Dance at the King Library
This guide contains information and links to help you with your dance research at the King Library and beyond.
You may also find these related guides relevant:
- For more on dance in film and theatre, see the research guide on Film & Theatre
- For help finding recorded music or scores, see the research guide on Music
Need more help? Contact me or check out the library's reference services.
Featured Databases
Find Dance on Video
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Dance in Video This link opens in a new windowSubscription is for Vol 1 & 2. A streaming video database of dance productions and documentaries by 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.
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Music & Performing Arts This link opens in a new windowCross search interface for Alexander Street Press music and dance databases.
This search option includes the Dance in Video database linked above, but allows you to search other music, dance, and theatre collections at the same time. This is a good option if your research topic intersects with theatre or music. -
Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new windowStreaming video platform offering stage performances of classic and modern plays and musicals, along with interviews and workshops with playwrights, directors, designers, actors, musicians, and others involved in the playmaking process. Includes behind-the-scenes documentaries as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate a deeper understanding of the productions and texts.
Find Articles about Dance
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with full text This link opens in a new window
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text was initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, and since 1984, the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College has published 14 volumes of the IBTD. These volumes comprise a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.
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Music Index Online This link opens in a new window
Index to international music and dance periodicals. Includes references to journal articles; reviews of books, recordings, and performances; also obituaries. Covers classical, popular, and world music and musicians; also dance.
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Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowCovers the arts and entertainment industry, including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television and more. Provides indexing and abstracts for 395+ international periodicals, and full text for 160+ of the indexed journals and includes scholarly articles, commentary, reviews, and more.
Find Articles about Dance Kinesiology
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, officiating, sport law & legislation, college & university sport, disabled persons, and much more.