{"id":3358,"date":"2025-12-07T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ricardoviviani.com\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:23:49","slug":"oral-history-for-dance-heritage-intensive-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ricardoviviani.com\/?p=3358","title":{"rendered":"Oral History for Dance Heritage \u2013 Intensive Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oral History Intensive Workshop Team \u2014 Kyiv, December 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Type:<\/strong> Workshop \u00b7 Oral History \/ Dance Heritage
\nDate:<\/strong> 1\u20136 December 2025
\nContext:<\/strong> Oral History for Dance Heritage<\/em>
\nLocation:<\/strong> National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
\nRole:<\/strong> Workshop Leader \u00b7 Oral Historian \u00b7 Choreographer
\nDuration:<\/strong> Six-day intensive
\nParticipants:<\/strong> Dance researchers and museum professionals from Ukraine
\nTranslator:<\/strong> Karina Solka
\nOrganisers:<\/strong> Impulse Transformation Platform \u00b7 Goethe-Institut Ukraine \u00b7 National Art Museum of Ukraine
\nStatus:<\/strong> Historical Record<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oral History for Dance Heritage<\/strong> was a six-day intensive in Kyiv exploring how Oral History can contribute to the documentation, preservation and activation of dance heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop brought together dance researchers and museum professionals to consider the particular challenges of documenting an ephemeral art form. It connected artistic experience, Oral History, cultural memory and museum practice within the Ukrainian context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Workshop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The intensive drew on more than a decade of Viviani’s work as an Oral Historian in the performing arts, together with his experience as a dancer and choreographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A central concern was the relationship between spoken testimony and the knowledge carried through dance. Oral History can make aspects of experience, memory and artistic lineage visible and narratable, while recognising that embodied knowledge cannot be fully contained in words. The transmission of dance heritage also takes place through embodied practice, relationships and forms of knowledge that may remain only partially articulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop therefore approached dance heritage as both documentary material and living cultural knowledge. Questions of memory, testimony, documentation, preservation and future access were considered in relation to the specific conditions of dance and to the Ukrainian cultural context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyiv and the Ukrainian Context<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The workshop took place during a period in which questions of cultural memory, heritage and continuity have particular significance in Ukraine. The encounter brought international Oral History experience into dialogue with Ukrainian dance researchers, museum professionals and practitioners working within conditions shaped by war, displacement and cultural transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exchange also highlighted the importance of recognising dance as part of cultural history rather than treating it solely as an ephemeral performance practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Workshop to Collaborative Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The intensive formed part of a wider collaborative process concerned with the development of approaches to documenting and preserving dance heritage in Ukraine. This process contributed to the Protocol for Archiving Dance<\/em>, developed in Kyiv in 2025 by Daryna Yakymova, Viktor Ruban and Ricardo Viviani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resulting work addresses the relationship between documentary records, Oral History, embodied knowledge and the continuing life of dance heritage. Further methodological and working materials remain part of the associated research archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archival Material<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Primary and related sources:<\/strong>
\nOfficial invitation dated 24 November 2025; workshop documentation; presentation materials; Oral History interviews conducted in Kyiv; Protocol for Archiving Dance<\/em>, Kyiv 2025; related project documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post Scriptum \u2014 1 September 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The workshop has become an important point of reference within Viviani’s continuing work connecting Oral History, dance heritage, embodied knowledge and archival practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its significance lies in the encounter between artistic and institutional forms of knowledge and in the development of a shared context for thinking about how dance heritage can be documented while remaining understood as living and embodied cultural practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contribution \/ Ertrag:<\/strong>
\nThe intensive brought Oral History practice, dance research and museum work into dialogue and contributed to a wider collaborative process concerning the documentation and preservation of dance heritage in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assessment \/ Relevanz:<\/strong>
\nThe workshop represents a significant stage in Viviani’s continuing development of Oral History in the performing arts. It extended this practice into a new cultural and institutional context and strengthened the connection between dance heritage, embodied knowledge and archival work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords:<\/strong>
\nOral History; Dance Heritage; Ukraine; Kyiv; Embodied Knowledge; Dance Documentation; Museum Practice; Cultural Memory; Archiving; Dance History; Heritage Transmission; Archive Activation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Goethe-Institut Ukraine<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian Crisis Media Center \u2014 Press Conference Video<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Suspilne Kultura \u2014 Archiving Ukrainian Dance<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Oksana Bohdanivna Lan Participation<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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

Journey to Kyiv<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kyiv Press Conference<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Voices from Kyiv<\/em><\/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: Workshop \u00b7 Oral History \/ Dance Heritage Date: 1\u20136 December 2025 Context: Oral History for Dance Heritage Location: National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Role: Workshop Leader \u00b7 Oral Historian \u00b7 Choreographer Duration: Six-day intensive Participants: Dance researchers and museum professionals from Ukraine Translator: Karina Solka Organisers: Impulse Transformation Platform \u00b7 Goethe-Institut Ukraine … <\/p>\n

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