Best of the Web: Performing Arts

(Music Division, Library of Congress)

The BBFC is the body responsible for the classification of films and videos for public distribution in the UK. Includes a history of the BBFC, an outline of the classification policy, details of recent decisions, comments on cases of particular public interest, information on submitting works for classification, and a database of works classified by the BBFC, including details of the final classification, the running time of the work, whether or not cuts were made before classification, the distributor of the work, and information on the director and principal cast members.

Resources to help nonprofit organizations use communications technologies more effectively. Subjects covered include project planning and implementation, evaluation, publicity, and technology funding for nonprofits. Highly recommended.

The colorful home page of the one-ring circus originating in New York. Includes articles about the founding of the Company, the history of circus through the ages, how the animals are cared for, statistics on the dimensions of the circus tent and materials used to mount a show, and previews of touring shows.

Comprehensive listing of recordings.

Out of print dance books.

This well written, progressive "academic/popular hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary", looks at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political. Bright Lights Film Journal is indexed in Film Literature Index, International Index to Film Periodicals, and Media Review Digest. No search function, but fully archived.

Organization which exists to promote greater understanding and appreciation of, and access to, film and moving image culture in the UK. Features information on exhibitions, collections, production and education, and describes the Museum of the Moving Image and the National Film and Television Archive.

Mounts online texts of plays not widely available in print, publishes working papers and responses on important issues, and provides research resources, including a detailed bibliography of works on Romantic drama & British women playwrights [last updated: 23 December 2001].

Specializes in full-length, contemporary American plays also publishes some musicals and one-acts. Alphabetical lists of scripts and authors, and lists of titles categorized into musicals, full-length plays, one acts, long one acts, and 2-, 3-, and 4-character plays. Not searchable.

Click the "links" button for a list of internet resources relating to each chapter of Franklin Hildy's 8th edition of Brockett's History of the Theatre and the "bibliography" button for chapter-by-chapter booklists.

(M.F.A. in Performing Arts Management)

The California Heritage Collection is an online archive of over 28,000 images illustrating California's history and culture from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

CSA is an organization of professional Casting Directors from all fields. Provides industry related links to PERFORMING ARTS UNIONS AND GUILDS , ELECTRONIC CASTING LINKS and OTHER FILM, TELEVISION AND THEATRE LINKS

Searchable Government resource for grantseekers. Listings of grants. Information on developing and writing grant proposals. Clear and concise.

(Middle Tennessee State University). (Searchable databases for song books, sheet music and music trade catalogs held by the Center.)

(Mississippi State University) "A collection of some 22,000 pieces of sheet music from late nineteenth and early twentieth century America."

Leading newspaper of the nonprofit world. Selected leading articles from current issue, index to previous issues going back 2 years. Some facts and figures of philanthropy topics available without subscription. Three different types of subscription packages make this site one of the most confusing on the Internet. However, if you persevere you can access excellent information for free.

Articles on circus history and lore links to the sites of circus companies and related associations.

Provides performance calendars for more than 70 cities across the U.S. as well as for international cities in Australia, Canada, Korea, Scandanavia, and Japan.

"A wide and ever growing selection of classical music programme notes. This site is compiled from years of classical writing covering a wide and diverse selection of contemporary music and standard repertoire."

"Directory of Music Faculties
"Directory of International Music Organizations

The Costume Society of America advances the global understanding of all aspects of dress and appearance. We work to stimulate scholarship and encourage study in the rich and diverse field of costume.

Selected articles, a sample of the print publication

Merce Cunningham.

International listings.