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Online Reference Resources
Begin your research by seeking some general background information about your topic using reference resources.
- American Ballet Theatre's Online Ballet Dictionary"A unique interactive resource designed to bring dance to the Web and make it accessible to everyone. Dover Publications has graciously allowed the use of 170 terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet, which are then demonstrated by ABT Company dancers."
- Ballet Beyond TraditionBrief historical perspective -- The body's center -- Alignment -- Succession -- Opposition -- Potential and kinetic energy -- Fall -- Weight -- Recovery and rebound -- Suspension -- Isolation -- Laying the foundation -- Exercises of the barre -- Introduction to the class
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (formerly Gale ebooks) This link opens in a new windowSpecialized encyclopedias and dictionaries on the arts, business, education, environment, history, law, medicine, science and social science
- Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new windowBiographies. Current & historical. Worldwide.