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Here are suggested resources for locating video in various formats (DVD, licensed streaming video productions, and open access video) for the performing and visual arts.
Streaming Video at Colby
Find and request DVDs in CBBcat
HINT: Change option from "Entire CBB Collection" to "Movies".
Streaming Video for the Arts
Licensed Streaming Video Services available for Colby College users.
Academic Video Online: Premium (AVON) is a comprehensive video library streaming more than 68,000 titles spanning a wide range subjects in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
"A collection of twenty one stunning Shakespeare’s Globe stage productions representing over 55 hours of content. Recorded live on the Globe stage in high definition and surround sound, the films feature critically acclaimed performances from leading actors including Mark Rylance, Stephen Fry, and Roger Allam’s Olivier award-winning role as Falstaff in Henry IV. The collection will be updated with future productions."
Title list: http://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/shakespeares-globe-on-screen-film-collection-title-list.pdf
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 2 (2016-2018) includes landmark productions from the theatre’s 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons, including the first production from the indoor Jacobean theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. These films showcase the Globe’s two unique playing spaces on Bankside and how different artists respond to them. Each performance transports viewers directly into the standing yard of the world famous Globe or the magical candlelit interior of the captivating new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
With over 26,000 films, Kanopy offers users instant access to some of the most compelling content. Colby library patrons can find Indie films, popular documentaries, and classic cinema from such notable houses as Criterion, all on an easy to use platform.
Ontheboards.TV delivers full-length, high quality contemporary performance films to your TV, desktop or mobile device. The organization films top international performance artists with multiple high-definition cameras, collaboratively editing the films with the artists, and delivering feature-length performance films to audiences around the globe.
Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time.
Numeridanse.tv is a free online dance video library, bringing together thousands of hours of videos, the collections of national and international artists, teaching aids and thousands of written resources to promote an understanding of dance and its history.
"The Opera Platform is a partnership between Opera Europa, representing 155 opera companies and festivals, distributed via the ARTE broadcasting channel. 15 theaters from across Europe contribute content, featuring contemporary stagings of classic repertoire.