Dance Department records
Scope and Contents
Dance Department records include video, departmental subject files, correspondence, posters of performances, and files regarding curriculum. The records contain history of dance groups and the development of dance as an academic unit at Williams.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 2014
Conditions Governing Access
Dance Department Records are restricted for 4 years from date of creation.
Conditions Governing Use
In consultation with Special Collections staff, reproductions of unrestricted material may be made upon request. Material in this collection may be subject to copyright.
Biographical / Historical
The Dance Department offers students ways to investigate embodied knowledge and to develop multiple perspectives by studying individuals and communities. Courses support close study of physical practices, histories, cultural context and musical understanding and interpretation. Through techniques, research, and creative inquiry, students deepen capacity for interdisciplinary discovery.
The department curriculum offers complementary study in the disciplines of Theater, Visual Art, Africana Studies, American Studies, Asian-American Studies, Global Studies, Gender Studies, Music, and Performance Studies. Dance technique courses include ballet, modern, and African Dance.
Extent
20 Linear Feet
34.24 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Dance department records are arranged chronologically by accession number.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Dance department records are transferred in accordance to their records retnetion schedule.
- Title
- Dance Department records
- Author
- Jessika Drmacich
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Williams College Archives Repository
Sawyer Library
26 Hopkins Hall Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
specialcollections@williams.edu