DANCE TOPICS 

Dance Support Organizations

Professional, scholarly, recreational, educational, and discipline based organizations, all ready to help you and to nurture your options as member of a COMMUNITY of artists. These are listed in alphabetical order. Each link was hand chosen on the basis of site content and usefulness.

1. American Association of Active Lifestyles and Fitness
2. American Association for Health, Phys Ed, Recreation & Dance - AAHPERD
3. American College Dance Festival Association
4. The American Dance Guild
5. American Dance Therapy Association  
6. American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
7. Association for Dance Movement Therapy - Britain
8. Association of Theatre Movement Educators 
9. Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sulla Danza - Italian Dance Research Association
10. Australian Dance Council
11. Balanchine Foundation
12. British Association of Teachers of Dancing 
13. British Dance Council 
14. British Theatre Dance Association
15. Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists
16. Canadian Dance Assembly
17. Cecchetti Council of America
18. Center for Performance Research 
19. Congress on Research in Dance - CORD 
20. Council for Dance Education and Training - Based in London, "The Council for Dance Education and Training (CDET) promotes excellence in dance education and training. It accredits courses at vocational dance schools, advocates on behalf of the private dance training and teaching communities and provides a comprehensive information service about dance education and training."
21. Cross-Cultural Dance Resources - Nonprofit org related to cross-cultural dance studies.
22. Dance Educators of America
23. Dance Critics Association
24. Dance Films Association
25. Dance Heritage Coalition
26. Dance-Movement Therapy Association of Australia
27. Dance Notation Bureau
28. Dance Umbrella UK - Britain
29. Dance/USA
30. Dancewear Association of Canada 
31. Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
32. Folk Dance Association 
33. Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
34. Institute of Historical Dance 
35. International Association for Creative Dance
36. International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
37. International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts
38. International Dance Alliance
39. International DanceSport Federation
40. The International Guild of Musicians in Dance
41. International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
42. International Tap Association
43. International Theatre Institute of UNESCO
44. National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists, Inc.
45. National Association of Schools of Dance
46. National Dance Association
47. National Dance Council of America
48. National Dance Education Organization - "Advances dance education centered in the arts. We are the voice of representation for the field in legislatures, schools of dance, PreK-12 schools, and institutions of higher education throughout the country."
49. National Dance Teachers Association - Britain
50. National Resource Centre for Dance - Britain
51. Norwegian Center for the Art of Dance
52. Performing Arts Medicine Association 
53. Royal Academy of Dance - Britain
54. Sacred Dance Guild 
55. Society for Canadian Dance Studies
56. Society for Dance Research - Britain
57. Society of Dance History Scholars
58. Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers 
59. Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation
60. United Square Dancers of America

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