NSW Department of Education and Training

webDANCE

webDANCE is an interactive tutorial and resource catalogue for teachers and students of dance. It is designed as a dynamic resource, and will be updated over time. It can be used as a teaching resource in the classroom. It also provides a quick ready-reference for specific topics and seminal artists.

The tutorial provides advice for students and teachers about how to access dance on the Internet.

The resource catalogue features good dance sites currently available on the web.

The tutorial:

Internet and web: key terms and online resources
Evaluating Internet resources: a summary of web site evaluation criteria and characteristics of a good dance web site.
How do I search the Internet and web?: web search methods and tools
Exploring search engines and keywords: Helpful hints with examples and challenges in using of web sites
Successful keyword searches

The resource catalogue:

This catalogue is an annotated bibliography of worthwhile sites relating to dancers, dance companies, choreographers, dance institutions and dance history.

General sites
Modern dance
Ballet
Musical theatre
Dance technology
Non-Western dance styles
Dance notation
United States sites & companies
United Kingdom sites & companies
European sites & companies
Australian sites & companies
Seminal artists