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Dance
Dance UK - Funded by the Arts Council of England, Dance UK is an organisation which serves the needs of dancers, choreographers and those involved in dance practice in the UK.
Darcy Busell - Official site of the former Principal Ballerina with the Royal Ballet in London.
Rambert Dance Company - website of the oldest dance company in Britain, having been established in 1926.
Royal Academy of Dance - The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organisations in the world.
Royal Ballet - Based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The Royal Ballet is Great Britain's most prestigious ballet company.

Health & Safety
Leaflets produced by the Health and Safety Executive:
Noise
Risk Assessment
Managing Health & Safety
Introduction to Health and Safety from the Musicians Union

Music (including your rights and the legal aspects of the industry)
BBC Learning, music web sites - Provides links to other well-researched and authoritative pages, including careers in music, a guide to the orchestra and artist profiles.
BBC Radio 1 Onemusic - Includes sample bank and in depth music advice for the real world.
BPI - The BPI is the British record industry's trade association.
BUBL: Music - Catalogue of Internet Resources.
Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 - the full Act
Copyright: you and the law - an overview of performer's rights
Copyright - Recording rights in the UK
Music online and the law - legal dos and don'ts
Musicals101.com - Authored and maintained by John Kenrick, an expert on musical theater history (and a personal assistant to six Tony-winning producers), the site contains close to 900 Web pages of information about the history, development, and current traditions of musical theatre.
Musicians' Union - The M.U. was founded over 100 years ago in 1893, with one aim in view - to offer the musician a better service and a democratic organisation.
Music, Teaching Copyright - A demonstration of how two schools have introduced the subject of artistic and intellectual property rights into the KS3 music curriculum Musofinder - Find musicians online with MusoFinder. Search for all types of specialists - drummers, guitarists and vocalists to managers, producers and music tutors.
Showcase - Music business guide to finding studios, producers, equipment suppliers, record companies, publishers, management, promoters, venues, tour support services and much, much more.
Sibelius Academy - Finnish site of music resources.
UK-Dance - a recommended reading list for music students giving different `overviews' within the academic study of popular music and DJ culture.
UK-Dance: music making knowledge - Questions and answers on topics from time signatures to music equipment insurance.

Genres in Music - From Handel to Hip Hop

Streaming video

Online resources

An Introduction to Composing

Streaming video

Online resources

Music Technology
Sonic State - A network of web properties catering to electronic musicians.
Synthmania - The internet premiere resource for keyboardists and tech-heads.
Synthmuseum - A centralised, organised and authoritative resource for information about vintage electronic musical instruments.
Synthtopia - Synthtopia is a portal devoted to all types of electronic music.
Synthzone - A directory of all makes of synthesisers available on the Internet.
UK-Dance Knowledge - Answers to computer & Internet based music queries.
Vintagesynth - The Vintage Synth Explorer is an ever-growing source of reviews, images, sound bytes and links for over 500 popular vintage synthesizers and samplers including many brand new hardware and software synths.

Theatre
Blood Wedding - enotes, summary and study guide.
BUBL: Theatre links - Catalogue of Internet Resources.
BUBL : Theatre studies - Catalogue of Internet Resources.
Costume design for Carnival - Photos and inspiration of fashion parade from Cuba.
Costumer's Manifesto - One-stop site for costume information & images.
Dress Circle - On-line Musical Theatre Shop and Message Board.
Screenface - professional make-up for cinema, theatre & television.
Sign Language Interpreting for the Theatre
The Stage Online Recruitment - Provides access to hundreds of acting roles in the theatre, television and radio.
UK Theatre Web WWW guide to professional and amateur performing arts.
What's on stage.com

Action transport theatre

20 stories high

Cheshire East - Leisure, Culture and Tourism

Unions and career advice
BECTU (Broadcast, Entertainment Cinematographic and Theatre Union) - BECTU is the independent union for those working in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure, interactive media and allied areas who are primarily based in the United Kingdom.
Equity (The British Actors Union) - Equity is the only Trade Union to represent artists from across the entire spectrum of arts and entertainment.
BBC - OneMusic - Industry jobs - Want to work in the music industry? The BBC have talked to people who do to find out how to break into the business.
BBC - blast - Inspiration and advice for young people who want to get involved in music, art, dance or film.

Drama and Theatre

Study guides for Our Town Thornton Wilder

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/OurTown.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ourtown

Youtube clips for Our Town

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thornton+wilder+our+town

Minack Theatre is Cornwall's world famous open-air theatre.

http://www.minack.com/

Careers in Theatre

http://www.getintotheatre.org/

The road –Jim Cartwright

http://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=3139