Dance Mock Shell

http://www.dance4it.com/ballethistory.htm This website gives a nice summary of ballet, not only its history but also some of the highlights of the dance form. It is a good spot to start to taking a look at ballet.

http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/history.htm This website provides links to articles on the history of many of the different ballroom forms of dance

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab82 This website provides a general overview on dance, its role in different cultures, and its evolution from its earliest forms to what it has become today.

http://dance.about.com/od/famousdancers/tp/Famous-People-in-Dance.htm This website provides information on many different dancers from Anna Pavlova and Martha Graham to Fred Astaire to Patrick Swayze and Micheal Jackson (yes he actually is listed there).

http://dance.about.com/od/typesofdance/tp/Dance_Types.htm This website provides short descriptions of different types of dance styles from ballet to hip-hop to country western as well as links to more information on the styles.

http://www.dance4it.com/greatdancers.htm This website provides short descriptions on many different dancers, even more than the website above.