Library of Congress Classification for Dance
The Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library and the William T. Young Library use the Library of Congress Classification system. In this system, works of knowledge are sorted into broad subject areas known as classes. Each class is assigned its own letter of the alphabet and is further subdivided into its own subclasses. The Library of Congress Classification system contains 21 classes.
Information about Dance and related fields are found in multiple classes:
- Class G: Geography, Anthopology, and Recreation
- Class M: Music
- Class N: Fine Arts
- Class P: Language and Literature
- Class R: Medicine
Call Number Ranges for Browsing the Shelves
GV 1580-1799.4 — Dancing
GV 1580-1583 Periodicals. Societies. Serials. Congresses.
GV 1585 Dictionaries. Encyclopedias.
GV 1587 Terminology. Abbreviations. Notation
GV 1587.5-1587.8 Directories. Archives
GV 1588-1588.7 Philosophy. Theory. Relation to other topics
GV 1589-1589.45 Study and teaching. Research.
GV 1590-1594 General works
GV 1596.5 Juvenile works
GV 1597 Dance as a profession
GV 1599 Addresses, essays, lectures
GV 1600- Dance criticism. Appreciation. History
GV 1607-1619.5 By period
GV 1607-1613 Ancient
GV 1615 Medieval
GV 1617-1619.5 Modern
GV 1621-1728 By region or country
GV 1622-1625.5 North America
GV 1626-1641 Latin America & the West Indies
GV 1643-1688 Europe
GV 1689-1704 Asia & Arab countries
GV 1705-1713 Africa
GV 1715-1728 Australia, New Zealand, & the Pacific islands
GV 1743-1744 National dances. Folk dances and dancing.
GV 1746-1779 Social dancing. Ballroom dancing. Balls. Dance parties.
GV 1751-1753 Technique
GV 1753.5-1754 Study and teaching. Research
GV 1779 Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
GV 1781-1795 Theatrical Dance
GV 1781 General works
GV 1781.2 Improvisation
GV 1782-1782.3 Production and staging, safety measures, accident prevention
GV 1782.5 Choreography
GV 1783-1783.2 Modern or expressionistic dance. Revival of classical dance.
GV 1783.5 Religious dance
GV 1784 Jazz dance
GV 1785-1785.8 Biography. Dance groups or companies.
GV 1787-1790 Ballet
GV 1796.A-Z Special dances
GV 1797 Drills, parades, etc.
GV 1798-1798.8 Gymnastic dancing. Rhythmic exercises
GV 1799-1799.4 Dance for special classes of persons
Subclass M — Music [Printed Music]
Subclass ML — Literature on Music
ML 3800-3923 Philosophical and societal aspects of music. Physics and acoustics of music. Physiological aspects of music.
ML 3916-3918 Social and political aspects of music
Subclass MT — Music Instruction & Study
MT 950 Music to accompany instruction in ballet, folk dancing, gymnastics, etc.
MT 955-956 Musical theater
MT 960 Music in the theater
Subclass NA — Architecture
NA 6820-6845 Theaters. Opera houses. Music halls.
Subclass PN — Literature (General)
PN 1560-1590 The performing arts. Show business
PN 1585-1589 Centers for the performing arts
Subclass RC — Internal Medicine
RC 489.D3 Dance therapy
Subclass RJ — Pediatrics
RJ 505.D3 Pediatric dance therapy
Bookshelf
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History of Dance
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Call Number: Fine Arts Library GV1601 .K37 2007ISBN: 9780736060356Publication Date: 2007-03-23"History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach" provides an in-depth look at dance from the dawn of time through the 20th century. Using an investigative approach, this book presents the who, what, when, where, why, and how of dance history in relation to other arts and to historical, political, and social events. In so doing, this text provides a number of ways to create, perceive, and respond to the history of dance through integrated arts and technology. -
Music, Dance and Translation
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Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781350371606Publication Date: 2025-05-29How is music affected by its translation, interpretation and adaptation with, through, and by dance? How might notation of dance and music act as a form of translation? How does music influence the creation of dance? How might dance and music be understood to exchange and transfer their content, sense and process during both the creative process and the interpretative process? Bringing together chapters that explore theory and practice, this book questions the process and role translation has to play in the context of music and dance. It provides a range of case studies across this interdisciplinary field, and is not restricted by genre, style or cultural location. As one of very few volumes to explore translation in relation to music and to overtly tackle this topic in terms of dance, it moves the argument from a broad notion of text and translation, to think critically about the sound and movement arts of music and dance, using translation as a model to better understand the collaboration of these art forms. -
Reading Dance: A Gathering of Memoirs, Reportage, Criticism, Profiles, Interviews, and Some Uncategorizable Extras
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Call Number: Fine Arts Library GV1600 .R43 2008ISBN: 9780375421228Publication Date: 2008-11-04Robert Gottlieb's immense sampling of the dance literature is by far the largest such project ever attempted. In structuring his anthology, Gottlieb explains, he has tried to help the reader along by arranging its two hundred-plus entries into a coherent groups. Apart from the sections on major personalities and important critics, there are sections devoted to interviews (Tamara Toumanova, Antoinette Sibley, Mark Morris); profiles (Lincoln Kirstein, Bob Fosse, Olga Spessivtseva); teachers; accounts of the birth of important works from "Petrouchka" to "Apollo" to "Push Comes to Shove;" and the movies (from Arlene Croce and Alastair Macauley on Fred Astaire to director Michael Powell on the making of "The Red Shoes"). With its huge range of content accompanied by the anthologist's incisive running commentary, "Reading Dance" will be a source of pleasure and instruction for anyone who loves dance. -
Through the Eyes of a Dancer
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Call Number: Online & Fine Arts Library GV1600 .P47 2013ISBN: 0819574090Publication Date: 2013-11-05"Through the Eyes of a Dancer" compiles the writings of noted dance critic and editor Wendy Perron. She surveys a wide range of styles and genres, from downtown experimental performance to ballets at the Metropolitan Opera House. In opinion pieces, interviews, reviews, brief memoirs, blog posts, and contemplations on the choreographic process, she gives readers an up-close, personalized look at dancing as an art form.
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