FREE Archiving dance workshop TOMORROW!

[Molly Roy]

Archiving Dance Workshop

Monday, November 13, 2017 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

At the Fine Arts Library ,

Archiving Dance is a two-hour workshop led by Libby Smigel, formerly the Executive Director of Dance Heritage Coalition (DHC) and currently the Dance Curator and Archivist in the Music Division at the Library of Congress.

Libby initiated Dance Heritage Coalition’s programs and services for artists and their companies during her leadership of DHC. 

In the first part, Libby will discuss dance preservation in general and review the Artist’s Legacy Toolkit (www.danceheritage.org/artisttoolkit.html) developed while she led DHC and best practices for Records Management (www.danceheritage.org/recordsmanagement.html). She will have examples from work with artists to show how to adapt principles to your needs and resources.

Records Management - Dance Heritage Coalition www.danceheritage.org Records Management. Best practices in records management for dance companies and choreographers The life of a dance work extends beyond the rise and fall of the stage ...

Artist's Legacy Toolkit - Dance Heritage Coalition www.danceheritage.org Pictured: Images of the Dance Theatre of Harlem archive room before and after an archive project. Use the Artist's Legacy Toolkit to learn how to safely preserve your ...

In the second part, she will field questions individuals might wish to bring in.

Here is a list of possible areas to be covered: issues about and strategies for archiving dance; formatting issues, copyrights, what to keep/what not to keep, where and how to donate them, or how to make archiving a creative activity, etc.