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Thesis
Dance preservation archives: relationships, access, and technology
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Dec 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-7680
Abstract
Organizations that archive dance documentation assert that the use of archival materials can benefit many aspects of the creative process as well as the education of future dancers and choreographers. This thesis explores the relationship between choreographers and archivists and how current technology has affected access. This research looks at four different types of organizations to examine the state of dance preservation. I gathered data through phone interviews and reviewed online archive databases of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Library of Congress, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at Ohio State University, and Jacob's Pillow Dance. For archivists, keeping up with changing technology will be an ongoing challenge. Archivists will need to start working with choreographers and dance companies earlier in their careers to preserve digital materials before they disappear.
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- Title
- Dance preservation archives
- Creators
- Kathryn A. Dusell - DU
- Contributors
- Jean Brody (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vi, 47 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Arts Administration; Arts and Entertainment Enterprise; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 7680; 991014632278904721