Dance research: Archives
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Ballets Russes ArchivesThe mission of the Ballets Russes Archive at the University of Oklahoma School of Dance is to collect, arrange, preserve, and make accessible to researchers materials that document the history of the Ballets Russes companies, artists and dancers.
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"The DHVA collection continues the work begun by the Dance Heritage Coalition’s Dance Preservation and Digitization Project to address the challenges faced by dance artists, choreographers, performers, and companies in preserving a record of their work and helping to share it as broadly as possible with global and U.S. audiences and scholars."
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public LibraryThe Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library is the largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance. Chronicling the art of dance in all its forms, the Division acts as much more than a library. We preserve the history of dance by gathering diverse written, visual, and aural resources, and work to ensure the art form's continuity through active documentation and educational programs.
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Selections from the Katherine Dunham CollectionThis collection consists of moving image materials that document the extraordinary journey of a woman who changed the face of American modern dance.
Descriptions of the dance manuscript collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
"An exhaustive collection, catalogue, and index of all dances published in editions of the Dancing Master, 1651-1728." This website is an Open Educational Resource (OER) with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license. Permission is given to use and adapt any material on this website for non-commercial purposes, as long as attribution is given.This guide concentrates primarily on George Balanchine's work for the ballet stage. See notes about Balanchine's work for Broadway and films at the end of the list. -
CREDIT FOR THIS PAGE goes to Stephanie Frontz, University of Rochester Library