Online Resources for TDM
These resources are intended for Theater, Dance & Media students, faculty, and staff, and are updated regularly. Last update: April 14, 2020.
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WATCH
Streaming a variety of videos through Harvard Libraries
Including classical live performances, dance, documentaries, avant garde artists, ethnographic films, African-American video oral history, interviews with leading scholars, LGBT history & culture videos, LinkedIn Learning, newsreels, Met Opera videos, animations, experimental films, independent feature films, videos of buildings and interviews with architects, contemporary performance films, opera, PBS (Ken Burns, NOVA, Frontline, etc.), Russian films, Shakespeare’s plays, Community countries in the 20th century, US TV news broadcasts, worldwide theater, international newsreels.
OntheBoards.tv offering free unlimited performance rentals through April
- Choose a performance on https://www.ontheboards.tv/
- Pick the 48-hour rental option, then add to your cart (you can do this with as many films as you like)
- Go to Checkout
- Enter your name and email address
- Use the promo code ARTATHOME20
UbuWeb
A free archive of avant garde theatre, film, sound and dance works.
Theater
Playbill’s Daily Guide to Streaming Theatre Content and MORE
Check out who’s hopping online to hang out with fans, teach classes, and perform virtually.
Playbill’s List of Shows to Stream
National Theater: From April 2, under the banner of National Theatre at Home, every Thursday (7pm GMT) will see a new National Theatre play released – free to watch for one week – along with bonus content including cast and creative Q&As and post-stream talks.
HERE@HOME: Join us weekly on Wednesday evenings for HERE@HOME watch parties of full-length productions, and on Friday afternoons for #stillHERE Livestreams from our artist community!
Joe’s Pub will share concerts with their audiences each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm ET on their YouTube channel.
Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet: A song cycle about love, death, and whiskey. A camera breaks and four friends drink in an interwoven tale spanning seven centuries, with a murderous sister, a treehouse astronomer, a bear, a subway, and the ghost of Thelonious Monk.
Young Jean Lee’s We’re Gonna Die (and other select Young Jean Lee works on view): With her band, Future Wife, playwright Young Jean Lee takes the stage at Lincoln Center’s LCT3 in a life-affirming show that anyone could perform, about the thing everyone has in common: WE’RE GONNA DIE. You may be miserable, but you won’t be alone.
HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world’s performing arts and cultural fields. It seeks to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and develop the theatre’s knowledge commons collectively.
AFI Directing Workshop for Women Showcase
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women is the longest-running program dedicated to supporting women and gender nonbinary narrative directors. View the 2020 short films by this year’s eight filmmakers.
Caveat Shows, Most evenings, 7pm EST
The “intelligent nightlife” group will host live streams of their shows.
CultureHub/La Mama, Fridays, 8pm EST
La MaMa and CultureHub present a new weekly online performance series bringing La MaMa's 1960s café aesthetic to a virtual platform that links performers and audiences in real time across distance.
The Wilbury Theatre Group Live Streaming on Facebook and YouTube
- Wednesday, April 15 at 7pm: Twelve Installations by Gray Horan
- Friday, April 17 at 7pm: Better Maybe by Caridad Svich, performed by Marcel A. Mascaro
- Sunday, April 19 at 7pm: A Painting (and Murder!) by Numbers by Darcie Dennigan & Brien Lang
- Monday, April 20 at 7pm: Chill Shakespeare with Marcel Mascaro
- Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm: The Playful Actor with Mycah Hogan
- Friday, April 24 at 7pm: The My Way Murders by Brien Lang
- Sunday, April 26 at 7pm: a.dick.ted by Teddy Lytle
- Wednesday, April 29 at 7pm: Isolation Mutations with Darcie Dennigan
- Friday, May 1 at 7pm: TBD by Andy Russ
- Wednesday, May 6 at 7pm: Tear It Up: a night of breaks, fissures, and imperfections with Darcie Dennigan (advanced RSVP required)
A Modern Decameron Online Story Festival: Ten Days, a Hundred Stories
In Boccaccio's 14th century story collection, ‘the Decameron’, a group of friends hunkered down in a villa to wait out the plague. They passed the time by telling stories. Ten characters told a story each over ten days, with one person acting as story monarch for that day. To bring some light to these similarly lurgy-ridden times, medievalist Daisy Black has co-ordinated a modern Decameron of tales. Storytellers old and new from across the world have united to share their tales over a period of ten days.
