Archiving Dance in and After a Pandemic
During my fellowship (2017-2018), I conducted research in London and New York City archives with significant dance collections – a rewarding experience that shaped every chapter of my dissertation. In this presentation, I will discuss how, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, archives that were critical for my research faced threats of institutional restructuring and other pressures. Yet as it placed new strains on dance archives, the pandemic also prompted contemporary dance artists to generate new digital content and participate in archival projects that may enrich the historical record moving forward.
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