Performance In/As Archive
Preserving Performance in the Pacific Northwest: A Symposium
What is the role of the archives for performance-makers and creators?
Kathy Carbone (University of California Los Angeles), Lindsay Delaronde (University of Victoria) and Danette Boucher (Histrionics theatre) come together to address how performance animates archival knowledge.
VIDEO FOOTAGE: LOGAN SWAIN AND CONOR FARRELL
PHOTOS: ANNIE KONSTANTINOVA
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PRESENTER BIOS:
Danette Boucher was awarded her BFA in Theatre from the University of Victoria in 1989, and her MA in Applied Theatre (Museum Theatre) in 2011. She has enjoyed a 30-year career creating and implementing theatre programs for museums and heritage site. Danette is currently working on a book examining the role of museum theatre in decolonization.
Kathy Carbone is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) currently working on the Refugees Rights in Records (R3) Initiative. Prior to joining UCLA, she was the Institute Archivist and Performing Arts Librarian for over a decade at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and a modern dancer and choreographer for more than 20 years. Carbone’s research focuses on contemporary art practices with archives; documenting and archiving performance; human rights, social justice, and archives; art and forced migration; and, digital community archives. Carbone holds a Ph.D. in Information Studies from UCLA, an MLIS from Kent State University, an MA in Dance and Music and a BFA in Dance from Ohio University.
Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde is a Kanienke’haka woman of Kahnawake, QC. For the past 12 years I have been a grateful, active and contributing guest on Lekwungen territory, Victoria, BC. I hold a Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts in the Indigenous Communities Counseling Psychology Program from the University of Victoria. I am currently the Indigenous Resurgence Coordinator for the Fine Arts department at UVIC. My areas of research are Contemporary and Traditional First Nations art and expressive arts therapy, working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples incorporating arts and counseling. My artistic practice focuses on Indigenous theatre, land-based/site-specific performance art, collaborative practice, cultural resurgence and social/political activism through the arts. My artistic media include photography, performance, and visual studio arts, which enables me to engage in creating and sharing critically informed, culturally competent Indigenous art across various disciplines. I combine my Indigenous world-view, cultural understanding, academic learning and artistic skills to inform my arts practice and my ability to share Indigenous perspectives with the public in a good way.
