NYU Libraries Video Resources

Growing collection that will contain 1,000 hours approximately 1,500 performances of classical music performances and masterclasses captured on video. The collection will contain performances of all forms of classical music, including major orchestral performances by leading orchestras, plus chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with masterclasses and interviews with master teachers from around the world.

Over 2,600 streaming video of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries.

More than 500 full-length Met performances, many in HD, from 1930s till present.

Contains 500 hours of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon.

Over 2,600 streaming video of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries.

Contains 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.

The BBC Shakespeare Plays collection captures the television adaptions of Shakespeare's plays that were a defining moment in British television history. Filmed between 1978 and 1985, the full-length productions are traditional interpretations of the plays set in either Shakespeare's own time (1564 to 1616) or in the historical period of the events depicted (such as ancient Rome for Julius Caesar, or c1400 for Richard II etc). This series features one of the greatest casts ever assembled with actors from both stage and screen including notable classical actors such as John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Jane Lapotaire and Helen Mirren.

Digital Theatre Plus provides access to high definition filmed interviews and insights from playwrights, directors, designers, musicians and actors involved in the playmaking process. They also feature prepared workshop materials, scene and character studies, plot summaries and teachable background information to accompany Digital Theatre`s growing library of films.

Contains hundreds of videos, including documentaries and definitive performances of the world’s most important plays. From celebrated productions of Shakespeare to rare, in-depth footage of the work of Samuel Beckett, the collection covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances deliver an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of productions.

A collection of classic and contemporary plays and documentaries with a greater focus on contemporary and international productions. Users can view the works of widely studied playwrights and theatre artists from around the globe, including many new performances from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre collection (Opus Arte), Theatre Arts Films, the BBC, and TMW Media Group.

More than 50 high quality films on contemporary performance created by On the Boards Theatre

Digital venue for documenting the expression of social and political life through performance in the many political landscapes of the Americas. HIDVL brings together materials that existed only in small private archives that lacked the resources to care for these extraordinary cultural documents.

Explore content thematically through our carefully structured taxonomy, and reflect on fascinating new relationships between concept and content. All entries have been taken from Paul Allain’s and Jen Harvie’s Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance (Routledge: London, 2006), and are edited by Maggie B. Gale, unless otherwise indicated.

Covers silent features, serials, and shorts from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Contains roughly 250 full-length and short films from 1990-Present from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and Global Lens. All films were presented at major film festivals, many were nominated for awards, and many have won major awards.

A collection of more than 300 interviews with celebrities, television crews, and distinguished panels filed at the Paley Center for Medial.The seminars feature industry insiders discussing the processes of television production, the impact of media on contemporary society, and much more.

This collection is curated by film experts and leading academics to showcase meaningful documentaries of social, political and cultural importance by some of the world’s top international filmmakers. In many cases, the films will be accompanied by a selection of study guides, as well as press kits, articles, and interviews with the filmmakers and their subjects.