ChromaDiverse was founded by Judy Tyrus in 2019. CD offers support services and digital tools optimized to enable the presentation of performing arts company’s historical media in an online and searchable format. A concerted effort is necessary to preserve the archives of performing arts organizations. Though well-funded dance groups can hire an archivist, most cannot. This leaves an organization’s valuable dance history inaccessible in basements and storage rooms. The survival of the archives is of particular concern for companies that emphasize the works of undervalued artists. When information and artifacts are not preserved, these organizations’ accomplishments risk being lost.   

The CD DigitalVault™ transforms the way that dance companies and performance arts organizations utilize and present their archives. By providing streamlined access to photographs, videos, programs, posters, and press—plus tools for easy sorting, searching, and media uploading—performing arts organizations can more easily: 

Present archives from physical to digital:  

• • Be primary stewards of their rich legacy 

• • Elevate marketing and fundraising with access to current and historical content  

• • Engage with and educate their community, the press and the public 

• • Restage and license choreographic works 

• • Facilitate dancer training 

To achieve these goals, ChromaDiverse has developed a software solution called CD SmartCapture™.  This technology accelerates the process of capturing key historical information from performance programs, providing access to the arc of history and forming a strong foundation for constructing a digital archive.