Performing Arts Online Links
http://performingarts.net/Links/centers.html
This site provides links to performing arts centers and theaters nationwide.

Traditional Chinese Opera

http://www.houstoncul.org/culdir/oper/oper.htm - Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan:  Chinese Opera/The Art of the Chinese Opera.  Article that defines and describe the traditional Chinese Opera

Traditional Chinese Opera
http://chineseculture.about.com/cs/traditionalopera/
A site with links devoted to Traditional Chinese Opera.

Theater UK
http://www.uktw.co.uk/
A guide to all things "theater" in the UK.

What's on Stage: Britan's Performing Arts Information Service
http://www.whatsonstage.com/
Find out what's playing, then order everything related to it (books, souvenirs, even tickets) right here.

Arts International
http://www.tcg.org/frames/artsearch/fs_artsearch.htm - Theatre Communications Group Artsearch website.  Find jobs/internships in theatres throughout the United States and Canada in all areas of theatre.

http://www.artsinternational.org/ - Arts International.  The only organization in the United States solely devoted to the development and support of global interchange in the arts.

International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation
http://ispa.org/index.html

Modern Chinese Drama
http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~fli/bajin/work/drama.htm - A list of plays, playwrights and plot synopsis’of many Modern Chinese works.

Theater Resources at World Wide Arts Resources:
http://wwar.world-arts-resources.com/theater/perform.html
Everything from A-Z on the internet as it relates to Theater.

Theater History in Europe
http://www.theatron.co.uk/
A guide to architectural and textual resources in European Theater History.

Curtain Up
http://www.curtainup.com
An extensive collection of reviews and links to a multitude of resources on current happenings in theater, including musical theater, throughout the US and the UK.

International Theater Institute
http://iti-worldwide.org/

International Federation for Theater Research
http://www.firt-iftr.org/firt/home.jsp

Worldwide Association of Amateur Theater
http://www.aitaiata.org
Access information on sites related to Amateur Theater throughout the WORLD here, via a clickable map.

Dance Styles around the World

Many of the websites devoted to forms of popular dance and folk dance are designed as community based resources for local or regional enthusiasts. The smattering of sites below have been selected because they provide at least a little context or background on the dance forms in question. In many cases, links to community based resources throughout the world are provided as well.

Cyberdance
http://www.cyberdance.org
The Cyberdance site is a collection of 3,500 links to ballet, modern dance and other dance resources around the world.

Europe

English Country Dance Archive
http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd -  The English Country Dance Archive.  A site devoted to the promotion of English Country Dance

Hungarian Folkdance Page
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cvesei/test.html

Irish Step Dancing: A Brief History
http://www.geocities.com/aer_mcr/irdance/irhist.html
A history of Irish dance.

Israeli Folk Dancing
http://www.israelidance.com/

Flamenco
http://www.red2000.com/spain/flamenco/

Danish Folkdance
http://hjem.get2net.dk/vofl/DanishFolk/dance.html
Images and tunes are available here, along with instructions to help you hop on the Danish folkdance craze bandwagon!

Scottish Folk Dance
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~scodance/
The Oxford University Scottish Dance Society.

Africa

African Dance and Drumming
http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/
A wonderful introduction to the dance and drumming traditions of Africa, with sound clips and photos, can be found here.

Asia/India/the Pacific

Art of Butoh Dance
http://www.butoh.net/ - The Butoh Net.  The website explores the world of Butoh.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/butoh/itto/butoh-e.htm - The World of Butoh Dance.  A site from Japan in English devoted to Butoh.

A Brief History of Chinese Dance
http://www.chinesedance.org/chinesedancehistory.html
This site contains a very brief history of Chinese dance.

Indian Classical Dance
http://www.musicanddance.net/
An overview of the various forms of Indian Classical Dance is provided at this site.

Filipino Folkdance Glossary
http://pw1.netcom.com/~ntamayo/folkdance.html
A great overview to the varied traditions of Filipino Folk Dance. Includes midi files of Filipino folk songs.

Latin America

Salsa Web
http://www.salsaweb.com/
This is a great guide to Latin American dance activities throughout the world.

Ernesto's Tango Page
http://members.ping.at/kdf-wien/tango/
All aspects related to Tango available on the internet and beyond are presented here. A great folkdance resource.

Instituto Cultural Raíces Mexicanas
http://www.folklorico.com/
A great online guide to dance and folk music traditions in Mexico (in Spanish)

Capoeira Page
http://www.capoeira4life.cc
Capoeira is an Afro-brazilian tradition of movement that mixes dance with the martial arts. If you've never seen it or heard of it, here's a good starting point for learning.

Cirquedusoeil
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/
If you've never seen it or heard of it, check out this site immediately!! If you have seen it, you'll probably want to check out the site as well. Beautiful and amazing!!

Artistic Contortion Sport Homepage
http://www.contortionhomepage.com/ - The Contortion Homepage. Devoted to the beautiful art of contortion.