The Dance Collection of The New York Public Library is the largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance. Chronicling the art of dance in all its manifestations, it is part museum, part film production center, and part consulting service to the professional dance community. While the Collection contains over 30,600 reference books about dance, these account for only 3 percent of its vast holdings. Other resources available for study free of charge include films and videotapes, taped interviews, clipping files, prints, posters, photographs, manuscripts, and memorabilia. The Library is open Monday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. and Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza.
Admission is free.
The Library also gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman. Additional support for programs and exhibitions has been provided by the Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.