Dance
Dance Video Collections
Eye On Dance
The Music Library maintains a sizable collection of DVDs from the Eye On Dance television series. Episodes are topically focused and include interviews as well as performance footage.
Balanchine Foundation Video Archives
This collection consists of the "Archive of Lost Choreography," dedicated to the retrieval of Balanchine choreography no longer performed and in danger of permanently disappearing, and the "Interpreters Archive," featuring the creators of important Balanchine roles as they teach and coach the roles with dancers of today.
JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance
This 30-volume collection contains brief examples of folk music and dance traditions from around the world.
Find Videos in the Library
Searching for videos in the Library Catalog is similar to searching for books. You may find it helpful to use the filters and limit the format to video.

Online Video
These are a selection of online sources for video to which the Library subscribes:
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Dance in VideoContains 500 hours of dance productions and documentaries. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance.
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OntheBoards.tvA small database of full-length performances by some of today’s most provocative artists working in dance, theater, and music.
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Alexander Street VideoA database of thousands of streaming videos including documentaries, news and historical events, opera, dance and drama performances.
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Naxos Video LibraryContains more than 100 dance videos, along with music performances and documentaries.
Online Audio
These are a selection of online sources for audio to which the Library subscribes:
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Music and Performing Arts (Alexander Street Press)A portal that allows you to search simultaneously multiple databases from Alexander Street Press. Includes Classical Music Library, American Music, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound.
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Naxos Music LibraryOffers streaming audio of more than a million tracks of classical, jazz, and world music. Provides access to the complete Naxos catalog, as well as the complete catalogs or selected recordings of more than 400 labels.
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DRAMA streaming database focusing on contemporary classical American music. Includes 3,700 albums from 30 independent record labels.