DAH100: Introduction to Dance

• Folk dancing AND (possibly) region or country (i.e. Caribbean or Mexico)
• African American dance
• Alexander technique
• Ballroom Dancing
• Ballerinas
• Ballet
• Ballet -- Costume
• Ballet dance music
• Ballet dancers
• Ballet dancing -- Accidents and injuries
• Choreographers
• Choreography 
• Dance
• Dance -- Aesthetics
• Dance -- Anthropological aspects
• Dance -- Biography
• Dance companies
• Dance criticism
• Dance -- History
• Dance music X century
• Dance music X continent
• Dance notation
• Dance -- Philosophy
• Dance -- Production and direction
• Dance -- Religious aspects
• Dance Reviews 
• Dance -- Social aspects
• Dance -- Spain  [Dance--Country]
• Dance Stage
• Dance -- Study and teaching
• Dance therapy
• Dancers
• Dancing injuries
• Folk Dance Music
• Hip-hop dance
• Improvisation in dance
• Jazz dance
• Labanotation
• Modern dance 
• Movement, Aesthetics of
• Movement, Psychology of
• Religious dance
• Sex in dance
• Tango
• Tap Dancing
• Waltz

GCC Library use the Library of Congress Classification system.  As such, most DANCE related materials can be found by looking for the following call number ranges. [GV1500 - GV1800 is the primary range.]  Keep in mind these call numbers may be found in the General, Reference, Video, and other collections.

• GV 1585:  Dictionaries, encyclopedias
• GV 1588:  Philosophy (and theory)
• GV 1589:  Study and teaching
• GV 1590-GV 1594:  General works
• GV 1595:  Special aspects of the subject as a whole
• GV 1597:  Dancing as a profession
• GV 1600:  Dance criticism, appreciation
• GV 1645-GV 1728: Dance history (and historical dance)
• GV 1743:  National dances. Folk dances and dancing (General)
• GV 1746-GV 1771: Social dancing. Ballroom dancing
• GV 1781-GV 1795: Theatrical dancing
  • GV 1785: Biography
• GV 1796: Special dances.

Call numbers for other topics that relate to dance can be found in other sections of the library:

• Books and music scores with the following call numbers are located in the Music Collection on the 3rd floor of Knight Library:
  • M 1450: Dance music  [scores]
  • M 1520-M 1526:   Ballets (full scores, piano scores, excerpts) [scores]
  • ML 3400-ML 3465:  History and criticism--dance music  [books]
  • MT 950:  Music to accompany instruction in ballet, folk dancing, gymnastics, etc.  [books]

• Books with the following call numbers are located on the 4th floor of Knight Library, as well as in the Science Library:
  • QM 1- QM 511: General human anatomy
  • QP 1 - QP 345:  General physiology
  • RC 1220:  Sports medicine - Dance