{"id":2587,"date":"2022-09-01T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ricardoviviani.com\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:03:45","slug":"jahrbuch-tanzforschung-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ricardoviviani.com\/?p=2587","title":{"rendered":"Sharing the Material is Sharing the Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Euphorie und Aufbruch<\/em> Timeline \u2014 Sorting and grouping of 99 Documents (Viviani 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Type:<\/strong> Publication \u00b7 Research \/ Historisation Project
Date:<\/strong> September 2022
Context:<\/strong> Tanzen\/Teilen \u2013 Sharing\/Dancing: Jahrbuch TanzForschung 2021<\/em>
Role:<\/strong> Ricardo Viviani – Author \u00b7 Researcher \u00b7 Project Collaborator
Co-authors:<\/strong> Anja K. Arend \u00b7 Thomas Thorausch
Project:<\/strong> Euphorie und Aufbruch \u2014 A History of Dance 1959\u20131969<\/em>
Publisher:<\/strong> transcript Verlag<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sharing the Material is Sharing the Knowledge<\/strong> \/ Tanzwissen teilen im Verbund<\/em> documents an experimental approach to sharing and connecting dance-archival material across institutional collections. The chapter emerged from the research project Euphorie und Aufbruch<\/em>, a collaboration between the Pina Bausch Foundation, the Deutsches Tanzarchiv K\u00f6ln and the Folkwang Tanzarchiv \/ Folkwang Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chapter begins from a basic problem of dance heritage: an archive cannot contain the whole of dance. What survives is always partial, shaped by the histories of collection, preservation, description and institutional selection. The project therefore explored what might become visible when material from different archives is brought into relation rather than presented as separate institutional holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the pilot project, a selection of 99 archival documents from the three participating collections was organized around relationships between people, works, events, places and time<\/strong>. The resulting digital environment used a chronological timeline as a principal point of access, while also making connections between heterogeneous materials more visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chapter considers archival knowledge as something that can emerge through relationships among documents, people, works and historical circumstances. In this perspective, sharing material between institutions can also become a way of sharing knowledge<\/strong> and making previously separated holdings meaningful in relation to one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A central question concerns the particular demands of dance archives. Dance is not exhausted by the documents that record it: movement, practice, embodied knowledge and changing relationships are difficult to represent through conventional archival description alone. The project therefore explored conceptual models including CIDOC CRM<\/strong> and FRBRoo<\/strong> as possible structures for relating heterogeneous information across collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oral History provided another layer of connection. Ricardo Viviani’s interview with composer Juan Allende-Blin<\/strong> brought personal testimony and experience into dialogue with archival records. Within the project, Oral History provided a perspective through which documentary material could be connected with lived historical experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wider project also included an educational strand documented through Finding Your Own Voice<\/em>. Historical photographs and other archival materials were used as impulses for observation, analysis and choreographic work. Students transformed observations from archival material into concepts and choreographic assignments, bringing archival research into a contemporary artistic context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taken together, the chapter presents the archive as an interconnected knowledge environment rather than as a collection of isolated objects. Its concern is not simply how to preserve material, but how relationships between collections, documents, people and experience can make different forms of historical knowledge accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archival Material:<\/strong>
\nPublished German chapter; project documentation; visual research materials; timeline documentation; selection of 99 archival documents; Oral History interview with Juan Allende-Blin; Finding Your Own Voice<\/em> teaching materials; related research notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post Scriptum \u2014 30 August 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This page provides an English-language summary of the published German chapter, of which Ricardo Viviani is a co-author. It is an independent summary and synthesis for readers who may not work in German; it is not a translation or reproduction of the published text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The publication is revisited here in relation to the continuing development of work with dance archives, Oral History and the activation of archival knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contribution \/ Ertrag:<\/strong>
\nThe chapter documents a practical attempt to connect distributed dance-archive collections and to make relationships between heterogeneous materials more visible. It brings together archival collaboration, digital structuring, Oral History and education within the framework of Euphorie und Aufbruch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assessment \/ Relevanz:<\/strong>
\nThe publication is relevant as a record of collaborative research into how dance archives can communicate across institutional boundaries. Its particular value lies in showing that access to archival knowledge depends not only on digitization or preservation, but also on the relationships established between collections, documents, people and historical experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords:<\/strong>
\nDance Archives; Dance History; Oral History; Archival Research; Archival Activation; Knowledge Technologies; CIDOC CRM; FRBRoo; Dance Heritage; Visual History; Institutional Collaboration; Choreographic Research; Pina Bausch; Juan Allende-Blin; Euphorie und Aufbruch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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External Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sharing the Material is Sharing the Knowledge \u2014 Chapter DOI<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tanzen\/Teilen \u2013 Sharing\/Dancing \u2014 Book DOI<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Euphorie und Aufbruch<\/em> \u2014 Project Information<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Euphorie und Aufbruch<\/em> \u2014 Interactive Timeline<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Internal Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Euphorie und Aufbruch \u2014 A History of Dance 1959\u20131969<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Finding Your Own Voice<\/em> \u2014 WS 2020\/21<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Finding Your Own Voice<\/em> \u2014 Workshop<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Common Dance, Uncommon Stories<\/em> \u2014 Public Archive Entry<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

[im]materiality<\/em> \u2014 The Whole Life: Archives and Reality<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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\nArchival Note:<\/strong> This page forms part of an ongoing personal archive documenting Ricardo Viviani’s professional work and activities over more than four decades. Names and other personal information appear where relevant to the documented work or collaboration. If you believe that information concerning you has been published incorrectly or should be reconsidered, please contact me<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n

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Type: Publication \u00b7 Research \/ Historisation ProjectDate: September 2022Context: Tanzen\/Teilen \u2013 Sharing\/Dancing: Jahrbuch TanzForschung 2021Role: Ricardo Viviani – Author \u00b7 Researcher \u00b7 Project CollaboratorCo-authors: Anja K. Arend \u00b7 Thomas ThorauschProject: Euphorie und Aufbruch \u2014 A History of Dance 1959\u20131969Publisher: transcript Verlag Sharing the Material is Sharing the Knowledge \/ Tanzwissen teilen im Verbund documents an … <\/p>\n

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