Archiving

In the first part of his blog, Lingyu writes about the significance of Cambodian dance as a force for bringing people together and preserving historical memory in the diaspora community, and discusses his work on developing a digital library for Charya Burt Cambodian Dance.

In the first part of her blog, Tere writes about beginning her archive project at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, what she has learned about the organization’s history, and how she delved into organizing the archives.

In her first blog post, shady describes her introduction to Ballethnic Dance Company, their space, the mission and ethos of the company, and getting started with her archiving project.

In the first part of his blog, Quentin Sledge describes his initial experience with exploring and beginning to organize Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s archives, and his discovery of legal pads containing notes by the company’s founder Jeraldyne Blunden.

In their third blog post, Sarah discusses being on-site at AXIS, working in basement storage, inventorying A/V materials, organizing costumes, preparing archival materials for marketing, and more.

In the second part of their blog, Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sarah Nguyễn writes about the process of recording oral histories with the former artistic directors of AXIS Dance Company, and shares resources and templates for oral history projects.

In her last blog post about her Archiving Fellowship with DanceATL, Yvette offers lessons and guidelines for managing a small-scale community-based oral history project.

In her fourth blog post, Archiving Fellow Sumi Matsumoto reflects on her second summer working with World Arts West and the lessons she learned about the collaborative nature of archiving projects.

In her second blog post about her Fellowship, Dance/USA Archiving & Preservation Fellow Yvette Ramírez details the considerations that go into a dance-specific, community-based oral history project.