22 FORTIFYING OUR LEGACIES
DIGITISING BLACK DANCE IN BRITAIN 1930’S TO 1990’S – MOMENTS… BY TIAH PARSAN VIEW THE EXHIBITION
By embracing today’s technology, we can easily access information on dance. Social media plays a big part in bringing voices from the margins to the mainstream, creating more diverse representations in all creative and cultural sectors. In the new digital age, how can we continue passing down the legacy of Black dance to future generations? What do we see when we look at dance in Britain from a black perspective? Moments…, A Dance of the African Diaspora Heritage Exhibition One Dance UK’s Dance of the African Diaspora (DAD) team; previously the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora (ADAD), created a way of celebrating legacies of Black dance through an exhibition open to the public in 2007.
Adzido © Dee Conway
Bullies Ballerinas © Dee Conway
The Black Dance in Britain 1930’s to 1990’s – Moments… exhibition, originally conceptualised by Dr ‘Funmi Adewole, aims to make a distinctive contribution to collecting, conserving, interpreting and narrating the history and heritage that informs the work of Black dancers in contemporary Britain. It features important moments in the history of “Black Dance” in Britain between the 1930s to 1990s. The heritage project is made up of two components: a photographic exhibition and a book called Voicing Black Dance: 1930’s to 1990’s – The British Experience. This book includes a collection of interviews with key professional artists and practitioners who have contributed to British dance since 1980’s: including Peter Bajedo OBE, Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp OBE, Greta Mendez and more. Voicing Black Dance also
