ENDANGERED DANCE:
A NATIONAL DANCE HERITAGE FORUM
Themes recorded on flip charts from sessions held on Thursday, January 19th, 2006 and
Friday, January 20, 2006
Council Chambers, Metro Hall
55 John Street, Toronto, Canada

THEMES

FUNDING
NAMES: no recorded names

ADVOCACY
NAMES: Stephanie Ballard, Mi Young Kim, Karen Stewart,Paula Ross,Linda Leowinata, Pam Grundy, Danny Grossman,Jessica Whitford, Christina Loewen

ADVOCACY, SHORT‑TERM GOALS:                                                  
• Identify the people who will act as the liaison between
  the dance community and the public, volunteers from the
  dance milieu, us, organizations, companies, schools,
  indie artists, dance lovers                                                 
• Research to set priorities and create a platform action
  plan, contacting/connecting with funding board, policy
  team within this community
• Identify who we contact at the public levels, Members of
  Parliament, aldermen, educational institutions,
  educational cultural                   
• Create a network to be able to present who supports
  these ideas for validation
• Create portfolios of dance information, companies,
  education, funding bodies, starting from us here   
                                             
ADVOCACY, LONG‑TERM GOALS:
• The importance of dance legacy and dance's integral role
  in Canadian culture is publicly acknowledged at the
  levels of, community, all educational levels, cultural
  centres, Municipal, Provincial, Federal              
• Recognizing Individuals
• Links To Existing Organizations
• Air Time for Dance
• Access And Awareness
• Boards
• Volunteers
• Communication Network
• Involve Members of Parliament
         

ARTIFACTS
NAMES: Dance Collection Danse, Sharon Vanderlinde, Andrea Roberts, Jack Clark, Stephanie Ballard, Adrienne Neville

ARTIFACTS, SHORT‑TERM GOALS:
• More recognition and support from dance community for
  existing work in dance archiving
• Start a capital fund for DCD building and storage,
  example house next door.  Need to crate awareness
  regarding this need with community and funders,
  temporary partnerships
• Identify who to talk to at Canadian Heritage regarding
  space
• GAS apply funding April 1, start training Fall 2006
• Need for immediate one‑time large chunk of money for
  video transfer project to more stable formats, keep
  bringing this up but nothing has happened                            

ARTIFACTS, MID‑TERM GOALS:
• CIDD funding pending, will know in March
• Start building database in 2006/07 fiscal year, data
  input tied to G.A.S. on going forever project that will
  require on‑going funding commitment
• Awareness of CIDD how it works and what it can do
• Active search for stuff outside the dance community,
  ancestral collections

ARTIFACTS, LONG‑TERM GOALS:
• Well‑oiled machine where data is continually inputted
  into CIDD
• Central repository has enough space, staff and funding
  and regional repositories work just as well
• A package deal for remounts is accessible to dance
  artists and companies                                                                
• Paid Apprentice
• Reconstructors
• Virtual Archives
• Places to Train
• Films Recording Studio All Kinds
• Search For Lost Work
• Demand a Repertory Company and Travelling roadshow
• Availability
• Presenters
• Video Rescue Mission
• Everything Recorded
• 1‑800‑Pick‑up‑boxes Grassroots
• Archivists for Each Company

EDUCATION
NAMES: Mary Jane Warner,Ann Kipling Brown,Dance Collection Danse, Tal Aronson, Jack Clark, Stephanie Ballard,Linda Leowinata, Robyn Ryman, Anna Moat, Christine Heath,Penelope Reed Doob, Anne Marie Williams, Peggy Reddin, Megan Andrews, Debbie Kapp

EDUCATION, SHORT‑TERM GOALS:
• Explore linking archival programs to universities
• Explore mounting of heritage works on post secondary and  young companies
• Involving students in the necessary work
• Continued education
• Internships
• Network of anyone interested in
  reconstruction/documentation
• Systems of recording documentation

