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A internet links page that we think will be useful to everyone visiting our site.
Dance Courses / Resources / Organisations
Ballet.co.uk
Lists all the main ballet companies in an easy to use format.
Royal Dance Academy
This is the Royal Dance Academy site, very well planned out with lot of useful info on the RAD as well as excellent links to the ballet world.
Benesh.org
This is the site for Benesh movement notation and contains all you could need from courses to computerised notation.
Laban
The Laban centre is located in Southeast London.
The Place
This site is for the London Contemporary dance school in central London.
NSCD.ac.uk
This is the Northern School of Contemporary dance located in Leeds. This college provides a foundation, diploma and degree course.
NDTA
The National Dance Teachers Association (NDTA) is a membership organsiation led by a team of teachers and dance education professionals.
Foundation for Community Dance
Offers a wealth of information about the organisation, and about community dance in the UK and beyond.
Community Dance Wales
Community Dance Wales is the national umbrella body for community dance in Wales consisting of a dedicated group of community dance practitioners supporting each other and sharing ideas.
Article 19
An independent web site, with articles, discussions and forums on all matters relating to contemporary dance. Well worth checking out for some views and opinions from dancers on the dance world.
Education
BBC Learning
An excellent high quality site with so much information.
BBC Blast (Dance)
A portal from the BBC on all things dance.
Science
Exploratorium
A very good natural history site.
NASA
A great site full of information with pictures and film of various space programmes.
On-Line Games / Young People
Spaced Penguin
Fire Kevin the Penguin back to his ship but be careful not to send him into orbit or crash into any of the planets!
Frogger
Yes, it's the classic game. Get the frog from one side of the road to the other!
Neuroscience for kids
Two sites we found extremely insightful when researching CLASH.
TV Shows
BBC Strictly Come Dancing
All the information on the popular BBC dancing show.
BBC Strictly Dance Fever
All the information on the popular BBC dancing show.
Dancing on Ice
The ITV Web-site of the popular show.
Conflict Resolution
Incore
The INCORE World Wide Web server is intended to act as a central resource on the internet for those in the area of conflict resolution and ethnic conflict.
Lancaster Arts Organisations
Nuffield Theatre
Listing and information on theatre and dance events at the Nuffield Theatre on the Lancaster University campus.
Dukes Cinema and Theatre
At the two main pages, live and cinema, you can find an instantly generated calendar of events. You can search for the title of the event, director or star you're interested in - or find a weekly summary of Dukes events at 7 days.
Lancaster Grand Theatre
Detailed show listings for the popular historic theatre.
Storeygallery
The storey gallery in Lancaster.
Folly Gallery
Photography gallery and media centre based in Lancaster
Lancaster District Links
Virtual Lancaster
An impressive site full of local information so you can make the best of the amazing range of events, available locally, on the ground and online - for children as well as adults
Diversity FM Radio
Lancaster's not for profit, open access radio station run by the community for the benefit of the community.
Lancaster Online
Brought to you by the local newspaper, the Lancaster Guardian. News sport and local content.
Lancaster City Council
Lancaster and Morecambe Bay Home Page from Lancaster City Council
Green Close Studios
A flexible creative space set in a stone barn in the Lune Valley. The open plan studio space brings together traditional arts and digital media. People can hire space, from a desk and computer, to a traditional studio or a workshop venue.
Lancaster web-sites for parents
Sure Start
Lune Park Children's Centre
BabyMaze
Information and listings on local Lancaster children and toddler groups