Our Initiatives

Helping performing dance organizations and artists preserve, celebrate, and amplify their legacies online.

Our Initiatives

Helping performing arts organizations preserve, celebrate, and amplify their ephemeral art forms online.

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CurtainConnect serves as a digital stage where individuals and dance organizations can share their stories.

On CurtainConnect, individuals can link their personal experiences to their affiliated organizations’ histories, placing their stories within broader frameworks. In turn, dance companies can enrich their profiles with the materials provided by their communities.

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CurtainConnect serves as a digital stage where individuals and dance organizations can share their stories.

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ChromaDiverse’s Digital Archivist Internship

Our interns gain experience managing a digital archive and working in a nonprofit environment while supporting ChromaDiverse’s archival preservation strategy. This internship provides:

Paid experience in practical, technical, & creative fields
Exposure to the arts & nonprofit worlds
Experience in office & administrative work
Experience handling valuable & vulnerable archival materials
Technical skills that support the long-term preservation of digital objects
Knowledge of innovative technologies that will make performing arts history accessible for generations to come

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Capturing and Preserving Dance History

Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, A Movement, A Celebration, co-authored by ChromaDiverse Founder & CEO Judy Tyrus alongside Paul Novosel, captures the groundbreaking legacy of Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook’s pioneering dance company. As part of our commitment to accessible cultural heritage, ChromaDiverse provides a host of free online ancillary materials at DTHBook.org, offering public access to rare photos, historical program notes, and extraneous archival materials that honor the voices and achievements of Black classical ballet.