Research Guides: Theatre Arts: Find Media & Performances

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Dance In Video
Contains dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
Covers ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, & improvisational dance, plus forerunners of the forms & pioneers of modern concert dance.
Theatre in Video
Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video.
Digital Theatre Plus
Unlimited access to some of the world's finest productions, unique backstage insights, practitioner interviews and written analysis..

Ailey All Access
For a limited time, is sharing videos of the Company performing on stage.
All Arts (WNET)
Arts and culture hub is created by WNET
Dance Archives » Great Performances
Watch performances of ballet & modern dance.
Dancescape.TV
Dance Videos for iPod, PC or Mobile Phone. Ballroom Dancing, Latin and Salsa to Hip Hop, Break Dancing, Ballet and more!
Contemporary Dance Directory
Videos of dance companies from around the world.
Joyce Theater
Moving Image Archive (Internet Archive)
Library of free movies, films & videos. Thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users ranging from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons & concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
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100s of short films in MPEG-2 format
Numeridanse
Multimedia dance platform offering free access to filmed performances, documentaries, interviews, dance videos. Every single genre, style and form is showcased here: butoh, classical ballet, neo-classical ballet, baroque, Indian, African, flamenco, contemporary, traditional dances, hip-hop, tango, jazz, circus arts, performance, etc.
Theatre Museum Canada
Youtube channel

Naxos Music Library
Search & listen to all types of music in this comprehensive collection which includes Classical, Jazz, World, Folk, and Chinese music.

ARTstor
Digital art images & descriptive information covering art, architecture & archaeology.
EBSCO Image Collection
Images from Archive Photos, Canadian Press, Motion Picture & Television Archive, McClatchy, UPI, and Getty, as well as a variety of images from the public domain.

NYPL Digital Collections
Global Performing Arts Database (GloPAD)
Authoritative, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators.