to issues of Dance Index from the 1940's.
Journal of Dance Medicine & Science
Peer-reviewed clinical and experimental research with a focus on "the identification, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of illness and injuries in dancers."
The International Journal of Screendance
Open Access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to screendance, which refers to dance choreography specifically designed for recording and the screen.