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Library of Congress (LC) Call Numbers

Call numbers for books and DVDs including Theater and Dance subjects are:

P language and Literature (general)

PN (1560-1590) The performing arts. Show business
PN (1600-3299) The drama
PN (1660-1692) Dramatic composition
PN (1865-1999) Special types of drama
PN (2000-3299) Dramatic representation

G Geography (general)

GV (1580-1799) Dancing
GV (1800-1860) Circuses, carnivals, etc.

For a complete listing of all LC Call Numbers, go to the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

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Selected Books in Theatre and Dance

Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance by Ntozake Shange; Reneé L. Charlow (Afterword by); Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780807091876
Publication Date: 2020
After 20 years of research, writing, and devotion, Ntozake Shange tells her history of Black dance through a series of portraits of the dancers who trained her, moved with her, and inspired her to share the power of the Black body with her audience.
Here for the Hearing: Analyzing the Music in Musical Theater by Michael Buchler (Editor); Gregory John Decker (Editor)
ISBN: 9780472133314
Publication Date: 2023
This book offers a series of essays that show the integrated role that musical structure (including harmony, melody, rhythm, meter, form, and musical association) plays in making sense of what transpires onstage in musicals. Written by a group of music analysts who care deeply about musical theater, this collection provides new understanding of how musicals are put together, how composers and lyricists structure words and music to complement one another, and how music helps us understand the human relationships and historical and social contexts.
Latinx Shakespeares by Carla Della Gatta
ISBN: 0472903748
Publication Date: 2023
This first-ever book of Latinx representation in the most-performed playwright's canon offers a new methodology for reading ethnic theater looks beyond the visual to prioritize aural signifiers such as music, accents, and the Spanish language. The book's focus is on textual adaptations or performances in which Shakespearean plays, stories, or characters are made Latinx through stage techniques, aesthetics, processes for art-making (including casting), and modes of storytelling.
Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings by Clare Croft (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199377329
Publication Date: 2017
Queer Dance brings together artists and scholars in a multi-platformed project-book, accompanying website, and live performance series to ask, "How does dancing queerly progressively challenge us?" The artists and scholars whose writing appears in the book and whose performances and filmed interviews appear online stage a range of genders and sexualities that challenge and destabilize social norms.
Safety and Health for the Stage: Collaboration with the Production Process by William J. Reynolds
ISBN: 9780815353256
Publication Date: 2020
This book is a practical guide to integrating safety and health into the production process for live entertainment in the context of compliance with applicable codes, standards, and recommended practices. Readers will learn how to comply with legal codes and standards as they initiate and implement an effective safety and health program in their theatre production organization or academic theatre department.

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