The list is intended to include as many on-line ECD videos as can be found with the exception of those in which the images or music are substantially impaired, or the dance is displayed for less than 60 seconds. The quality of the dancing is generally not a factor as long as the dancers appear to be enjoying themselves. Where a particular dance has been uploaded repeatedly in the same context - for example, repeat performances by a dance troupe or favorite dances at successive annual balls, repetitive videos may be omitted. The collection has been used largely by dancers as an aid to learning dances, by callers planning dance programs and musicians to see how a dance works at different tempos. Those videos that are likely to be the most useful for learning a dance are marked with an asterisk in the listing. More than one video may be noted for a particular dance, especially for variant interpretations or reconstructions .
To locate a dance video or animation search either for videos by Title, Venue/Date, Collection (who posted it), Leader/Caller/Performance group, Musicians, or Choreographer, or you browse by dance name. The header for each dance displays - when known – the choreographer and tune, dance formation, meter and key and a link a to- “Dance instruction” - (generally, choreography, sheet music. and/or descriptions of dance variation).
(Note:: material provided by OttawaECDClub's Dance instruction index wiki, and by CDSS (Bolton and Sheffield Collections), are, unless otherwise noted, subject to the Attribution-Non-commercial-ShareAlike license),
For each dance with multiple videos entries appear in the order of 1) Choreographer and then 2) the name of the person or entity posting the video. .
Dance animations, formerly displayed on a separate page, have been integrated into this list . (for a list of all animations, search venue/date for "animation").
As of 10/17//2017 this data base links to 3,263 videos and 217 animations of 1,060 dances