Then California state budget cuts threw the whole project into disarray. It wasn't until 1994 that Oxford University Press came into the picture, at which point all the articles had to be re-read for accuracy and updating. The photo illustrations had to be redone and everything adapted to Oxford's data base program. Part of the problem was the very scope of the encyclopedia. What was first envisioned as four volumes ballooned to six, and subsequent editions will have to expand by at least two volumes and possibly four after the year 2000.
Biographical entries are there for noted dancers, companies and composers.
Mime and martial art are also part of this investigation. The outline expressed in the index seems remarkably complete. But as with any first venture, there are some problems. A major flaw is a lack of work lists for choreographers, designers and composers. Many of the photographs, in matte finish, are so dim that detail has been lost, glaringly for Bunraku puppetry, where the black-hooded assistant is indistinguishable, though the caption says he's there.