Dance research is an umbrella term for studies of dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

. It includes the following areas:

• Dance history
  Dance History
  Dance History is a compilation album by hip-hop duo The Outhere Brothers, released in 2005.-Track listing:#"Don't Stop "#"Boom Boom Boom"#"La La La "#"Mami Te Quiero" #"Bring That Ass Over Here"#"Fuk U"...
  
  
• Ethnochoreology
  Ethnochoreology
  Ethnochoreology is the study of dance through the application of a number of disciplines such as anthropology, musicology , ethnography, etc. The word, itself, is relatively recent and means, literally, “the study of folk dance”, as opposed to, say, the formalized entertainment of classical...
  
  
• Dance theory
  Dance theory
  Dance theory is a fairly new field closely related to music theory and specifically musicality used to describe the nature and mechanics of dance. While musicality deals with finding a particular matching pair of dance and music that fit each other in various respects, dance theory is a broad term...
  
  
• Dance science
  Dance science
  Dance science is the scientific study of dance and dancers, as well as the practical application of scientific principles to dance. Its aims are the enhancement of performance, the reduction of injury, and the improvement of well-being and health....
  
   the scientific study of dance and dancers, as well as the practical application of scientific principles to dance, similar to sports science
  Sports science
  Sport science is a discipline that studies the application of scientific principles and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance...
  
  . Its aims are the enhancement of performance, the reduction of injury, and the improvement of well-being and health.

Dance research as an academic discipline is relatively new. In 1967, the first volume of the CORD dance research annual wrote: "...One of the most serious problems in dance research is found in the fact that the literati in the field are not yet the university people".

Organizations

• Congress on Research in Dance
  Congress on Research in Dance
  Congress on Research in Dance is an international non-profit interdisciplinary society for dance researchers, artists, performers and choreographers. CORD publishes the Dance Research Journal, and sponsors annual conferences which distribute annual awards...
  
   (founded in 1965 as a Committee on Research in Dance
• Society for Ethnomusicology
  Society for Ethnomusicology
  The Society for Ethnomusicology is, with the International Council for Traditional Music and the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, one of three major international associations ethnomusicology...
  
  
• Society of Dance History Scholars
  Society of Dance History Scholars
  The Society of Dance History Scholars is a professional organization for dance historians in the United States and worldwide. Founded in 1978, it became a non-profit organization in 1983...
  
  
• Cross-Cultural Dance Resources
  Cross-Cultural Dance Resources
  Cross-Cultural Dance Resources is a non-profit dance research organization in the United States, formed in 1981 and based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It maintains a non-lending library devoted to the study of dance, with over 15,000 shelved items plus the archives of Eleanor King, Gertrude Prokosch...