Spence School Library: Dance History: Alvin Ailey

Background Research

Gale in Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
Provides background information on U.S. history, covering the major events and people.
Encyclopedia Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
A wide selection of authoritative, scholarly electronic books available through a easy to use platform with a variety of online and offline reading options.

Proquest Comprehensive This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive: cross-search all our ProQuest databases at once. It contains access to historical and current newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journal articles. Subject Areas: Arts & Humanities, Business, General Research, Health Sciences & Nursing, Literature, News & Issues, Science & Technology, Social Sciences
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JSTOR provides access to full-text journal articles in the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences. While you won’t find current journal articles, you will find articles dating from 3-5 years ago to many decades ago.
Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Academic OneFile contains peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines. Millions of articles are available in both PDF and HTML full-text format.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 50 Years Cultural Ambassador to the World
Created by the Library of Congress
Alvin Alley American Dance Company: History
Scroll through by year to view the entire history.
Accelerated Motion: Towards a New Dance Literacy in America
"A series of dynamic and interactive educational materials aimed at fostering a multidisciplinary understanding of how movement ideas are enacted in various aspects of American culture."

Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
"Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive is an ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today."
YouTube
The leader in online video and premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide.
Dance Channel TV
"Dance Channel TV Network which provides educational content, human interest stories, interviews, and exclusive dance programming."
International Online Dance Library
"Numeridanse.tv is the first international dance video library online and completely free."

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Artstor is a digital library of more than one million high-quality images in arts and architecture, the social sciences and the humanities. The resource offers tools that can be used to view present and manage images. Register for a free account to get the most out of ARTstor.