Monday, December 29, 2008

New Video Resources

The Libraries have recently subscribed to several new video packages (accessible via UWNetID login from off-site):
Opera in Video. http://opiv.alexanderstreet.com/ Opera in Video will contain 250 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. The current release includes 42 videos.
Theatre in Video with BBC Shakespeare Series. http://washington.ativ.alexanderstreet.com/ Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all. This release contains 279 titles, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.
Dance in Video http://daiv.alexanderstreet.com/ Dance in Video will contain 250 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 current release includes 109 videos.

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