Pioneer women: Early British Modern Dancers

该项目将对玛奇·阿特金森(1885-1970)和鲁比·金纳(1886-1978)这两位英国早期现代舞蹈家兼编舞和教师的档案进行重要的工作。受伊莎多拉·邓肯的启发，两位女性开创了各自的“赤脚舞”形式：阿特金森的“自然运动”强调身体的和谐使用，通过跑步和平衡等简单动作来创造一种抒情风格；而金纳的复兴希腊舞蹈则借鉴了古希腊的田径、戏剧和舞蹈。阿特金森和金纳在事业早期发表的文章显示了他们的工作在当时被认为是多么重要--这与后来的历史报道形成了鲜明对比，后者倾向于优先考虑俄罗斯芭蕾舞和中欧现代舞的进口传统，以及英国本土芭蕾舞的发展。先锋妇女项目是舞蹈研究系和萨里大学国家舞蹈资源中心(NRCD)的合作项目，它建立在之前的联合研究项目--在线舞蹈数据的基础上，该项目由AHRB的资源增强计划(2002-2005)资助。该项目的两个主要目标将是通过对他们的编排和教学方法的深入分析，将阿特金森和金纳写回舞蹈史，并首次提供一系列关于20世纪英国舞蹈和文化史的材料。基于对他们档案的初步整理和调查，为这个项目做准备，预计进一步的研究将揭示早期英国现代舞和芭蕾舞之间比之前认为的更紧密的忠诚，从人口统计学上讲，英国舞蹈比伦敦的大都会芭蕾舞和/或地区音乐厅更多。该项目还旨在将阿特金森和金纳与其他更知名的女性舞蹈主角，如阿德琳·吉内、塔玛拉·卡萨维娜、玛丽·兰伯特和尼内特·德·瓦洛瓦重新结合起来，在培训制度和创建自己的公司方面都是如此，从而为20世纪初英国女性的角色和机构提供更广泛的见解。该项目还将考虑在这种背景下的另外两名舞者，Leslie Burrowes和Ludmila Mlada，她们在德国跟随Mary Wigman学习现代舞，Ludmila Mlada首先与芭蕾舞团兰伯特一起表演，然后与芭蕾舞团乔斯一起表演。(NRCD于2003年获得了Burrowes和Mlada的档案)，该项目的成果将包括档案收藏的在线目录、几篇期刊文章、舞蹈重现、编辑的DVD、一个学术研讨会、一个展览、两个学习日和一本由研讨会产生的编辑过的书籍。口述历史项目将提供宝贵的补充文件，并将创造更多的资源，以加强档案的内容和用途。该项目的持续时间将与舞蹈研究系和NRCD的25周年庆祝活动相吻合，研讨会将是这两个系的中心活动，目的是宣传该项目的高度档案价值、智力和体现的重点，并加强萨里大学学术和研究支持活动之间的合作伙伴关系。

This project will undertake vital work on the archives of Madge Atkinson (1885-1970) and Ruby Ginner (1886-1978), two early British modern dancer-choreographers and teachers. Inspired by Isadora Duncan, both women initiated their own respective forms of 'barefoot dance': Atkinson's Natural Movement emphasised a harmonious use of the body in which simple actions such as running and balancing were used to create a lyrical style; whilst Ginner's Revived Greek Dance drew on Ancient Greek athletics, drama, and dance. Articles published during the early stage of their careers demonstrate the extent to which the work of Atkinson and Ginner was deemed significant in its day - in marked contrast to subsequent historical accounts which have tended to privilege the imported traditions of Russian Ballet and Central European modern dance, and the development of an indigenous British ballet.The Pioneer Women project is a collaboration between the Department of Dance Studies and the National Resource Centre for Dance (NRCD) at the University of Surrey and it builds upon a previous joint research project, Dance Data On-line, funded by the AHRB's Resource Enhancement Scheme (2002-2005). Two main aims of the project will be to write Atkinson and Ginner back into dance history through in-depth analysis of their choreographies and teaching methods, and to make a range of materials on 20th-century British dance and cultural history available for the first time. Based on initial sorting and investigation of their archives in preparation for this project, it is anticipated that further research will reveal closer allegiances between early British modern dance and ballet than previously thought, and demographically, that 'British' dance constituted more than London-based metropolitan ballet and/or regional music hall. The project also aims to re-align Atkinson and Ginner alongside other, better-known, female dance protagonists, such as Adeline Genée, Tamara Karsavina, Marie Rambert and Ninette de Valois, both in terms of codifying systems of training and founding their own companies, thus providing broader insights into the role and agency of women in early-20th century Britain. The project will also consider two other dancers within this context, Leslie Burrowes, who studied modern dance with Mary Wigman in Germany and Ludmila Mlada, who performed first with Ballet Rambert and then the Ballets Jooss. (The NRCD acquired the archives of both Burrowes and Mlada in 2003).Outputs of the project will include an online catalogue of the archives' holdings, several journal articles, dance reconstructions, an edited DVD, an academic symposium, an exhibition, two study days and an edited book arising out of the symposium. An oral history project will provide valuable supplementary documentation and additional resources will be created to enhance the archives' content and usefulness. The duration of the project will coincide with 25th anniversary celebrations by both the Department of Dance Studies and NRCD, and the symposium will be a central event for these, in terms of publicising the high archival value, intellectual and embodied focus of the project and reinforcing the collaborative partnership between the University of Surrey's academic and research support activities.