Beyond Memory Dance Videotapes at Risk A Copyright Primer for the Dance Community The DHC Digital Video Preservation Reformatting Project

BEYOND MEMORY:
PRESERVING THE DOCUMENTS
OF OUR DANCE HERITAGE

A Project of the
Dance Heritage Coalition
Washington, D.C.

BEYOND MEMORY: PRESERVING THE DOCUMENTS OF OUR DANCE HERITAGE

What Are We Saving, What Have We Lost?

PART 1: DOCUMENTING A DANCE

• Consider Your Present Methods
• How to Improve the Documentation Process

PART 2: TAKING CARE OF THE DOCUMENTATION

• What Are Archives?
• How to Begin an Archives Preservation Program
• Getting Assistance

Appendices

• Beyond Memory Resource Sheet
  • Member Institutions of the Dance Heritage Coalition
  • Collections in Dance and the Performing Arts
  • National Professional Organizations
  • Service Organizations
  • Dance Notation Resources
  • Videotape Reformatting and Preservation Resources
  • AIDS Resources
• Partial Sample Records Retention Schedule
• Videotaping Agreement for Non-Union Production
• Video Data Sheet or Log
• Labelling your Videotapes: Information to Include