Research Guides: Performance Studies: Performing Arts

MUSIC LIBRARY

The Music Library supports music, dance, and the dramatic arts. For assistance with any research in dance and theater, contact Javier.

USC LIBRARIES RESOURCES

Find more performing arts resources on the dance and theater research guides.

Alexander Street Music and Dance Online This link opens in a new window
Centralized access to all subscribed music databases under Alexander Street / ProQuest, including streaming audio-visual media, reference resources, and scores.
Dance Online: Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains 500 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century.
Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles.
Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
Digital Theatre Plus is the immersive platform for English Literature and Performing Arts that brings contemporary theater to life. Digital Theatre collaborates with leading theater companies worldwide to develop their engaging collection of filmed and written content, including exclusive backstage insights.
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.
Represented are hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. Included are landmark performances such as The Iceman Cometh, Awake and Sing, Dom Juan, Krapp's Last Tape, and the complete works of Shakespeare as produced by the BBC and other theatrical companies. Notable actors Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Dreyfuss, Walter Mathau, Meryl Streep, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and more. Students, instructors and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging.