Research Guides: Dance Research Guide: Find Videos

Streaming Media for Dance

Use the sources below to find online video related to your research.

Alexander Street Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online includes streaming access to documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage.
Dance in Video (Volumes I and II) This link opens in a new window
Contains over nine hundred hours of dance videos - concert videos and documentaries, covering ballet, tap, contemporary, experimental, and improvisation, among others.
OntheBoards.tv This link opens in a new window
Website that delivers full-length, high quality contemporary performance films that introduce audiences to artistic innovators who are defining the future of dance, theater and music.

ARC Videodance
Vimeo Channel
Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Audio and Moving Image Archive
New York Public Library
PBS Great Performances: Dance
Search for Dance Videos from Library of Congress
UbuWeb Dance

Additional Video Databases

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window This resource provides high quality streaming videos about a range of subjects. The videos include award winning documentaries plus interviews, training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
Films on Demand: World Cinema Collection This link opens in a new window With feature films from directors across the globe, this unique collection includes the best of the silent era, international directors, American and European masterpieces from the mid-20th century, and award-winning contemporary films. The collection shines a light on the history of cinema while also providing a glimpse into the cultures and issues of countries around the world.
Ethnographic Video Online I and II: Foundational Films This link opens in a new window A core streaming video collection introducing cultural groups and practices from around the globe. The collection features documentaries, interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides and more.
LGBT Studies in Video This link opens in a new window Contains award-winning films, documentaries, interviews, and archival footage exploring the social, cultural, and political evolution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
PBS Video Collection (in Films on Demand) This link opens in a new window A collection of high-quality documentary and educational video programs produced for the Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Search the Catalog

You can use the library catalog to search across our collections for relevant films. Simply enter your search terms (keywords or title), search & limit to eVideo in the Format column. Any title with a "View Now" link is available through one of our streaming media collections.

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Dance Materials from the VRC

The Visual Resources Collection of the College of Arts and Architecture is digitizing programs and performances from the Department of Dance. The link below is to a PDF of the items that have been digitized. The best way to see if we have what you need using this list is to download it and use Ctrl + F to do a search. This list will be updated monthly.

If you would like to access content on the list, contact the Visual Resources Lecturer, Jenna at jduncan@uncc.edu.

CoAA Dance Resource Digitization Guide
A list of items that have been digitized by the VRC at UNC Charlotte. Updated monthly.

Dance Research Guide

Streaming Media for Dance

Additional Video Databases

Search the Catalog

Dance Materials from the VRC

Dance Videos on YouTube