Research Guides: Dance History, Theory, and Criticism: Video, Images, Music

Dance Collections

Dance in Video
Contains five hundred hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century.

Contains five hundred hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century.
OntheBoards.tv
View full-length, high-quality films of live theatre performances.

The films featured on the website include international and US-based contemporary artists, some of whom are rarely seen live stateside, with works that might not be performed again.

Dance: Great Performances (PBS)
Free full-length videos of several PBS programs online.
Films on Demand
Click on "Dance" to see choreography, general, and performance films.

Naxos Video Library
Extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts, and documentaries.

Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Docuseek2
Provides exclusive educational streaming access to documentary and social issues films.

Provides exclusive educational streaming access to documentary and social issues films.

Dance and Media Videos
Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
Online exhibit view brief performance excerpts spanning from 1930s dance pioneers to today's most exciting artists. All recorded at Jacob's Pillow.
Performing Arts: American Masters (PBS)
Free full-length video documentaries about dancers and companies. Includes Joffrey Ballet, Gene Kelly, Bill T. Jones, Martha Graham, and more. Scroll results for dance-related hits.

OAISter
Contains records of digital resources from open-archive collections worldwide.

Contains records of digital resources from open-archive collections worldwide.

NYPL Digital Library
Provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

Artstor
More than two million art images for non-profit educational use from numerous art, architecture, and anthropology collections. See More Info for a collection list.

More than two million art images for non-profit educational use from numerous art, architecture, and anthropology collections. See More Info for a collection list.

Music & Performing Arts
Combines music, audio, and video that spans all time periods, and includes hundreds of thousands of seminal artists.

Combines music, audio, and video that spans all time periods, and includes hundreds of thousands of seminal artists.
Smithsonian Global Sound (Music Online)
More than 3,000 albums and 45,000 tracks representing musical traditions from all over the globe.

More than 3,000 albums and 45,000 tracks representing musical traditions from all over the globe.

Contemporary World Music
Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. (ASU Only)