Research Guides: Dance: Videos

Dance Online

Dance Online
Showcases performances from dance companies and performers worldwide, spanning from traditional ballet to hip hop, street dance, and modern dance. The documentaries and interviews with performers and choreographers offer insights into the creative process, allowing researchers to gain a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural context of the performances.

Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance
Call Number: Cabell Library GV1589.F73 2014
Making Video Dance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dance for the Screen
Call Number: Access Online
Publication Date: 2018
This workbook follows the entire process of video dance production: from having an idea, through to choreographing for the screen, filming and editing, and distribution.
Screendance: inscribing the ephemeral image
Call Number: GV1779 .R665 2012
The history and influences of screendance, providing a theoretical guide to navigating the boundaries of an inherently collaborative art form. Explores the relationships between camera and subject, director and dancer, and the ephemeral nature of dance and the fixed nature of film.
The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies
Call Number: GV1779 .R664 2016
Original scholarship that will be essential reading for all those interested in the intersection of dance and the moving image, including film and video-makers, dance artists, screendance artists, academics and writers,producers, composers, as well as the wider interested public.

Find Films @ VCU Libraries

Search in VCU Libraries Search at library.vcu.edu.
Limit your search results to Material Type=Videos
1. For Streaming Video, limit to Show Only=Access Online
2. For DVDs, limit to Show Only=On Shelf
  1. Write down the film title and call number
  2. Take them to the Cabell Library Information Desk, 1st Floor - the staff will retrieve your DVDs for you.

Want to check out a DVD but don't have a way to play it?
Visit The Workshop to check out an external USB CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Player

Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
An ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today,
plus multi-media essays and a related podcast.
Dance Films Association
"A catalyst for the production, presentation, and preservation of dance on camera. Dedicated to furthering the art of dance film by connecting artists and organizations, fostering new works for new audiences, and sharing essential resources." Includes a Dance Media Timeline and Dance on Camera Journal.