Spence School Library: Dance: Popular Dance and American Culture: Social Dance: 1950-1970

Database

Pop Culture Universe
The database is organized chronologically from 1900 through the new millennium, with each topic center devoted to a unique decade in American history.
American History Online
Reference Resource. Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
Gale Virtual Reference: Dance Books
Books about the history of social dance.
Encyclopedia Britannica Academic
Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

Ebooks about the 1950s-1970s from ProQuest Ebook Central
Books about dance and US popular culture. Titles include: American Culture in the 1950s, American Culture in the 1960s, American Culture in the 1970s, American Dance, Dancing in Your Head, Dancing Many Drums, Only Entertainment, The History of Western Dance

Proquest Comprehensive
Comprehensive: cross-search all our ProQuest databases at once. It contains access to historical and current newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journal articles.
Oxford Music Online
This resource is a massive compendium of music scholarship that includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Companion to Music and the Oxford Dictionary of Music.

Life Magazine article about the Twist
LIFE Nov 24, 1961
Brief Histories of Social Dance by Richard Powers
Articles by Dance Historian, Richard Powers
Historic Dance Reconstructions by Richard Powers
20th-century descriptions are toward the bottom of the page.
Free to Dance: Timeline 1944-1962
Historical timeline covers important milestones in African-American dance from 1619-2001.
Free to Dance: Timeline 1963-1969
Historical timeline covers important milestones in African-American dance from 1619-2001.
Pure History: Dance
Topic-specific articles with video.
New York Times: Dance
Useful news, archival information, photos, graphics, audio, and video on dance topics published in The New York Times. All students have access to free accounts through the library.
Masterclass Article: Disco
Article about disco music.

YouTube
The leader in online video and premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide.
Great Performances - PBS
"Watch the world’s greatest companies and performers dance classic ballets and modern choreography."
Dance Channel TV
"Dance Channel TV Network which provides educational content, human interest stories, interviews, and exclusive dance programming."
NYPL General Dance Video Archive
"Explore the Dance Division's digitized moving image and audio recordings." - New York Public Library Digital Collections.