1. About the Database Dance in Video will contain 250 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.

Many performances currently targeted for Dance in Video include Points in Space (Merce Cunningham Dance Company); highlights from Dance Theatre of Harlem; an Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre; Strange Fish (DV8 Physical Theatre); Silence is the End of our Song (Royal Danish Ballet); Intimate Pages (Rambert Dance Company); Swansong (English National Ballet); Peter and the Wolf (The Royal Ballet School); Rainbow Round My Shoulder (Donald McKayle); and hundreds more choreographed or performed by dancers and groups including Agnes de Mille, Mark Morris, Lestor Horton, Anna Sokolow, Norman Walker Dance Company, Anthony Tudor, Jose Limon, Paul Draper, Chuck Green, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, The Kirov Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans Theater, and others.

Specially developed controlled vocabularies let users browse by composer, choreographer, genre, performer, ensemble, and role.

Critical Video Editions: The Alexander Street Critical Video Editions Series combines the excitement of video with the uniquely powerful search capabilities our collections are known for. We’ve developed software applications that make use of Alexander Street’s Semantic Indexing™ to enable precise searching and finding; easy browsing and moving about; citations down to the second; searchable narration and transcripts; embeddable links; user-created annotations; ways to combine video with other content; and more. These new features and capabilities render video as useful for research and classroom use any scholarly text.

Our Critical Video Editions™ feature:

Advanced features coming soon:

2. Acknowledgements

At Alexander Street Press, the following people have been instrumental in the development of the collection:
• Andrea Eastman-Mullins
• Christina Chamberlain
• David Vaughn
• Greg Knapp
• Joanna Koslowsky
• John Field
• Liz Dutton
• Nazar Sharunenko
• Pat Carlson
• Paul Dixon
• Roger Press
• Will Whalen

3. Outside Acknowledgements

• Silk web icons are provided courtesy of Mark James.