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Digital Histories of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Radical Accounting in Dance’s Archives
Authors: Harmony Bench, Ohio State University
Kate Elswit, University of London
Comment: Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Dartmouth College
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A dance company comes into being piece by piece and person by person. What might a history look like that traced the full trajectory of each? With the case study of celebrated African American modern dance choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-89) and the company he founded, Harmony Bench and Kate Elswit lay out their methodology of radical accounting, through which they unpack the complexity and historical contingency of the arts ecosystem of which Ailey was a part.
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