International Performing Arts Resources
An introduction to researching music, theater, and dance from across the globe
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Southeast Asia, Oceania, Australia, & New Zealand Resources
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Bibliography of Asian StudiesThousands of entries on the humanities and social sciences related to East, Southeast, and South Asia, published from 1971 to the present.
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Southeast Asia DatabasesU-M's collection of images from multiple databases, like the Southeast Asia Art Symposium and Everyday Life in Thailand.
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Bibliography of Performing Arts of Southeast AsiaOngoing bibliography indexing over 6,000 publications on the Southeast Asian performing arts.
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Bibliography of Performing Arts of OceaniaOngoing bibliography indexing nearly 5,000 publications on the performing arts in Oceania.
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Bibliography of Performing Arts of IndonesiaOngoing bibliography indexing over 5,000 Indonesian performing arts publications.
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Asia Traditional Theatre and DanceIntroduces traditional forms of dance and theater with video and photographs, covering historical and performance aspects of each performing art.
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ASEAN Digital LibraryContains books, images, periodicals, and more, from libraries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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AsianInfoBrief introduction to the types of performing arts in Southeast Asia, sorted by country.
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Southeast Asia Digital LibraryDigitized collection of cultural material from eleven countries in Southeast Asia.
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BlakStageProvides information about contemporary Indigenous Australian playwrights and houses a collection of articles about Australian dramas and theater.
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Music Archive of Monash UniversityMulti-media archive of various performing arts from Indonesia and Southeast Asia, mostly in the form of sound recordings.
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Contemporary Wayang Archive21st century recordings of Java's oldest performances with translations, notes, and explanations.
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Australasian Drama StudiesJournal in English covering theater and drama, with later issues focusing more on non-Western theater. (Print available. Call number: PN 3010 .A91)
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Asian MusicEnglish journal with reviews and articles about Asian music, instruments, and plays, analyzing their history and societal roles. (Print available. Call number: ML 1 .A83)
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Asian Theatre JournalFocuses on Asian "traditional and modern theatrical forms" through articles, plays, translations, reviews, and reports. (Print available. Call number: 822.95 A83)
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Journal of Southeast Asian StudiesJournal starting in 1970, focusing on the humanities and social sciences. (Print available. Call number: DS 501 .J89)
Texts
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Remaking Pacific Pasts: History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Theater from Oceania by Diana Looser
Call Number: PR 9645 .L66 2014 (Hatcher Library)Introduces scripted dramas by Pacific Island playwrights since the late 1960s and their development, overviewing significant works in English, French, local vernaculars, and lingua francas. -
Theatre in Southeast Asia by James R. Brandon; James R. BRANDON
Call Number: 808.2 B819 (Hatcher Library)Describes twenty-five important theatrical forms from eight Southeast Asian countries grouped by "folk, court, popular, or Western theatre," while considering their origins, art, role in society, and "function as a medium of communication." -
Landscapes of Indigenous Performance by Fiona Magowan; Karl Neuenfeldt
Call Number: ML 3770 .L31 2005 (Music Library)Collection of essays by Indigenous leaders, educators and non-Indigenous scholars about "how traditional music and dance have responded to colonial control in the past," contemporary cultural performance, and creativity in music. -
Austronesian Soundscapes: Performing Arts in Oceania and Southeast Asia by Birgit Abels (Editor)
Call Number: ML 3770 .A87 2011 (Music Library)"Offers a comprehensive analysis of traditional and contemporary" music to show the challenges facing Austronesian cultures in three main sections, Madagascar, Oceania, and Southeast Asia. -
Moving Oceans by Ralph Buck (Editor); Nicholas Rowe (Editor)
Call Number: GV 1727 .M68 2014 (Music Library)"This volume studies the various experiences, motivations and aims for dance, emerging from the voices of dance professionals" in Oceania and the South Pacific.
Audiovisual Material
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OceaniaCD with eleven tracks of popular and traditional New Zealand music.
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Aboriginal Music from AustraliaLP published in 1977 with recordings and commentary of Aboriginal Australian music.
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Turama: Taʼakoka Dance Troupe, Cook IslandsDocumentary of "Polynesian dances with chants and drumming from the Cook Islands."
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Tuklas SiningForty minute DVD documentary of Philippine performing arts, including architecture, theater, music, literature, cinema, dance, and visual arts.
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Aotearoa: Land of Hope.CD of multicultural songs from across New Zealand, including Maori music, Samoan dance music, and Dutch folk songs.
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Last Updated: Dec 10, 2025 12:21 PM
Subjects: Arts, International Studies
Tags: dance, drama, music, performing arts, theater, theatre, world music