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Richard Alston Dance Company Archive at the V&A

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ID21497237
AuthorsJane Pritchard (0000-0002-9527-4404, Curator of Dance, V&A, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume42
Issue1
Pages114-121
Publication date2024-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDance Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0264-2875 • E-ISSN: 1750-0095
PublisherEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3366/drs.2024.0420
OpenAlexW4399210548
LanguageEN
Citations received1

This article in the Archives of the Dance series looks at the contents of the Richard Alston Dance Company (RADC) Archive and collection THM/627 that documents the company’s activities from its foundation in 1994 to its closure in 2020. It is now housed within the Theatre and Performance Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, where it will become accessible from 2025 at the museum’s new research centre, V&A East Storehouse. It covers the creations by Richard Alston and his assistant Martin Lawrance and the contributions of their collaborators on the music and design for productions. It includes 27 actual costumes and photographs of the entire wardrobe for company productions. It comprehensively documents the performances in Britain and overseas and activities by RADC and their outreach work. It also covers administration, marketing and communications including a remarkably complete run of posters. At the V&A the RADC Archive joins the Contemporary Dance Trust Archive THM/22 acquired in 2001 which includes some material on RADC as well detailed documentation on London Contemporary Dance Theatre, the previous resident dance company at The Place

Art · Art history · Contemporary dance · Dance · Folk dance · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Theater, Performance, and Music History

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