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PBS Dance
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/dance/
An excellent resource for dance performances.
Dance Theater of Harlem
The seven weeks of Company performances were streamed on DTH’s YouTube channel each Saturday at 8pm until 11:59pm on the Sunday of the following week.The series kicked off with a celebration of Creole Giselle and will continue until Saturday, July 25th.
Thursday, July 16th. “Inside Coming Together:Staging The Ballet at 8pm”
Company Artist Crystal Serrano talks with Eva Lopez Crevillen about staging Nacho Duato‘s Coming Together on Dance Theatre of Harlem. Watch on YouTube and Facebook.
Friday, July 17th “The Greater Coming Together” at 8pm
The DTH men come together to interpret through music a letter written by inmate Sam Melville in 1971 from Attica Correctional Facility in New York. Melville died shortly after the Attica Prison riot. Minimalist composer Frederic Rzewski, used the text for his composition titled Coming Together and is the music for Nacho Duato’s ballet. The letter has a poetic quality that eerily mirrors current events in our country. Watch On YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram TV.
Saturday, July 18th at 8pm. “Online Premiere of Coming Together” at 8pm
Watch the full-length virtual premiere of Coming Together streamed on YouTube, hosted by Company Artist Lindsey Donnell. Viewers can participate in a live Interactive chat on YouTube with Company Artist Dylan Santos.
PBS: Music
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/music/
Videos to encourage students to perform, analyze, and appreciate music and include resources that explore music from various time periods and cultures.
The World Youth Choir 2019 - Teatro National São Carlos - Lisbon, Portugal
Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall
https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/home
Register for free for the Berlin Philharmonic’s web-and app-based digital concert hall and then watch any of their education concerts for free, as well as selected documentaries and interviews. Remember to register first.
Free Education Concerts:
https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concerts/education
Free Full Performance Concert:
https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/22386
IRVING BERLIN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, 1988 ~
StarStudded Salute to Irving Berlin with Documentary Clips Intertwined
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ezXndspdSk
War and Treaty - the Kennedy Center - Millenium Stage: Husband & Wife duo blends roots, folk, gospel, and soul. https://youtu.be/PkuNDcG95JA
METLive: Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi: “There is No Other”
The duo's intellectual project links Giddens' usual field of inquiry – the folk instruments and traditions of the African-American diaspora – with those of Turrisi, a pianist and master of the frame drum who dwells in the Mediterranean slipstreams from the Middle East and North Africa to Southern Europe.
Punch Brothers - (Classical, Bluegrass, Chamber music) Live at House of Blues – Boston https://youtu.be/FWCH_h8SEuo
Sons of Kemet - Jazz Night in America; Big Ears Festival,Knoxville, TN https://youtu.be/_a4fgVKpMiw
The Bad Plus (Jazz on MV, Newport Jazz Festival) https://youtu.be/cQNybpWVS3o
Military Band Performances!
Links to a variety of performances by United States Military Bands!
Army Field Band: www.armyfieldband.com
Navy Band: www.navyband.navy.mil
US Army Band: www.usarmyband.com
US Marine Band: www.marineband.marines.mil
US Air Force Band: www.music.af.mil
US Coast Guard: www.uscg.mil/community/band
Opera Vision: Opera houses all over the world released productions; available 3-6 months
La Boheme - Komische Oper Berlin
Tosca - New Zealand Opera
A Midsummer Night’s Dream -Opéra Orchestre Montepellier
The Skating Rink - Garsington Opera, UK
Le Vin Herbé - Welsh National Opera
Orfeo - Monteverdi - Nederlandse Reisopera
MUSICALS - SHAKESPEARE - PLAYS - DOCUMENTARIES
All the following sites have many theatrical productions to choose from. Many of these streaming services will let you rent one play at a time, and/or offer educator discounts for streaming subscriptions. Some have a free trial period, so you can see shows without paying during the first week or even month. Here are some excellent sites.
PBS: Theatre
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/theater/
Videos that explore the world of theatre with performances, lesson plans, videos, interactive activities, and more.
"Oklahoma!" 2.5 hour Complete Stage Version/Recreation of 1943 Original Production
North Carolina School of the Arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syM0JtapQ4Q (Act One)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS4NuHtiiPE (Act Two)
Behind The Curtain Of “O” - Cirque Du Soleil
Immersive backstage experience sharing the emotions and experiences of the performers during quintessential moments of this iconic show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRevsCt6Tcs
Into the Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqCsQCsinK4
Legally Blonde
Broadway Production of the popular musical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiX-EJA8n4w
Rent
Full Broadway production,Broadway in HD 2008
National Theatre At Home
Watch streaming productions of iconic, sold-out performances.
