DANCE
HERITAGE COALITION
For Immediate
Release: 18 July 2000
Dance Heritage Coalition
wins only dance award given by "Save America's Treasures," 2000
Historic Preservation Fund Grant
The Dance
Heritage Coalition, an alliance of the nation's
major dance collections and housed in the Music
Division of the Library of Congress, has been
awarded a grant for $90,000 to fund the
conservation and preservation of three unique
collections that represent important aspects of
American dance artistry and traditions: the
Katherine Dunham Archives (African American)
located in East Saint Louis, IL; the Halla Huhm
Dance Collection (Korean American) located in
Honolulu, HI; and Cross-Cultural Dance Resources
(Native American, Eleanor King, Gertrude Kurath,
and Joann Kealiinohomoku collections) located in
Flagstaff, AZ. The grant, which will be matched
by $90,000 in private funds, will assist in the
preservation of photographs, moving-image material,
costumes, and musical instruments.
Coalition
president, Sali Ann Kriegsman, noted "Each
collection is a community-based, grassroots
organization that plays a vital role in the
vitality of its community and this support will
allow the DHC to provide technical assistance to
these extremely worthy, yet fragile, dance
archives."
The Coalition's
grant was one of four given to organizations
located in the District of Columbia, which also
included Anderson Cottage, President Abraham
Lincoln's summer White House, the site for the 7
July 2000 press conference given by President
Clinton to announce the
awards.
"Save America's Treasures" is a public-private
partnership between the White House Millennium
Council and the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. Administered by the National Park
Service, the program aims to focus public attention
on the importance of our national heritage and the
need to save our treasures at risk.
"We are thrilled
that the highly competitive program chose to
include America's dance history among their
awards," said Coalition chairman, Vicky Risner. "We
believe the three archives selected for this
preservation grant are emblematic of the tremendous
need for support for dance preservation, and of the
diversity of America's dance
experiences."
The Dance
Heritage Coalition serves as an institutional think
tank and national advocate for documentation,
preservation, and access issues facing arts and
cultural organizations, artists, educators, and
libraries. Elizabeth Aldrich serves as director and
members of the Coalition are: American Dance
Festival; New York Public Library Dance Division;
Harvard Theatre Collection; Jacob's Pillow Dance
Festival; Library of Congress; Ohio State
University, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research
Institute; and San Francisco Performing Arts
Library and Museum.
Dance Heritage
Coalition
PO Box 15130
Washington, DC 20003
(212)707-2149
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CCDR
Research Center:
(928)774-8108
ccdr-researchcenter@ccdr.org
Cross-Cultural Dance
Resources
518 South Agassiz St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-5711
CCDR Business Office:
(480) 965-7131
Cross-Cultural Dance
Resources
Department of Dance
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 870304
Tempe, AZ 85287-0304
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