ArenaPAL is a UK company, based in

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, which specialises in the licensing of performing arts images, both in the UK and throughout the world. Its collection falls under the main categories of opera, theatre, classical and

contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included se ...

classical Classical may refer to: European antiquity *Classical antiquity, a period of history from roughly the 7th or 8th century B.C.E. to the 5th century C.E. centered on the Mediterranean Sea *Classical architecture, architecture derived from Greek and ...

and

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...

, as well as educational imagery covering all categories. It manages a library of 10 million images with over 900,000 currently viewable online. The library also holds thousands of unscanned prints, negatives and transparencies. These are digitised as part of its on-site archival scanning project. In 2007, it was declared the best international image library in the world.

History

ArenaPAL was founded in 1997 as the first fully digitised performing arts archive. Unlike most specialist photographic agencies, it has worked with a wide range of contributors from its inception. The company continues to expand its extensive archive as well as taking in submissions of contemporary performance, including theatre, ballet, dance and opera productions, classical music, rock, pop and jazz events. ArenaPAL is a member of the

British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies BAPLA is the trade association of UK based photographic image suppliers, commercial picture libraries and agencies. History The association was formed in 1975 with founding members: Ardea Photographics, Aspect Picture Library, BBC Picture Librar ...

(BAPLA), which has declared it: "the best international performing arts photographic resource for all images users representing a unique collection from around the world", in 2007.ArenaPAL
British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA). ''bapla.org.uk''. Retrieved 5 July 2010.

Collections

In addition to the original Performing Arts Library (PAL) (*) founded by Barda, the following archives and collections are represented by ArenaPAL: *

Boosey and Hawkes Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and woodwind musical instruments. Formed in 1930 thro ...

Collection, *Collection Christophel French film archive, * Glyndebourne Collection (*), including: **Guy Gravett Archive, **Mike Hoban Archive, *Le Pictorium (France), *

Noel Gay Noel or Noël may refer to: Christmas * , French for Christmas * Noel is another name for a Christmas carol Places * Noel, Missouri, United States, a city * Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community *1563 Noël, an asteroid * Mount Noel, Briti ...

Archive, *Roger Viollet (France), *

Royal Academy of Dance "Health and happiness" , predecessor = , successor = , formation = 1920 , extinction = , type = NGO , status = Registered charity , purpose = Examination board – dance education and training , headquarters = 36 Battersea SquareSW11 ...

Collection, *

Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School is a British school of classical ballet training founded in 1926 by the Anglo-Irish ballerina and choreographer Ninette de Valois. The school's aim is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers, especial ...

Special Collections, *

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a music school, conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the Undergraduate education, undergraduate to the Doctorate, doctoral level in a ...

Collections (*), *

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal ...

Collections (*), including: ** Donald Southern Archive, ** Edwin O. Sachs Archive, ** Frank Sharman Archive, ** Lady de Grey Archive, ** Roger Wood Archive, * Sputnik (RIA Novosti), *The

Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Soviet Russian t ...

Centre theatre photo archive (*), *Ullstein Bild, *

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a Red brick university, red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Society of Merchant Venturers, Merchant Venturers' sc ...

Theatre Collections (*), including: **

Bertram Park Bertram Charles Percival Park (1883–1972) was an English portrait photographer whose work included British and European royalty. Engravings of his photographs were widely used on British and British Commonwealth postage stamps, currency, ...

and

Yvonne Gregory Yvonne Gregory (1889–1970) was a British society photographer. Gregory married fellow photographer Bertram Park in 1916. Gregory, Park and Marcus Adams established themselves as the "Three Photographers" and based their collective studio ...

Glass Plate Collection, **

Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a f ...

Archive, **John Vickers Archive, ** London Old Vic Archive, **

Mander and Mitchenson Raymond Mander (15 July 1911 – 27 December 1983) and Joe Mitchenson (4 October 1911 – 7 October 1992) were theatre historians and joint founders of a large collection of theatrical memorabilia. Both began their careers as actors, but what b ...

Collection, **

Richard Southern Sir Richard William Southern (8 February 1912 – 6 February 2001), who published under the name R. W. Southern, was a noted English medieval historian based at the University of Oxford. Biography Southern was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne o ...

Collection, **Stephen Moreton-Prichard Collection, (*) = Exclusive franchise

Photographers

ArenaPAL represents the archives of many photographers of the performing arts, such as: Sue Adler,

Simon Annand Simon Annand is a British, London-based photographer and the author of 'The Half – Photographs of actors preparing for the stage'. The book features images of recognized actors in their dressing rooms over 25 years of British Theatre. and was pu ...

, Frazer Ashford, Sophie Baker, Joe Bangay,

Clive Barda Clive Blackmore Barda OBE, FRSA (born 14 January 1945) is a London-based, British freelance photographer best known for capturing the performances of classical musicians and artists of the stage (opera, ballet and theatre). During his career sp ...

Alan Bergman Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated telev ...

, Conrad Blakemore, John Bunting, Sisi Burn, Sheila Burnett, Laurence Burns, Christina Burton, Henrietta Butler, Sim Cannetty-Clarke, Pamela Chandler, Chris Christodoulou, Bill Cooper, Malcolm Crowthers, Fritz Curzon, Chris Davies, Ian Dickson, Mark Douet,

Mark Ellidge Mark Ellidge (1940 – 9 January 2010) was a British press photographer. Ellidge worked as a photographer for The Sunday Times for nearly 40 years, starting 1 June 1971. He specialised in the performing arts, but also did portrait photography of ...

, Elliot Franks, Maurice Foxall, Sasha Gusov, Manuel Harlan, Jamie Hodgson, Pete Jones, Jak Kilby, Marilyn Kingwill, Ellie Kurttz, Ivan Kyncl, Michael Le Poer Trench, Geraint Lewis, Mel Longhurst, Joan Marcus, Helen Maybanks, Lynn McAfee, Helen Murray, Morris Newcombe, Nigel Norrington, Elisabeth Novick, Jan Olofsson, The Other Richard,

Johan Persson Johan Persson may refer to: * Johan Persson (photographer) (born 1982), Swedish photographer * Johan Persson (footballer) (born 1984), Swedish footballer * Johan Persson (ice hockey) (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player * Johan Abram Persson (1 ...

, Robert Piwko, Dan Porges, Linda Rich, Eric Richmond, Keith Saunders, Ron Scherl, Ken Sharp,

Herb Snitzer Herb Snitzer (''né'' Herbert D. Snitzer; November 1932 – December 31, 2022) was an American photographer who photographed jazz musicians in the 1950s and 1960s. He lived in St. Petersburg, Florida and opened his own gallery in 2014. His work ha ...

, John Timbers, Allan Titmuss, Rik Walton, Michael Ward, Edward Webb, Max Whitaker, Darryl Williams, Colin Willoughby and Ali Wright.

References

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External links

Official website of ArenaPAL

''F2 Freelance Photographer''. (June/July 2009). ''f2freelancephotographer.com''. (Subscription required). Stock photography Photo archives in the United Kingdom Companies established in 1997 Photography companies of the United Kingdom 1997 establishments in England

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