Dance: Websites and Organisations

A public library in the City of London with specialist music resources, including printed scores.

The British Film Institute on the South Bank has a specialist Library and archive of books, journals, film reels, ephemera and more, relating to British film, TV and performing arts.

Subject guide from the Black Cultural Archives

Based in Brixton, south London, the BCA's mission is to collect, preserve and celebrate the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in the UK.

Folk dance library and archives in Camden, north London.

A multi-media archive of interviews with Hip Hop dance practitioners in the UK and beyond.

Collections held by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage, including Black Dance 1940-2019. (Subscription required).

A guide from the JISC Library Hub Discover blog.

Located at the University of Surrey in Guildford; access via SCONUL scheme.

A collection relating to early/historical dance, held at Kellogg College, Oxford.

Index to articles in the New York Public Library's dance collections (check Roehampton’s E-Journals Finder to see if we have access to these journals). Choose 'Performing Arts Dance Research' from the drop-down Collections menu.

Artefacts and ephemera from the ballet company’s 90+ year history. Access by appointment only.

The International Association of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Documentation Centres of the Performing Arts.

Open access digital archive of work by South Asian writers and artists, including dance material.

The Library in Deptford, south east London, is accessible via the SCONUL scheme..

Theatre & Performing Arts Collections.

Located in London’s Theatreland, this public library is open to all and specialises in the performing arts. Now incorporates the Westminster Music Library.

A collective of theatre, dance, and performance researchers who are committed to antiracist futures in these disciplines. Provides resources and guidance for realising antiracism in institutions, in response to the call for action by the Revolution or Nothing Network.

Promotes the growth and development of dance for children and young people internationally.

A lively conversational podcast featuring professionals from the world of dance.

News, reviews and advice.

Supports the production, presentation, and preservation of dance on camera.

Useful resources on early/historical dance from the middle ages to the 20th century.

A worldwide network of over 500 performing arts organisations and individuals from contemporary theatre, dance, circus, interdisciplinary live art forms, new media.

Leading laboratory for the investigation of movement and dance, based in New York.

Aiming towards a stronger, more vibrant and more diverse UK dance sector.

The Foundation for Community Dance

Supports the global implementation of healthy dance practice.

Supports and develops scholarly interests in all forms of dance through seminars, conferences, performances, and publications including the journal Dance Research.

Akademi creates, commissions and develops classical, contemporary, popular and participatory South Asian dance in the UK.

British ballet company that celebrates dancers of Black and Asian descent.

South London company with roots in Hip Hop culture.

A South London company of artists with learning disabilities.

South London’s IRIE! Dance Theatre, founded in 1985, is the leading company working in the field of African and Caribbean dance fusion in the UK.

Includes a timeline of the history of ballet.

See here for updates regarding the Replay archive.