Check this home page for dates and performances.
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home\
PBS Great Performances Broadway Collection
An amazing collection of shows that include: She Loves Me; Noel Coward’s Present Laughter; Indecent; Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn; An American in Paris The Musical; Sound of Music; John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway; Harold Prince: The Director’s Life; 42nd Street; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I; Red; Much Ado About Nothing; Kinky Boots.
Available with NPT Passport (support your local PBS station):
https://www.pbs.org/show/great-performances/collections/broadway-pbs/
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
Full concert recorded live on 09/28/98 at Carnegie Hall. Features some of the great female singers of the Broadway stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlBM1ZUBGBg
The Shows Must Go On
Originally streaming Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals each we for free. Currently showing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamboat, then performances on break, but will resume in mid-August.
https://www.youtube.com/theshowsmustgoon
Classic Arts Showcase
Both rare and modern classical performances from every arts genre including dance, music, theatre, and media.
http://www.classicartsshowcase.org/watch-classic-arts-showcase/
Broadway HD (which includes RoyalShakespeare Company productions):
Here is a list of some excellent shows that would be good for you to see for your own enjoyment and knowledge. Several would be good for classroom use and/or discussion. Please view before showing your students to make certain the performance is suitable for your particular classroom setting. Unless indicated otherwise, the majority of these performances are staged in an actual theatre.
SHAKESPEARE PLAYS ON TAPE:
The Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Romeo and Juliet
The Hollow Crown - a filmed series (not on a stage) which features all of the plays dealing with the Wars of the Roses in which Benedict Cumberbatch plays Richard.
STRAIGHT PLAYS
A Streetcar Named Desire
Death of a Salesman with Dustin Hoffman
The West Wing - Special 'Reunion' Event
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
What the Constitution Means to Me
The Crucible
MUSICALS
Trevor Nunn's Oklahoma! (numerous sources - all charge a slight fee unless you have a subscription)
Shrek the Musical
Hamilton
Come from Away
She Loves Me
Carousel
Newsies
Sweeney Todd - 1982 cast (including Angela Lansbury)
Sunday in the Park with George - original cast
Cats - original West End production (filmed on stage without an audience)
DOCUMENTARIES
The Making of Miss Saigon
Part One YouTube - Part Two You Tube
Every Little Step
PBS Visual Arts
Videos exploring the many forms of visual art with resources that encourage analysis, research, and practice.
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/visual-art/
The Louvre
Take free virtual tours of the world’s most famous art museum.
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs
The National Gallery (London)
Take virtual tours of the impressive artwork in this world famous museum.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Tour this museum filled with masterpieces by giants of virtually every art movement.
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA)
This experience takes visitors through six floors of modern and contemporary art from Korea and around the world.
The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Korean Modern Masters: Yoo Youngkuk 1916~2002 Exhibit:
PARK HYUNKI 1942-2000MANDALA:
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/park-hyunki-1942-2000-mandala/NAKyQANppsy0KA?hl=en
Garden Exhibit:
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/garden/vAJiLPtzUsL6KQ?hl=en
Birth of a Museum: Documenting the Construction of MMCA, Seoul
The Vatican Museums
Tour seven different sections of the sprawling complex.
http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.1.html
The Art Institute of Chicago
Online resources to connect you to the institute’s collection of art from around the world.
https://www.artic.edu/collection
The Getty Museum
Take a closer look at the collection, learn the stories behind the objects, and zoom in and explore details.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/explore-the-getty-collections-virtually-on-google-arts-culture/
Van Gogh Museum
View inside the Van Gogh Museum, housing largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in the world.
Ground Floor:
First Floor:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/van-gogh-museum-first-floor/QAFSN2-WiDzQSw
Second Floor:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/van-gogh-museum-second-floor/qQH6anGqAuOSnw
Third Floor:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/van-gogh-museum-third-floor/xAGnmitBRU1_bA
Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
Tour the V&A with this virtual walking tour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=kzvjVIeLTzU&feature=emb_logo
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Journey up its spiral halls via a Google Arts and Culture or take a deeper dive into the museum’s collections on the online database.