Gloria and Toni Stone Video Stream
American Conservatory Theatre is offering streams of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins's Gloria and Lydia R. Diamond's Toni Stone on a pay-what-you-will basis until Sunday, April 5.
Object Collection Shows
Object Collection was founded in 2004 by writer/director Kara Feely and composer/musician Travis Just. Based in Brooklyn, the group operates within the intersecting practices of performance, experimental music and theater.
Radiohole's Tarzana (Part I & Part II) and TV Party
Radiohole is an ensemble founded by Erin Douglass, Eric Dyer, Maggie Hoffman and Scott Halvorsen Gillette that makes loud, brash and often soggy collaborative shows in the liminal space between theater, performance art, literature, sound and visual art, where conventional rules and categories shift unpredictably.
The TEAM Makes a Play
Set against the backdrop of the worst financial crisis since the Depression, this exciting documentary captures the TEAM—internationally acclaimed Brooklyn-based theatre ensemble and four-time Fringe First winners— fighting to keep their company afloat while caught in the midst of creating MISSION DRIFT, their critically acclaimed musical epic about American Capitalism.
The Wooster Group: TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (Phèdre)
Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (Phèdre) is The Wooster Group's OBIE-winning production of Paul Schmidt's version of Racine's Phèdre, re-set in a mobile modernist landscape of sliding plexiglass panels, omnipresent monitors, and hidden cameras. This presentation offers a recording with magnified overlays of the action, designed by Ken Kobland.
Dance
Dance Magazine: The Dance Performances that have Gone Online
Dancing Alone Together: List of Dance-Based online classes (chronologically), dance-making prompts & communities, and streamed dance performances.
Media
Experiments in Digital Storytelling with Double Eyed Studios: Saturday, April 18 12-8pm EST
In two open rehearsals Double Eye Studios will share their process developing a new work of VR theatre, Pandora X. Director Kiira Benzing and her team at Double Eye will work with an actor wearing a VR headset as they perform in and create a virtual world.
XR Immersive Enterprise 2020: May 5-6
How virtual, augmented & mixed reality are transforming training, operations, design, customer service and marketing across industry
Virtual Forest by Jakob Kudsk Steensen
Catharsis, by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen, is an immersive digital simulation of a re-imagined old-growth forest that has developed undisturbed over hundreds of years. The work’s virtual ecosystem and synchronised audio comprise 3D textures and sounds from several North American forests, gathered through field work undertaken by Steensen and his primary collaborator Matt McCorkle, an American sound artist working at the intersection of technology, the natural world, and space.
Other
The Social Distancing Festival is an online artist’s community made to celebrate and showcase the work of the many artists around the world who have been affected by the need for social distancing that has come about due to the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). There are live-streamed events, as well as highlights of submissions from artists whose work was cancelled.
The Met is streaming one of their operas every day for the duration of their closure.
Royal Opera House
As part of its #OurHouseToYourHouse initiative, a major opera or ballet will be streamed every Friday at 7pm for a month, starting with a 2010 Royal Ballet production of family fave ‘Peter and the Wolf.'
The London Symphony Orchestra, every Sunday and Thursday
Join us online for a programme of full-length concerts twice a week, artist interviews, playlists to keep you motivated at home, activities to keep young music fans busy and much much more.
The Parsnip Ship is a podcast play company that amplifies bold artists for audiences who crave accessible stories and storytellers.
Passim Virtual Music Fest
Club Passim is hosting a virtual music fest: Keep Your Distance Fest. We are raising funds through the fest to benefit musicians who have lost income due to canceled gigs (The Passim Emergency Relief (or PEAR) Fund). Keep Your Distance Fest features Mark Erelli, Stephen Kellogg, Erin McKeown and dozens of other musicians practicing social distancing in at-home videos sharing songs about staying calm, hope and sticking together. Many videos being added everyday!
