1998 Choice Outstanding Academic Book
1998 Library Journal Best Reference
1998 ALA/RUSA Outstanding Reference Source
Edited by Selma Jeanne Cohen and the Dance Perspectives Foundation
2,000 entries
With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, the Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
Selma Jeanne Cohen received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She studied dance with Martha Graham and Jose Limón, among others, and was editor of Dance Perspectives magazine.
e-reference edition ISBN: 0195187636
Print edition ISBN: 0195173694
Print edition publication date: 2003
Publishing history: First published 1998
Copyright: © 1998, 2005 by Oxford University Press, Inc.
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