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dancersThis guide focuses primarily on American stage dance. It does not cover the even more diverse worlds of international, folk, and popular dance. Ask a librarian for help finding resources on these and other topics.

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Contents

Research: General Resources | Body Type | Disabilities | Gender & Sexuality | Race & Ethnicity

Take Action: Diversify the Classroom | Diversify the Stage

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Selected Dance Diversity Books in the Allen Library

Choreographing Difference

Shows how the dancing body shifts conventions of representation and provides a critical example of the relationship between cultures and the bodies that inhabited them.

Dance and Gender

Reveals how gender dynamics affect the lives of dancers, choreographers, and others who are involved in the world of dance, and adds to today's discussions about living in a gendered society.

Turning Pointe

A reckoning with ballet, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities - and a look inside the fight for its future.

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