Afternoon Delight: DJ session with Dwai, 2x Daily
NY based DJ @dwaiguy will be live streaming DJ sets and supplying music for the people as they continue to work from home. 2pm & 8pm or check instagram.
LEARN
Theater
Playbill’s Daily Guide to Streaming Theatre Content and MORE
Check out who’s hopping online to hang out with fans, teach classes, and perform virtually.
Improv, Stand-Up, Sketch Writing, and Producing: The Pit in NYC
NY Theater Workshop presents Master Classes at 3pm on Facebook Live. For full calendar of events, visit https://www.nytw.org/.
Musical Theater with Rachel Bertone
Rachel is a Boston/NYC choreographer that is holding stretch classes and warm-up classes over Zoom.
Primary Stages Virtual Master Classes & Lunch-and-Learn Playwriting Prompts
Virtual Master Classes
Many of our esteemed Primary Stages family of artists have graciously volunteered their time to host FREE Virtual Master Classes. These videos are brief interviews of different artists talking about their life and career, advice to artists, and answering some "questions from the audience" submitted in advance and answered by the artist. We hope that these conversations can be a source of comforting free content to keep you engaged and inspire your art. Master Class participants include Theresa Rebeck, Kate Hamill, Jason O'Connell, Mary Bacon, Thom Sesma, Jennifer Mudge, Chris Coffey, Kimberly Senior, Sharon Washington, and more to be announced.
Primary Stages Lunch-and-Learn Playwriting Prompts, Wed & Fri at 1pm EST:
For all of the playwritings, aspiring writers, and those brand-new to the craft - if you’re seeking community and connection, we want you to have lunch with us...online! Tune in twice a week for lunch-and-learn meetings led by playwrights including Adam Gwon, Daniel Talbott, Kate Moira Ryan, Erin Daley, and more to be announced. The playwright will host a FREE hour-long writing workshop with prompts to get your ideas on the page so you can connect while creating new material and keep your skills sharp. After the workshop, stay online with each other via our platform to eat your lunch together virtually and chat about what you’ve written!
The Wilbury Theatre Group "The Mindful Actor" Class
Dance
Harvard Dance Center Virtual Classes Led by Instructors, Accompanists, or Visiting Artists
Dancing Alone Together: List of Dance-Based online classes (chronologically), dance-making prompts & communities, and streamed dance performances.
Laura Sanchez (local Boston flamenco artist) is offering online dance classes.
Onstage Dance Company Online Classes
Alicia Graf Mack Ballet Class at Juilliard (One-time)
Ashley Boulder Ballet Class (One-time)
Ballez Classes (Free)
Corvino Ballet Classes (Ongoing)
Dance Church (Free)
Dancing Alone Together (Ongoing)
Dancio Classes (Two Weeks Free)
Gaga Classes (Donation-Based)
Hip-Hop & Social Dance with Quilan “Cue” Arnold ($11-$50 One-time fee)
Kinetic Light Instagram #CreateConnectKL Project (Ongoing)
Loni Landon Kaatsbaan Residency Classes (3/16-3/19)
Modo Yoga Classes (Ongoing)
Movement for Hope Classes (Ongoing)
Movement Sessions with Jessica Chen (Ongoing)
Oliver Steele Contemporary & Pilates Classes (Ongoing)
Operation: Tap ($15–$40/month)
Simonson with Rachel Feinerman (Free)
Steezy Classes (7 Day Free Trial)
Stretch with Daniel Mantei (Ongoing)
Yin Yue/YY Dance Company In-Home Classes (Ongoing)
Media
AI For Good Seminar Series
The AI for Good Seminar Series explores ways artificial intelligence can benefit society and our planet. In weekly talks, leaders from academia, industry, and NGOs, who are at the forefront of using AI for social good, showcase AI applications that are forging positive changes in healthcare, the environment, education, technology, government and more.
Research and Reading on Art, Viruses and Social Connectedness
The science and art journal, Leonardo has curated a free reading list.
