Talk:List of theaters for dance

Reverting Edits
I do agree that not all the theaters in this list are notable. However, to my knowledge it is not a requirement that each item in a list be notable, only that the article, itself, be notable. See Wikipedia:Notability. Even if a theater of this type is too small or newly formed to have achieved notability, I believe it still deserves to be on this list. Also, I think many of the red links removed from the list are notable, but dont have English articles written on them for various reasons, the primary reason being that they are located in non-English-speaking countries.

PixiesAreNice (talk) 16:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * All of the items listed should have an article, because Wikipedia is not a list of indiscriminate info. Per this guide, "Each entry on a list should have its own non-redirect article in English Wikipedia". TN X Man  16:41, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

criterion
It's hard to determine exactly which theaters fit the criterion to be "theaters for dance". It seems to me that, although some of these theaters-- City Center, PS 122, NY State Theater, and the Metropolitan Opera House-- present a lot of dance performances, their missions are not to present dance, specifically, and should therefore be removed from the list. It seems that the theaters whose mission is to serve specifically as a venue for dance performances fit into a few categories:
 * venues run by dance presenters (like Dance Place, Danspace, DTW, the Joyce, ODC, etc) - these venues typically also offer classes and have resident companies; often the space is convertible studio/theater
 * venues run by dance studios (like Jack Guidone, Joria, Green Space) - for use by the studio for recitals, typically rent their space out for other performances; usually smaller spaces, studio converts into theater (focus on the studio)
 * venues owned by large, well-established dance companies (Mark Morris Dance Center) - space is used primarily by a single company

Although many theaters that don't fit into these categories house dance performances, I would not consider them to be theaters for dance.

PixiesAreNice (talk) 05:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

City Center, Metropolitan Opera House, and New York State Theatre
City Center functions as a producer with its annual Fall for Dance festival, an enormous undertaking; it and the Metropolitan Opera House are the two homes of the American Ballet Theatre, one of the most important dance companies in the US. The Met. is also frequent home to the major Russian ballet companies. This list is meaningless if they are omitted; likewise the New York State Theater, which was built to George Balanchine's specifications for the New York City Ballet. There is at least as strong a case for these venues as for B.A.M. I would agree with you that such spaces as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and the New Jersey State Theatre are not such frequent presenters of dance that they belong on this specialized list (though the former is Savion Glover's home theatre and the latter has hosted the ballet from Perm.) Robert Greer (talk) 02:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

A Few UK Theatre's for Dance
This Article seems to be centered around American Theatres for Dance rather than being a comprehensive list of international dance theatres. Whilst I am sure America has many wonderful dance venues, perhaps it would be nice to expand the article and give it a truly international flavour. I am from the UK so will give you a list of some noteable UK Venues which you might like to list.

Royal Academy of Dance - London []

Sadlers Wells - London [] (including Sadlers Wells, The Peacock Theatre and the Lillian Bayliss Studio).

The Northern Ballet Theatre & Pheonix Dance Theatre - Leeds [] []

The Royal Ballet (London) - Royal Opera House []

The English National Ballet - The Colliseum [] (London) - []

Birmingham Royal Ballet - Hippodrome Theatre - Birmingham, England []

Scottish Ballet - Glasgow, Scotland (in the process of moving to a new HQ in Glasgow) []

Dundee Rep Theatre (Scottish Dance Theatre) - Dundee, Scotland []

Independent Ballet Wales - Newport, Wales []

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance - Greenwich, London []

The Royal Ballet School (London) []

Northern Ballet School [] - Manchester

Elmhurst School for Dance [] - Edgbaston, Birmingham

Northern School for Contemorary Dance (Riley Theatre) [] - Leeds.

Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance (London) []

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts []

Central School of Ballet (London) []

Conservatoire of Dance & Drama (London) []

Pineapple Dance Studios (London) []

Laine Theatre Arts [] (Epsom, Surrey)

The Place & Robin Howard Dance Theatre (London) []

Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance [] (Kent)

Riverside Studios (London) - []

The Roundhouse (Camden, London) []

Arnolfini Bristol []

Main Theatre Dance Venues in London - []

Blackpool Dance Festival [] - Empress Ballroom [] Blackpool, England.

As for Dance Schools there are many hundreds in the UK, as well as over 200 dedicated Dance Companies. [] [] []

Useful links to UK Dance Venues, Event Listings and Dance Companies can be found at Dance Ground UK [] []. A list of some of the UK's Dance Schools can be found here [] & a list of West London Theatres can be found here. [] There are also numerous Performing Arts Centres throughout the UK. [] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.205.89.64 (talk) 17:03, 9 October 2008 (UTC)