Guggenheim virtual tour:
Guggenheim online database:
https://www.guggenheim.org/collection-online
National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City)
Home to the world’s largest ancient Mexican art collection, in addition to an extensive collection of ethnographic objects.
Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
Experience world-famous masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age include the Milk maid by Vermeer and Rembrandt's Night Watch
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/rijksmuseum/iwH5aYGoPwSf7g
Ground Floor:
First Floor:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/rijksmuseum-first-floor/rAG25bi4TlLfDg
Second Floor:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/rijksmuseum-second-floor/kgF3c2qIEYZR8g
Third Floor:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/rijksmuseum-third-floor/pwHvjjAzO2zTRQ
Stairs to Asian Pavilion:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/stairs-to-the-asian-pavilion/agGzUl47Yt5_WA
Stairs for the Great Hall:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/stairs-for-the-great-hall/6QHkHOGm_xVcaQ
Inside View:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/rijksmuseum-inside-view/QQE4Pj9q7_1rXw
Tokyo National Museum
The Tokyo National Museum collects, houses, and displays a comprehensive collection of art works and antiquities from Japan as well as other Asian countries
de Young Museum (San Francisco)
Features a priceless array of American art dating from the 17th to the 21st centuries, as well as artifacts from Africa and Oceania, modern and contemporary art, costumes, and textiles.
de Young Online Database:
https://deyoung.famsf.org/collections
The National Gallery of Art(Washington DC)
View the museum’s current exhibitions and listen to audio and video recordings of past lectures online.
https://www.nga.gov/audio-video/video/exhibition.html
THE DALÍ THEATRE-MUSEUM
Features many rooms and exhibits surrounding every era of Dalí’s life and career, and the artist himself is buried here.
https://www.salvador-dali.org/en/museums/dali-theatre-museum-in-figueres/visita-virtual/
Blanton Museum of Art
Browse through the largest public collection in Central Texas with around 19,000 objects.
http://collection.blantonmuseum.org
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Immerse yourself in the stories of American art and architecture at Crystal Bridges with unique virtual reality experiences.
https://crystalbridges.org/vr/
The Smithsonian
Tour a gallery of presidential portraits, print a 3-D model of a fossil or volunteer to transcribe historical documents.
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/online
Museum of the City of New York
Explore New York’s past through nearly 205,000 objects from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
https://collections.mcny.org/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=Home
The Whitney
Explore the Whitney's collection of over 25,000 works, created by more than 3,600 American artists during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
https://whitney.org/collection/works?q%5Bhas_image_true%5D=1
Kimbell Art Museum
Explore the masterpieces of European art from Michelangelo to Matisse; Egyptian and classical antiquities; and the art of Asia,Africa, and the Ancient Americas.
https://www.kimbellart.org/collection
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Browse Gardner’s collection of over 7500 paintings, sculptures, 7000 archival objects- from ancient Rome, Medieval Europe Renaissance Italy and more.
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/collection
Dallas Museum of Art
Connect with the Dallas Museum of Art from wherever you are for a selection of all new special exhibition and collection gallery tours and many other interactive art adventures on the web.
The British Museum
Take a virtual tour of many of the galleries in this world class museum.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online resources include numerous videos and museum tours.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
View the collection of sculptures, murals, and photographs from this North Texas gem.
https://collection.themodern.org/collections
The Frick Collection
View the old master paintings and fine furniture housed in nineteen galleries of varying size within the former residence of Henry Frick.
https://www.frick.org/visit/virtual_tour/living_hall
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Experience the cultural heart of this great city with their online exhibitions.
African American Art:
https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/african-american-art-19
Horace Pippin: From War to Peace:
https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/horace-pippin-war-peace
Woodcuts: Groove and Grain:
https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/woodcuts-groove-and-grain
Figures and Fragments:
https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/figures-and-fragments
All About the Benjamins:
https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/all-about-benjamins
Detroit Institute of Arts
View one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States.
https://www.dia.org/art/collection
Frist Art Museum(Nashville)
Experience the Frist exhibitions anywhere, anytime.
https://fristartmuseum.org/exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art (Manhattan)
Seven video works from the collection
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/362
Dorothy Gillespie Papers Digitization Project
https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/61513/
https://collections.libraries.rutgers.edu/dorothy-gillespie-papers
Slides of Dorothy Gillespie Artwork
Belmont University / 1900 Belmont Blvd. / Nashville,TN 37212
Email: taa@belmont.edu / Phone: 615-460-5451
