About This Exhibit
December's exhibit celebrates the techniques, history and varieties of ballroom dancing (also known as social dancing). Some of the references in this exhibit include "how-to" guides for ballroom dances such as the cha-cha, the tango, the foxtrot, the samba, the waltz, quickstep and so on. Other references focus on one of the world's famous ballroom dancers, Fred Astaire. The libguide for this exhibit includes links to organizations dedicated to ballroom dancing, such as Illini Dancesport and Dancing Illini.
Links to related searches in the UIUC Library Catalog
Pictures from the Ballroom Dancing Exhibit
Featured Items in the Exhibit
Let's dance! : learn to swing, jitterbug, rumba, tango, line dance, lambada, cha-cha, waltz, two-step, foxtrot and salsa with style, grace and ease by Call Number: Q.793.33 B659lPublication Date: 1998- A 19th century ball : the charm of group dances byCall Number: DVD GV1746 H6982003 v.6Publication Date: 2003
- Anyone can dance. Absolute beginners. Nightclub freestyle. byCall Number: DVD GV1779 A59 2005Publication Date: 2005
- Becoming beautiful : ballroom dance in the American heartland byCall Number: GV1751 .B67B4 2015Publication Date: 2015
- Dance me a song : Astaire, Balanchine, Kelly, and the American film musical byCall Number: GV1779 .G46 2018Publication Date: 2018
- Dancing the Big Apple 1937 : African-Americans inspire a national craze byCall Number: DVD GV1624.7.A34 D364 2009Publication Date: 2009
- Dancing till dawn : a century of exhibition ballroom dance byCall Number: 793.33 M297DPublication Date: 1992
- Easy ballroom dancing : where men are kings, and women are not! byCall Number: GV1751 S33E2Publication Date: 2004
- Glamour addiction : inside the American ballroom dance industry byCall Number: GV1746 M36G5Publication Date: 2006
- How to become a good dancer. With Dance secrets byCall Number: 793.3 M96H1959Publication Date: 1959