EDUCATION, MID‑TERM GOALS:
• Building and programs                                                                
• Living legacy                                                                          
• Outreach

EDUCATION, LONG‑TERM GOALS:
• Packages
• Long‑term advanced degree programs                                 
• Integrate dance history into all dance training
• Retreats
• Train
• Notation Training
• Rental Videos
• Standardized Dance Curriculum
• Mentor Projects
• Oral Histories of Choreographers and Dancers
• Training for Choreographers

POLICY
NAMES: The Danny Grossman Dance Company

POLICY, SHORT‑TERM GOALS:
• Development of a statement of belief that incorporates
  both tradition and innovation, in the art form of dance
• Create an articulated vision that identifies the need
  for preservation as a part of the ecology of the dance
  community                                                                                        

POLICY MID‑TERM GOALS:
• Involve the dance community in the creation of a
  national vision statement                                                                     

POLICY LONG‑TERM GOALS:
• Change policy through advocacy, or pass the buck
• Copyrights
• Clarification of Legal Issues
                                                                                     

TECHNOLOGY 
NAMES: Robyn Ryman, Jack Clark

TECHNOLOGY, SHORT‑TERM GOALS (› 1 year):
• Develop national, and regional technology groups, nerds
• Stick to establish archival standards
• Establish a national template form, for uploading
  information
• A central internet location for the archival database

TECHNOLOGY, MID‑TERM GOALS (›3 years):
• Make database easily accessible and searchable
• Professionally maintained and monitored database
• Developing technological handbook for proper archival
  documentation
• Merge existing archival data, to central archival
  database                                                                                 

TECHNOLOGY, MID‑TERM GOALS (‹5 years):
• Developing physical facilities nationally
• Video studios for recording in an appropriate
  environment, with adequate time and space

PERFORMANCES
NAMES: Mimi Beck, Rachel Browne, Pam Grundy, Jennifer Dick, Nenagh Leigh, Jack Clark, Penelope Reed Doob, Karen Stewart, Stephanie Ballard, Terrill Maguire, Robyn Ryman

PERFORMANCES, SHORT‑TERM GOALS:
• E‑mail Brian Webb regarding backroom talks on master
  works at CDF/preservation (JD)                                          
• Presence at CDF                                                             
• Talk/lobby funders to develop policy and programs to
  remount works
• Brainstorm to create events, galas, initiatives,
  programs, projects to give a profile
• Awareness of own community towards a list of masterworks
  and what is already happening towards preservation

PERFORMANCES, MID‑TERM GOALS:
• Involve presenters
• Masterworks at CDF                                                        
• Inclusion of variety of projects indie, students
• Master works repertory for students emerging dancers,
  examples 'Kudelka/Taylor Project', 'Peggy Baker
  Performs', 'Grand Dames of Dance', 'Older and Reckless',
  'THD Projects' at York and STDT and Ryerson

PERFORMANCES, LONG‑TERM GOALS:
• Repertory being performed of master works and documented
• Healthy community where master words are part of the
  everyday life in the dance community
• Dance in schools, theatres, media, consciousness
• Advocacy to create a public, and common appreciation of
  dance
• Repertory company from natural progression/organic    
• Support of/from Living Artists


COMMUNITY
NAMES: Dance Collection Danse

COMMUNITY, SHORT‑TERM GOALS:
• Widely distribute minutes of this forum                      
• Create Listserv on‑line form
• DCD who hosts?    

COMMUNITY, MID‑TERM GOALS:
• Piggy‑back on existing events to keep information
  circulating
• Support and develop the work that is currently being
  done
• Dance service organizations assess their
  roles/contributions                                                           

COMMUNITY, LONG‑TERM GOALS:
• Another forum to share progress and developments and
  broaden community
• Archiving community and international experts
• Establish repertory company and/or integrate repertory
  into existing companies
• Choreographers collective with community to share  Resources, et cetera                                                              
• Communication Network