Dance/USA Philadelphia’s Resource Center is located at 1427 Spruce St., Suite 1F Philadelphia, PA 19102, near the Walnut-Locust station of the Broad Street subway line. Our regular business hours are 10am - 6pm on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and 10am-8pm on Tuesday.

Library

Dance/USA Philadelphia houses a collection of books on dance as well as articles, studies, reports and artifacts on wide-ranging subjects from international dance festivals to reviews of local companies. The Resource Center also offers a video library with dvds of works spanning multiple genres. DancePass holders have borrowing privileges for some items. Others may be viewed in-house only. Reservations are highly recommended as walk-ins are subject to availability. To view the list of books click here.

Video Services Program

As part of the Resource Center, Dance/USA Philadelphia will launch a Video Services Program in Spring 2009 that will provide, at subsidized rates, video dubbing, transferring and basic editing services.

Community Access iMac

Dance/USA Philadelphia Community Access IMac Computer is available to all current DancePass holders. It is available during regular business hours, 10am - 6pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and 10am-8pm Tuesday. As of spring 2009, the Community Access iMac Computer will be equipped with InDesign, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Acrobat 8 Professional, Flash Professional, Dreamweaver, Adobe Bridge, Photoshop Elements 4.0, Power Point 2008, and Wikispaces Plus Plan. Up to three hours time can be reserved by emailing us or calling 215-922-5970. Reservations are highly recommended as walk-ins are subject to availability and a 45-minute time limit. Current DancePass required.

The Library and Video Services Program are made possible with support from Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage through Dance Advance.

The Community Access iMac is provided by the LINC program, Leveraging Investments In Creativity