LibGuides: Theatre Research Starter: Find Websites

General Resources

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Global Performing Arts Database
Based at Cornell, this database contains digital performance materials, including costumes, sets, directors, and more, is part of an international consortium founded to develop and preserve digital records of the performing arts worldwide.
McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies
Organized by category, this site includes links to acting, plays, arts management, primary sources, listservs, stagecraft, and more.
Performing Arts Links
Information is organized by topic and by country.
Production Research
An online guide to resources for production research, from the Collins Library at Puget Sound University.
Theatre Resources (Theatre Library Association)
links to online guides and publications collected by the TLA.
WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama
Links to conferences, e-texts/plays, e-journals, theatre companies, and more.

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923
Includes over 16,000 primary documents and original resources. From the New York Public Library.
1875-1923
Theatre History Sites on the WWW
Contains information on classical, medieval, Elizabethan, Later English, and American Theatre.
Theatre History on the Web
Links to various styles of theatre, organizations, museums, online books and journals, film resources, and more.
Theatrehistory.com
A commercial site that offers nicely-organized links by period and region as well as a selection of public-domain playscripts.

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Milieux - The Costume Shop
Links to museums, historical information, instructions on how to make costumes, and more.

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Artlinx International Dance Resources
Links to types of dance, competitions, books, funding, organizations, studios, etc.
Article 19Contemporary Dance Online
Provides news, commentary, and video on contemporary dance.
Cyberdance: Ballet on the Net
Over 3,000 links to classical ballet and modern dance sites.
Voice of Dance
Includes news articles, multimedia, interviews with top dance professionals, and more.
Dance Style Locator
Growing collection of illustrated descriptions of dance styles from around the world, such as masked dances of Liberia, capoeira (Brazil), kathak (India), Yup'ik Eskimo dance, Afro-Cuban folkloric dance, and hula. Part of the website for the "People Like Me" educational program of World Arts West, a group that "serves the world, traditional, and folk dance communities of Northern California."

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