Research Guides: Dance Research Guide: Streaming Videos Online

Databases with Streaming Video

Direct links to the video databases that contain dance and performing arts material:

BBC Television Shakespeare Plays

Dance in Video: Volumes I and II
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. Dance in Video: Volume I lays the foundation for the study of dance in all its forms with content in modern dance, ballet, tap, jazz, experimental dance, and more. Films feature many of the greatest dance companies as well as an array of rare and hard-to-find archival and historical material. Dance in Video: Volume II showcases a new catalogue of dancers and partners including the Joffrey Ballet, John Jasperse Company, and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, as well as instructional materials, interviews, and documentaries featuring key performers and choreographers.

Naxos Video Library
Opera in Video
Streaming access to 40 full opera performances, most of which were originally released on the ArtHaus Musik label. A wide range of historical periods and styles is represented, and most of the operas included are considered standard repertoire.
On The Boards
This resource has recordings of contemporary theatre and dance.

Films@UM

Films@UM

Films@UM consists of over 800 digital videos on a wide variety of subjects which can be used in the classroom or independently. These films are available to University of Maryland (College Park) students, faculty, and staff for viewing, either from one's computer or classroom on campus, or at home via a virtual private network (VPN).

Spanning documentaries, public television programming, taped performances, and feature films, Films@UM covers many areas of interest, including the Performing Arts, with focus on Music, Theater, and Dance.