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Dance
Find resources on dance in LMTA virtual library.
ARTICLE DATABASES
| EBSCO | Provides access to full-text scholarly journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines (access with LMTA credentials). |
| JSTOR | LMTA subscribed collection – Arts & Sciences III. Scholarly journals containing full-text articles from a wide range of academic and artistic disciplines (access with LMTA credentials). |
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)  |
The catalogue provides a list of open access journals that offer free access to full-text articles, while the quality of the articles is controlled by the journals’ editorial boards. |
| Lituanistika database |
Open access international research database providing bibliographic records, abstracts and full-text documents about the past and present of the Lithuanian state, society, culture, nation and language. |
E-JOURNALS
| Dance Europe Magazine | An international dance magazine. |
| Dance International | An online magazine dedicated to classical and contemporary dance (Canada). |
| The International Journal of Screendance | An academic journal exploring the field of screendance. |
| Nouvelles de Danse | A magazine dedicated to dance and the art of movement. |
E-BOOKS
| JSTOR | E-book collection. Subscribed collection – Arts & Sciences III (access with LMTA credentials). |
| DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books |
An open access e-book catalogue providing access to more than 100,000 open access e-books from 64 different publishers, as of 2026. The books are licensed under Creative Commons licences. |
| OAPEN Library |
Provides freely accessible scholarly e-books in the humanities and social sciences. |
| Google Book Search | Full-text books on a variety of topics. Some books may not be fully accessible due to copyright restrictions. |
| Open Research Library | An open access platform providing books on a variety of topics, including art, biography and autobiography, drama, music, dance, acting, education and more. E-books can be read online or downloaded in PDF format. |
| Project Gutenberg | The database contains more than 80,000 books on a wide range of topics. |
DISSERTATIONS AND THESES
Lithuanian databases
| Lithuanian dissertation defense database | A database of dissertations defended in Lithuania and scheduled for defence. |
| Lithuanian E-theses and Dissertations Information System (ETD) | A database containing bachelor’s and master’s theses, as well as dissertations defended in Lithuania since 2003. Access to some works is restricted or available only via the institution’s computer network. |
| Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania catalogue | Bibliographic database. Dissertations defended in Lithuania are held in the Manuscripts Collection of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. In the Library’s electronic catalogue, select Advanced Search; under Library Data, select Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka, and under Katalogo dalis, select Lietuvos disertacijos ir santraukos. |
Foreign databases
| EBSCO Open Dissertations |
A free database providing access to approximately 2 million electronic theses and dissertations from universities worldwide. |
| Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) |
An index of electronic theses and dissertations from more than 1,100 universities and research institutions worldwide. Full-text access depends on the availability of works in their source repositories. |
| BASE | A multidisciplinary academic search engine indexing scholarly resources from repositories worldwide. Use Advanced Search to find theses and dissertations. |
| EThOS | The British Library’s open access discovery platform containing records of more than 650,000 doctoral theses from UK universities. Where available, records link to full-text theses in university repositories. |
| Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) |
NDLTD provides a country-by-country list of repositories and search tools for finding electronic theses and dissertations from universities and research institutions worldwide. |
VIDEO SOURCES
Video search in the LMTA Library online catalogue.
Use the search filter: select Video/Film, enter the choreographer’s or dancer’s surname.
| Bloomsbury Video Library | The database provides visual materials on dance-related topics (access with LMTA credentials). |
| MediciTV | The database provides recordings of concerts, operas, and ballets (access with LMTA credentials). |
| Music and Dance Online (ProQuest) | The database provides access to videos, audio recordings, sheet music, and articles on music and dance (access with LMTA credentials). |
| ARTE | European cultural channel. Videos of concerts, festivals and competitions. |
| Dance Tech TV | A free video platform focusing on contemporary and experimental dance. It features extensive works by contemporary artists, interviews and documentaries on some of the most innovative experiments in performing and interdisciplinary arts. |
| NINATEKA | Audio and video platform dedicated to Polish art. |
| NumeridanseTV | NumeridanseTV is a multimedia dance platform providing free access to a unique video collection, including recorded performances, documentaries, interviews and dance videos. Recordings can be browsed by dance genre, style and form – from classical ballet to contemporary dance, performance and more. |
| TED dance videos | TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a nonprofit organisation devoted to “ideas worth spreading”. These videos focus on dance. |
| UBUWEB | Avant-garde (films, videos, audio, dance, articles, history, etc.). |
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
| Ballet dictionary | Ballet terminology dictionary. |
ORGANISATIONS
Lithuanian organisations
| LATGA | LATGA is a collective copyright management association. |
| Lithuanian Dance Information Centre | The Lithuanian Dance Information Centre (LDIC) is the main organisation collecting and disseminating information about professional contemporary dance and circus in Lithuania. Its website features a database presenting Lithuanian contemporary dance and circus artists and performers, dance companies and organisations, international festivals and residency programmes in Lithuania. |
Foreign organisations
| George Balanchine Foundation | The mission of the George Balanchine Foundation is to utilize the Balanchine legacy to advance the development of dance and its allied arts in the United States and throughout the world. |
| Merce Cunningham Trust | The Trust’s mission is to preserve and extend the legacy of Merce Cunningham for future generations. The website provides videos, various documents and other materials. |
| Pina Bausch Foundation | One of the Foundation’s main tasks is to collect the extensive and exceptionally detailed material documenting Pina Bausch’s artistic legacy and make it accessible to the public. |
FESTIVALS
| AURA | Official website of the International Dance Festival AURA. |
| New Baltic Dance | Official website of the New Baltic Dance festival. |
| PLArTFORMA | International arts festival presenting contemporary dance, theatre, new circus, performance art and other artistic disciplines in Klaipėda and Western Lithuania. |
OTHER SOURCES
Lithuanian websites
| Kamane | An archive of articles, interviews and reviews on Lithuanian arts and culture. The English-language version is no longer updated. |
| MMcentras | The history of Lithuanian culture from the post-war period to the present day. |
Foreign websites
| CriticalDance | CriticalDance was founded by a volunteer community of dance professionals, teachers, writers and enthusiasts. The website features critical articles, reviews and commentary on the art of dance. |
| Europeana | Europeana provides access to millions of digitised cultural heritage items from European institutions, including books, music, artworks, photographs and other documents. |
| Library of Congress collection “An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490 to 1920” | The Library of Congress collection contains more than two hundred historical dance manuals and related materials, including instruction books, treatises on etiquette and histories of social dance. Many of the manuals also provide historical information on theatrical dance. |
| Open Culture | Provides free access to online cultural and educational resources: » online courses from leading universities; » films online; » free audiobooks; » free e-books; » MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) from leading universities. |
Publishers
| Dance Horizons (Princeton Book Company) | Books, audiovisual materials and other resources on dance. |
| Dancetime Publications | Publishes DVDs and digital videos documenting the history, performance and instruction of dance. |