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Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Theater and Dance:
Subject Headings
This is a selection of subject headings used in the
IRIS
catalog that are useful for theater and dance research. To find material on one of these
subjects, 1) type the heading into the IRIS Basic Search box without punctuation, and then 2)
select "SUBJECT begins with."
Indented headings below are narrower subjects related to the broader headings in boldface above
them. For additional headings, search for one of the broader terms and look for a result that
begins, "see related headings for:"
Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Management, Theater History, Criticism
- acting
- commedia dell'arte
- gesture
- impersonation
- improvisation
- method acting
- mime
- motion picture acting
- movement (acting)
- multiple role acting
- stage fencing
- stage fighting
- television acting
- actors
- actresses
- child actors
- comedians
- female impersonators
- Jewish actors
- motion picture actors and actresses
- stunt performers
- drama
- amateur plays
- carnival plays
- children's plays
- Christmas plays
- comedy
- experimental drama
- farce
- farces
- folk drama
- ghost plays
- historical drama
- Jewish drama
- masques
- melodrama
- moralities
- motion picture plays
- mysteries and miracle-plays
- one-act plays
- opera
- pantomime
- passion-plays
- pastoral drama
- plays-in-progress
- political plays
- prologues and epilogues
- promptbooks
- psychodrama
- puppet plays
- radio plays
- religion and drama
- religion in drama
- religious drama
- sociodrama
- soliloquy
- stage adaptations
- television plays
- tragedy
- tragicomedy
- young adult drama
- drama technique
- dramatic unities
- flashbacks
- offstage action
- play within a play
- stage directions
- dramatic criticism
- dramatists
- women dramatists
- monologues
- dramatic monologues
- musical theater
- acting in musical theater
- musicals
- revues
- singspiel
- performance art
- performing arts
- auditions
- blacks in the performing arts
- one-person shows
- pageants
- people with disabilities and the performing arts
- sex in the performing arts
- women in the performing arts
- playwriting
- authors and the theater
- theater
- amateur theater
- arena theater
- black theater
- chamber theater
- children's theater
- college theater
- community theater
- experimental theater
- feminism and theater
- feminist theater
- gay theater
- little theater movement
- motion pictures and theater
- music in theaters
- puppet theater
- readers' theater
- sex in the theater
- street theater
- summer theater
- theater and society
- theater audiences
- theater, open-air
- video recording in the theater
- violence in the theater
- women in the theater
- workers' theater
- theater critics
- theater history
- theater management
- theater production and direction
- stage management
- theater casting
- theatrical producers and directors
- theaters
- amphitheaters
- motion picture theaters
- music-halls, variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.
- showboats
Dance and Choreography
- ballet
- choreographers
- choreography
- dance notation
- dance
- allemande
- art and dance
- ballade (dance)
- ballroom dancing
- balls, parties
- belly dance
- Boston dance
- break dancing
- candombe dance
- Chhau dance
- clog dancing
- country-dance
- court dances
- disco dancing
- eurythmics
- feminism and dance
- flamenco
- folk dancing
- foxtrot
- gender identity in dance
- German dance
- gesture in dance
- homosexuality and dance
- homosexuality in dance
- hula dance
- icila dance
- improvisation in dance
- jazz dance
- Jewish dance
- Kathak dance
- lamb lamb dance
- matachines dance
- mechanization in dance
- minuet
- modern dance
- movement notation
- music and dance
- national socialism and dance
- polka
- round dancing
- rumba
- samba
- sex in dance
- square dancing
- swing dance
- tango
- tap dancing
- tarantella
- waltz
- dance history
- dance therapy
- dancers
- ballet dancers
- dancers with disabilities
- male dancers
- women dancers
- movement therapy
Scenic and Lighting Design, Props
- architecture
- arches
- architecture, domestic
- art nouveau architecture
- castles
- church architecture
- classicism in architecture
- color in architecture
