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Research Collections
- 500 Years of Italian Dance: Treasures from the Cia Fornaroli Collection
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- The Katherine Dunham Collection at the Library of Congress
Funding Sources
Awards and News
- Set Design International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians
- Tony Awards Online
- United States Institute for Theatre Technology- Wading on the Web(WOW) A monthly guide to theatre sites
Dance
- American Theatre Wing
- Applied & Interactive Theatre Guide - This is a unique resource for those who use theater techniques for more than arts and entertainment - e.g., interactive and participatory presentations. It considers both online and print resources, provides links to other resources around the world - including helpful descriptions - and lists pertinent organizations that do not have Web sites. An interesting and useful resource for a variety of audiences.
- CyberDance - 2,000 links to ballet and modern dance
- Dance on Video: Media Resources Center UCB
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive - Online exhibit of performances at Jacob's Pillow.
- Society of Dance History Scholars: Online Resources
- Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era
Dance Organizations
- Americans for the Arts
- Dance Films Association
- DanceUSA
- International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
- ISPA: International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation
- Performing Arts Alliance
- Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
- Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Ballet
- American Ballet Theatre
- Atlanta Ballet
- Ballet.co
- English National Ballet
- Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
- Moscow Ballet
- National Ballet of Canada
- New York City Ballet
- Royal Ballet
- The Ballerina Gallery
- The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
- Washington Ballet
Modern Dance
Theater Arts
- ArtsEdge: The National Arts and Education Network - Jointly established by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, this site offers a "curriculum studio" useful for curriculum development, as well as web links and a forum for students. Chief emphasis is at the K-12 level of instruction.
- Dramatic Publishing
- Dramatists Play Service, Inc. - Dramatists Play Service has published new plays since 1936 and is now one of the preeminent theatrical licensing agencies in the English-speaking world. The DPS web site focuses on both these areas, but only for its own works. This site is searchable by cast size, gender, length, (full length/short) keyword, and ISBN, or hunt by author and/or title. Each retrieved entry includes a plot synopsis, casting data, price, licensing fees and a "shopping cart" button for easy purchase.
- Playbill
- Samuel French - Catalogue for searching and purchasing plays
- SIBMAS - The International Association of Libraries and Museum of the Performing Arts, founded in 1954. An online directory of performing arts collections and museums is now available.
- The Costume Site
Theater Companies and Individual Theaters
- American Repertory Theater
- Cleveland Public Theatre
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Shaw Festival
- Steppenwolf Theater
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Theater History
- "A Tonic to the Imagination" : Costume Designs for Stage and Screen by B.J. Simmons & Co., 1889 - 1959
- American Alliance for Theatre and Education
- Daphne Dare Collection
- Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today - Didaskalia contains a wealth of information about both the roots and the modern uses of ancient drama and theater, organized into several easily accessible, exhaustively linked sections. This site serves primarily as a jumping-off point.
- Joseph Urban Stage Design Models and Documents Stabilization and Access Project
- Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History
- Mordecai Gorelik Papers
- Online Guide to the History of Theater
- Performing Arts in America 1875-1923
- Ringling Collection: Images of 19th Century Actors and Actress
- Shakespeare's Staging
- The Art of Ancient Greek Theater
- The Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku Collection
- The Motley Collection of Theatre & Costume Design
- Theater History Resources - Contains numerous links about the history of theatre, including the history of costume.
- Theater History Sites on the WWW
- Theatre and performance - Victoria and Albert Museum
- Theatre History
- West Side Story: Birth of a Classic
