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Your Research Guide for Theatre and Dance

The Theatre and Dance Guide provides information and resources for effective research in Theatre and Dance. The tabs on the left will assist in locating articles, databases, books, and other useful information regarding resarch in theatre and dance. If you need further assistance, please contact the Visual and Performing Arts Library at (270) 745-2889 or visit the helpful librarians and staff on the second floor of Cravens Library.

Important Databases for Theatre and Dance

JSTOR
Provides the full text of scholarly journals, not including the most recent five years, in the following collections: Arts & Sciences I – XI, Life Sciences, and 19th Century British Pamphlets.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
A large multi-subject database covering every topic with scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Access provided by KYVL.
ABI/ Inform Global (ProQuest)
Contains articles back to 1991, many full text, in the fields of business, management, finance, law, and more.

Feature

How Costume Design Secretly Tells Stories in Movies
This video essay from Now You See It argues costume design is "a vital layer of world-building" that can quietly redefine a movie. In a sci-fi or fantasy film, costumes give a pretty good idea of the rules of the fictional world we've just been introduced to; in a period film, they can suggest the passage of time.
The video also analyzes specific costumes from Obi-Wan Kenobi's robes to Willy Wonka's iconic purple velvet jacket, and it reveals how costume designers are telling us stories, even if we don't notice.

Subject Guide

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Subjects:Art, Fashion and Interior Design, Music, Theatre and Dance