- eclecticism in architecture
- fascism and architecture
- feminism and architecture
- follies
- grotesque in architecture
- historic buildings
- historicism in architecture
- Indian architecture
- Islam and architecture
- light in architecture
- military architecture
- minimal architecture
- monuments
- nationalism and architecture
- picturesque, the, in architecture
- public architecture
- regionalism in architecture
- resort architecture
- skyscrapers
- symbolism in architecture
- temples
- theater architecture
- virtual reality in architecture
- white in architecture
- cabinetwork
- cabinet hardware
- veneers and veneering
- carpets
- kilims
- decoration and ornament
- antiques
- arabesques
- Arts and Crafts movement
- bars (drinking establishments) -- decoration
- bas-relief
- borders, ornamental
- bronzes
- church decoration and ornament
- coffeehouses, decoration
- color (decoration and ornament)
- embroidery
- enamel and enameling
- fancy work
- floral decorations
- fore-edge painting
- friezes
- garden ornaments and furniture
- glass, ornamental
- glass, painting and staining
- graffito decoration
- hotels, decoration
- ironwork
- lettering
- library decoration
- marquetry
- metal-work
- moldings
- monograms
- mosaics
- mural painting and decoration
- party decorations
- repetitive patterns
- restaurants, decoration
- screens
- stencil work
- store decoration
- table setting and decoration
- terra-cotta
- textile design
- theaters -- decoration
- decorative arts
- carving (decorative arts)
- lace and lace making
- lacquer and lacquering
- leatherwork
- needlework
- porcelain
- pottery
- tapestry
- woodwork
- flooring
- floor coverings
- furniture
- bedroom furniture
- built-in furniture
- chairs
- children's furniture
- country furniture
- mirrors
- office furniture
- public buildings -- furniture, equipment, etc.
- schools -- furniture, equipment, etc.
- seating
- upholstered furniture
- used furniture
- furniture making
- gardening
- color in gardening
- container gardening
- flower gardening
- greenhouses
- herb gardening
- indoor gardening
- prairie gardening
- seaside gardening
- vegetable gardening
- winter gardening
- gardens
- backyard gardens
- children's gardens
- courtyard gardens
- garden borders
- historic gardens
- indoor gardens
- kitchen gardens
- photography of gardens
- rose gardens
- water gardens
- house furnishings
- candlesticks
- clocks and watches
- glassware
- household appliances
- interior decoration
- Americana in interior decoration
- antiques in interior decoration
- art in interior decoration
- color in interior decoration
- house plants in interior decoration
- office decoration
- paperhanging
- plastics in interior decoration
- staircases
- textile fabrics in interior decoration
- tiles in interior decoration
- wall coverings
- windows in interior decoration
- landscape architecture
- decks
- garden lighting
- garden structures
- gardens, English
- hedges
- landscape design
- patios
- urban landscape architecture
- water in landscape architecture
- landscape gardening
- forests and forestry
- parks
- trees
- meadow gardening
- natural landscaping
- ornamental horticulture
- landscape photography
- lighting
- candles
- daylight
- electric lighting
- gas-lighting
- interior lighting
- lamps
- lighting, architectural and decorative
- stage lighting
- rugs
- set designers
- theaters -- stage-setting and scenery
- stage lighting designers
- upholstery
- slip covers
Costume Design, Hair, Makeup
- clothing and dress
- bodices
- buttons
- childrens clothing
- cloaks
- coats
- collars
- color in clothing
- courts and courtiers' clothing
- fur garments
- gloves
- headgear
- hosiery
- Jewish clothing and dress
- kimonos
- men's clothing
- millinery
- pants
- riding habit
- scarves
- shawls
- stoles
- suits
- sweaters
- underwear
- uniforms
- women's clothing
- costume
- academic costume
- children's costumes
- church vestments
- cosmetics
- dance costume
- ethnic costume
- masks
- costume design
- dress accessories
- fans
- handbags
- jewelry
- millinery
- fashion
- dressmaking
- featherwork
- hair
- beards
- wigs
- hairdressing
- hair dyeing and bleaching
- hats
- tailoring
- garment cutting
- theatrical makeup
- film makeup
- theatrical prosthetic makeup
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