Research Guides: DAN171: Political Bodies from the Stage to the Page: Streaming Media

Streaming Video

Academic Video Online (AVON) [Alexander Street] This link opens in a new window
Streaming video across all subject areas. Includes documentaries, and content from a variety of news sources, including PBS and BBC. May also include video from Dance in Video, vol. 1 & 2 (Alexander Street).
Dance in Video: Vol. 1 & 2 [Alexander Street] This link opens in a new window
Streaming video of dance productions & documentaries by the most influential performers & companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental & improvisational dance.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Stream This link opens in a new window
(Subscription) Full length dance videos from the Jacob's Pillow Dance Archives. Includes classes, performances, talks, documentaries/video dances, and materials on Ted Shawn and Denishawn.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
(Public website version) An ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob's Pillow from the 1930s to today, plus new multi-media essays and a related podcast.

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Streaming educational & feature films across all disciplines, with films from the BBC, California Newsreel, Criterion, PBS & many others. Create a free Kanopy account on campus, then connect to a Kanopy app and watch on your mobile device or smart TV. See Kanopy Help.
Medici TV This link opens in a new window
Classical music video broadcasts of live concerts, programs (including operas and ballets), documentaries, and master classes in collaboration with the greatest orchestras and concert halls in the world.
Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts & documentaries; watch the world's greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras & artists perform on demand.

Numeridanse.tv
Free access to filmed performances, documentaries, interviews, fictions, dance videos. Includes all dance genres, i.e., butoh, classical ballet, neo-classical ballet, baroque, Indian, African, flamenco, contemporary, traditional dances, hip-hop, tango, jazz, circus arts, performance, etc. Created by by the Maison de la Danse, Lyon, and also developed with the French National Centre for Dance (CND) and supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation and the French Ministry for Culture.

OntheBoards.tv This link opens in a new window
Filmed at On the Boards, as well as peer theaters across the country, the performances present a snapshot of the best new works by current leaders in dance, theater and music. The films consist of compelling international and northwest contemporary performance including works by artists who are rarely seen in the US and works that will never be performed again.

UbuWeb Dance
Contemporary dance and dance video database; part of UbuWeb's film and video catalog.