Technical Theater
Vectorworks: Free Spotlight Essentials Seminars. Just use the discount code TRAINMENOW. Free 30-day trial of the software on the Vectorworks website.
Free web seminars: https://university.vectorworks.net/course/index.php?search=Vectorworks-Spotlight
Lighting:
ETC is offering all of their LearningStage classes for free from now until May 15.
http://scenicandlighting.com/academic/light-labs-and-more/ has some really amazing web-browser based apps for lighting. Highlights:
http://scenicandlighting.com/colorlab/
http://scenicandlighting.com/lightlab/
http://scenicandlighting.com/gobos/
QLab 4 Pro: Figure 53 is giving educational users free use of QLab 4 Pro bundle until June 1, to support teachers and students “during social distancing.” Anyone with a .edu email address can have a free temporary QLab 4 Pro Bundle. Create your account at qlab.app/account and email support@figure53.com.
JOIN
Theater
Blair Nodelman, a local Boston theater artist, is putting together a series of live play readings of new plays. She is looking for actors, playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, or people that just want to get involved!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXfFUEwVurXFABCldsoR11DvxyVDoF0nxMImNy38XHilB42A/viewform
Call for Zoom Plays: monologues, scenes, and plays written to be performed on the Zoom platform.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHM1KGczDLZR41EOqK6xf3jjurAImaF4BIwkGnaQP-mYS4OA/viewform
HowlRound Theatre Commons
HowlRound is a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide that amplifies progressive, disruptive ideas about the art form and facilitates connection between diverse practitioners.
Dance
Dancing Alone Together: List of Dance-Based online classes (chronologically), dance-making prompts & communities, and streamed dance performances.
Media
The New Social Environment: Daily Lunchtime Conversations w/ Brooklyn Rail, Monday-Friday, 1-1:30pm EST
Each day an artist or writer will talk about their creative practice and answer questions for a half hour.
SciArt Book Club, Wednesday April 1st, 6:30pm EST
Bridging the realms of scientific literacy and artistic creativity, the SciArt Book Club is a forum for discussing new ideas and their relevance for humanity in the 21st century. The club aims to cover some of today’s most scientifically and socially vital topics through a variety of recently published books. This month’s choice is “Sapiens: A brief History of Human Kind” by Yuval Noah Harari.
LASER Talks
LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) Talks is Leonardo’s international program of evening gatherings that bring artists and scientists together for informal presentations and conversations. LASER Talks will continue to convene moving to an online format. We are offering a Zoom Webinar and Meeting capabilities for all our LASER cities and leaders.
Other
Quarantine Book Club
Join your favorite authors on Zoom where you can have spirited discussions from the privacy of our own quarantined space!
TAKE A BREAK
OSAPR's Yoga for Restoration, Wednesdays, 6-7PM EST, Free.
Sound Break, Daily
The World According to Sound will be releasing a new sound daily. If you can, listen with headphones. The first sound takes you as far away from earth as we can get.
Guided Meditation, Daily: 11am EST/8am PST and 5pm EST/2pm PST
Gina Belafonte, Executive Director of Sankofa.org offer her guided meditations daily on Zoom
Drag Aerobics, every Wednesday at 7:30pm GMT
LIVE in your LIVING ROOM: DRAG AEROBICS! We may be at home, but that doesn’t mean the dancercise party doesn’t stop! Get your spandex on, push your sofas to the side, tune in, and workout while you isolate!
Lotus Yoga Arlington, 12pm Fridays, Facebook Livestream
Find some calm and release stress with this all levels slow flow yoga practice.
Barre & Soul Livestream Classes
Peloton Free 90 Day Trial
Your pass to thousands of live and on-demand classes—anywhere, anytime. Get what you need to meet your goals, with a mix of running, strength, toning, cycling, yoga, meditation and outdoor workouts.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Our favorite musicians perform at the NPR Music office.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cam
Be delighted by the antics of sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of jellies. With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are.
RESOURCES
Harvard Dance Center Resources
Creative Capital List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak