ITALIC: immersion in the arts: living in culture: Theater
This guide lists a selection of online research sources in support of ITALIC, created Spring 2020
Reference works
- The Oxford companion to theatre and performanceA concise and updated version of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance ( 2 volumes, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.
- Oxford encyclopedia of theatre and performanceA particular feature of the Encyclopedia is the series of entries on concepts, theories, and critical approaches to theatre and performance, from short definitions of terms to lengthy considerations of genres, and from detailed discussion of movements such as feminism and psychoanalytic criticism to discussions of semiotics and post-colonial studies.
Databases
- International bibliography of theatre & dance with full textContains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs.
- Theatre in videoContains performances of the world's leading plays and film documentaries on the subject of theater in streaming video. Some plays presented in multiple productions exemplifying various interpretations of the text, and technical and cultural differences among the presentations. Stage work of directors and actors are cross-searchable and available for side-by-side comparison. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances, provide illustration of the development of texts and the productions. Browsable by productions, documentaries, people, companies, genres, theatres, and dates.
- Dance online. Dance in videoSelections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
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Subjects: Art, Arts, Basic research, Dance, Film and media studies, Humanities, Music, Theater and drama