Shakers in cyberspace: electronic resources and the bibliography of dance

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A great variety of online resources on the subject of dance are available to bibliographic researchers. Prime sources include national bibliographic databases, such as OCLC and RLIN; specific subject databases, such as the New York Public Library Dance Collection Database; and more comprehensive subject indexes, such as the Expanded Academic Index and CARL UnCover databases. The World Wide Web does not provide a great deal of relevant material at present. A lengthy, selective and annotated bibliography on the art and life of pioneering modern dance choreographer Doris Humphrey is provided.

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Dance research in Tanzania

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The National Dance Troupe begin researching dance in Tanzania in 1964 in an effort to promote cultural activities and popularize national dance. Their goals were to study traditional performances, costumes and music and then create new dances that would represent the cultural heritage of the new independent Tanzania. The Dance Troupe was disbanded in 1981, but dance research continues in 1998 under the auspices the Ministry of Education and Culture as well as other academic institutions.

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Even Jove sometimes nods

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Translating early dance instruction books is difficult to do accurately. Problems include different spelling, punctuation and terminology. Unwitting inaccurate translations can result in changes of meaning, of which three are given here.

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