Subject Research, Course Guides, Documentation: Dance: A Guide to Research and Resources: Collections of Dance Videos

Finding Databases

From the library's home page, click on "Databases," or go directly to the database search page here.

Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains dance productions and documentaries by performers, choreographers, 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.
Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection This link opens in a new window
Curated primary and secondary full-text materials to support informed performance, pedagogy, and scholarship in dance. Content ranges from articles, interviews, reference material, and more.
Drama Online This link opens in a new window
88 streaming films, including BBC films & documentaries, films from the Royal Shakespeare Company, films from the National Theatre, and others

An ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob's Pillow from the 1930s to today, plus multi-media essays and a related podcast.

There are thousands of dance videos available through Schaffer Library both through streaming subscriptions and physical DVD copies.