New Sources and New Perspectives for Dance Research: Extending Archival Horizons

Abstract

This article explores the significance of theatre dance material found in various collections of British 20th century personal and private papers. It details discoveries made in these collections and how this sheds new light on British theatre dance of the first half of the twentieth century. These comprised the UK Parliamentary Archives at Westminster; the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College Cambridge; the British Library and the Wellcome Collection in London; Kings College Cambridge Archive Centre; and the Harry Ransom Center in Austin Texas. It closes with a case study on the dancer Maud Allan to demonstrate how archival data from non-dance archives can reshape our understanding of dance history and provide valuable insights for advancing dance studies research.

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