[1] Based in New York City, DNB was founded by Helen Priest Rogers, Eve Gentry, Janey Price, and Ann Hutchinson in 1940.
[2] It has significant holdings of videotapes, photographs, programs, and production information.
Its mission is to advance the art of dance through the use of a system of notation called Labanotation.
The DNB released an online catalog of its Notated Theatrical Dances Collection, including works by George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Antony Tudor, Bill T. Jones, Doris Humphrey, William Forsythe, José Limón and Laura Dean.
In addition, the DNB is digitizing its Moving Images Collection as the supplement to the Notated Theatrical Dances Catalog.