Dance: Print Items
Dance Resources
Oxford Dance Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance by Call Number: 792.803 CRAPublication Date: 2000All you need to know regarding dance vocabulary explained and decoded.
Print & E Book
Dance in Ireland by Call Number: 792.809415 PHEPublication Date: 2014In Dance in Ireland: Steps, Stages and Stories, Sharon provides an in-depth view of dance in Ireland during the colonial and post-colonial eras. She presents dance as an integral part of Irish life and as a signifier of cultural change. Central themes are documented and analysed. They include cross-cultural influences, the dance master and pantomimic dance traditions, dance during the Gaelic Revival, dichotomies in dance, and the theatricalisation of Irish dance.
Print Book
Making Dance Special by Call Number: 792.8071 PETPublication Date: 1997Its introduction describes the book as 'setting the foundations for educational dance in relation to pupils with wide-ranging learning needs' and expounds on ideas and programs incorporating 'dance for all'.
Print Book
Teaching Dance as Art in Education by Call Number: 792.8071 MCCPublication Date: 2006This text 'covers all of the artistic components required for dance specialists to design and deliver a comprehensive dance education system'. Content is delineated through 4 cornerstones
-Dancing and Performing
-Creating and Composing
-Knowing History, Culture, and Context
-Analyzing and Critiquing
(B. Mc Cutchen)
Shelf Locations
- Books on Dance are located in the Dewey shelf range of 791 onwards.
- Creative movement and groupwork is also featured at 616.89 while dance ethnography and anthropology can be found at 306.4
- An extensive listing of eBooks and ejournals is available online through our Online Resources tab where you can print off relevant book chapters or full-text articles.
Print Journal
- Irish Arts Review
Lots of features, info and reviews on current and upcoming events, shows and ongoings relevant to the arts and literary sectors.
Print Journal
The essence of Irish Music Magazine is to reflect what is happening in Irish music in contemporary society. From commercial recordings of traditional tunes, to experimentation with other musical cultures, Irish Music Magazine keeps readers informed about upcoming tours, events and also festivals from the diverse world of Irish and Celtic acoustic music. - Irish Music Magazine
Print Book
Creative Movement and Dance in Groupwork by Call Number: 615.85155 PAYPublication Date: 2003A strong link exists between movement and emotions. This innovative book explores that link and provides 180 practical activities with a clear rationale for the use of dance movement to enrich therapy programmes.(Amazon Books UK)
Also now available as an e book!
Print Book
- In Touch with Dance byCall Number: 792.807041 GOUPublication Date: 1993In this book, the respected and very experienced dance teacher, Marion Gough, articulates her approach to teaching skills and methods, work across art-forms and providing unusual stimuli to enable the development of young people's imagination and creativity through dance. (Amazon Books UK)
Print Book
The Art of Dance in Education by Call Number: 792.807041 SMIPublication Date: 2016Recently published 2nd edition of this book. Available for general lending and for 2 hour counter loan in the North Campus library.
Print Book
Interdisciplinary Learning Through Dance by Call Number: 372.868 OVEPublication Date: 2005As the title promises....101 moventures.
Print Book
Looking at Dances by Call Number: 792.82 PREPublication Date: 1998"Does a dance communicate? What? How? Are all dances meaningful? Do spectators see what a choreographer sees?" Valerie Preston- Dunlop answers all these questions in a lyrical poetic manner befitting of dance.
