September 8, 2023

New Zealand Herald: Are social media dance trends the key to keeping the Tongan language alive?

New Zealand Herald: Are social media dance trends the key to keeping the Tongan language alive?. “Tongan culture is inherently tied to its youth, with an average age of 20 years among Tongan people in Aotearoa. They are harnessing the power of social media trends, like Tongan dance, to both preserve their heritage and engage with a global audience. Aisea Latu, from the Black Grace Dance Company, underlines the significance of this exchange: ‘As long as you pass it down properly and you see other cultures getting involved with it too, then it’s just another way of expressing Tongan-ness.’”

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July 6, 2023

National Library of Latvia: National Library Of Latvia Collection Of The Latvian Song And Dance Celebrations Supplemented

National Library of Latvia: National Library Of Latvia Collection Of The Latvian Song And Dance Celebrations Supplemented. “The National Library of Latvia (NLL) is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Song Celebration with significant additions to its digital Collection of the Latvian Song and Dance Celebrations. The Collection is dedicated to the history and traditions of the Latvian Song and Dance Celebration, from its origins to the present day, offering a wide range of digitised resources and a richly expanded Personalities section. Its content is now also available in English.”

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June 11, 2023

Pride Month 2023: See more than 1,000 rare Ballroom photos for the first time (Google Blog)

Google Blog: Pride Month 2023: See more than 1,000 rare Ballroom photos for the first time. “As we continue to celebrate Pride, we must understand the roots and impact of this culture that cultivated a Black and brown queer renaissance, which is why I’m so proud to share Ballroom in Focus on Google Arts & Culture: the largest collection of Ballroom archival material in one place. The project brings together never-before-digitized images with over 25 curated stories, coming directly from Ballroom’s leaders and icons themselves.”

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February 10, 2023

Library of Congress: Library Acquires Archives of Garth Fagan Dance Company

Library of Congress: Library Acquires Archives of Garth Fagan Dance Company. “The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of choreographer Garth Fagan and Garth Fagan Dance, the company founded by Fagan in 1970. Garth Fagan Dance is distinguished by the artistic imagination and polyrhythmic movement of Jamaican-born Fagan, layered with the discipline and strength of ballet training. The company has performed in more than 660 cities in 24 countries on six continents.”

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November 29, 2022

University of Toronto: Researcher’s archival exhibition spotlights 70 years of Black performance history in Canada

University of Toronto: Researcher’s archival exhibition spotlights 70 years of Black performance history in Canada . “An exhibit curated by Seika Boye, a researcher at the University of Toronto, is preserving seven decades-worth of Black dance performance history in Canada. ‘It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now’ is an archival exhibition that highlights the undocumented history of Black dance performance in Canada from the time period.”

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October 8, 2022

The Place: ‘Let The Body Speak’ A Digital Hub Supporting Ukrainian Dancers

The Place: ‘Let The Body Speak’ A Digital Hub Supporting Ukrainian Dancers. “The Contemporary Dance Platform, as part of the British Council’s UK/Ukraine Season of Culture, has created a digital hub to collect dance videos from Ukrainian dancers and choreographers called Let The Body Speak. Let The Body Speak aims to create a digital archive of works, movement practices and discussions that Ukrainian dance artists are having in these unprecedented times.”

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August 25, 2022

Illinois State University: School of Theatre and Dance programs now online

Illinois State University: School of Theatre and Dance programs now online. “Did you know that the actor who plays Officer Kevin Atwater in the hit NBC series Chicago P.D. also played Private Driscol in the 2008 Wonsook Kim School of Theatre and Dance production of Bury the Dead? And that actors from The Office and Will & Grace once played harpsichord together on the Westhoff Theatre stage in a 1991 production of Love for Love: A Comedy? You can find all this and more in Illinois State’s institutional repository, ISUReD! Through a partnership between Milner Library and the School of Theatre and Dance, around 190 programs have been added to the School’s collection on ISUReD. Patrons can now browse production programs that date back to 1957 and feature hundreds of the school’s theatre and dance students, faculty, and staff.”

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April 21, 2022

Russia’s Latest Propaganda Video: the TikTok Sea Shanty. With Fake Nurses. (Motherboard)

Motherboard: Russia’s Latest Propaganda Video: the TikTok Sea Shanty. With Fake Nurses.. “Russian-backed separatists have recorded a propaganda version of ‘The Wellerman Song’ the ‘sea shanty’ that went viral on TikTok last year. The video shows women dressed as First World War nurses doing a coordinated dance routine in front of a projection of the flag of the Luhansk People’s Republic.”

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April 18, 2022

Ohio University News: Ohio University Libraries’ Mahn Center receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

Ohio University News: Ohio University Libraries’ Mahn Center receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. “Ohio University Libraries is pleased to announce that Miriam Nelson, director of the Mahn Center, Preservation and Digital Initiatives, has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The $50,000 grant will be used for a preservation assessment to create a roadmap for the digitization of more than 2,000 audiovisual materials from the Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Collection.”

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March 21, 2022

Lagging ticket sales, sets stuck on ships: The dance world is struggling to get back on its feet (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Lagging ticket sales, sets stuck on ships: The dance world is struggling to get back on its feet. “…shipping woes are only some of the troubles dance groups face as they get back on the road to perform. Arriving at this point after nearly two years without in-person audiences has been challenging enough, with revenue drying up, salaries reduced or eliminated, all under the persistent health threats unique to dance, with its reliance on bodies moving together in time and space. Training and creative processes have been profoundly strained. Now there are new hurdles. To better understand the pressures facing these artists and how they’ll affect audiences, I spoke with presenters, consultants and company leaders about what’s happening now, and what the longer-term story may be.”

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February 10, 2022

‘Ohio: A State of Dance’ profiles pioneers of dance in the buckeye state (WOUB)

New-to-me, from WOUB: ‘Ohio: A State of Dance’ profiles pioneers of dance in the buckeye state. “Since 2016, OhioDance has been documenting and contextualizing the rich history and contemporary presence of dance throughout the state with their Virtual Dance Collection. The Virtual Dance Collection is an interactive, online museum of sorts – featuring profiles of the various prominent movers and shakers in the field of dance in Ohio.”

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November 15, 2021

BBC: Maori tribe tells anti-vaccine protestors to stop using popular haka

BBC: Maori tribe tells anti-vaccine protestors to stop using popular haka. “A Maori tribe has told anti-vaccine protesters in New Zealand to stop the use of a famous haka ‘immediately’. The Ka Mate haka is hugely popular as it is performed by national rugby team the All Blacks before every match. The Ngati Toa tribe, which has legal guardianship of the haka, issued a strong notice after protestors performed the war dance during demonstrations last week.”

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October 13, 2021

University of Texas at Austin: Choreographer Deborah Hay’s Archive Goes to the Harry Ransom Center

University of Texas at Austin: Choreographer Deborah Hay’s Archive Goes to the Harry Ransom Center. “Award-winning choreographer Deborah Hay has established her archive at the Harry Ransom Center, a major destination for the study of dance and performance at The University of Texas at Austin. A founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, Hay is recognized as a pivotal figure in the development of post-modern dance.”

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