Other Dance Information
Well, this is where I put all the stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else...

Discussion Forums

Finding Other Dancers

  • The Dancers Directory
    A global address book for dancers. Use it to find friends or to get in contact with local dancers when you travel. (I think it's based in Switzerland).
  • U Dance 2
    "we are here to promote dancing of all kinds and are creating a place on the net where you can find a place to dance, a dance instructor, a club or organization to join even a place to sell your dance products."
    Editor's Note: Readers are welcome to offer a generic description for this listing. I wasn't sure how to desribe it.

Dance Movies

  • Mad Hot Ballroom
    A documentary-type movie about the ballroom dance program in the New York City public schools. Great entertainment.
  • Strictly Ballroom
    I fell over laughing after the first minute. The story and acting is hokey and campy, but they did that on purpose.
  • The Tango Lesson, starring Sally Potter and Pablo Veron
    Wow...that's tango dancing.
  • Tango Bar, starring Raul Julia
    Perhaps I wasn't paying attention to the subtitles but it seemed like the dancing and the storyline were two separate entities. I ignored the plot; the dancing was pretty awesome. I loved the closing sequence.
  • The Mambo Kings, starring Armando Assante and I-forget-his-name-even-after-all-his-movies.
  • Shall We Dance?, a dubbed Japanese movie. A cute dance movie. The American remake wasn't all that bad, either.
  Generic Dance Resources

Other Information

  • Ballroom dancing information list server
    There is a listserver for information on Ballroom dancing and you can subscribe by sending a message to listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with the following command in the body of the message "subscribe ballroom ".
    I'm pretty sure this process has changed at some point in 2006, but I haven't gotten the new information yet.
  • Dance Article Web (needs a better name) has a bunch of articles written for dance schools. While the focus is on those venues that provide ballet or performance-type instruction, some of it may be of interest to social dance teachers.
  • Whenever recorded music is played at dances, license fees must be paid to certain organizations that distribute these moneys to the original recording artists and songwriters. For more information, look at the information provided on the sites for ASCAP and BMI.

History

On-Line Training

  • How 2 Dance
    An effort by a couple of dance enthusiasts to show how to dance swing and other dances.


Last updated May 30, 2008.

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