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"After
Dancing Times ceased publication following 112 years in print, the
archive is now housed at the RAD’s headquarters in Wandsworth.
Treasures in the archive include the Nicholas Brothers in the 1941 film
Sun
Valley Serenade.
The archive comprises approximately 38,000 black and white and colour prints,
spanning the period from c.1920 to 2000, making it one of the largest
collections of 20th century dance in the world.
The RAD acquired the photographic archive after
Dancing Times announced it
would cease publication in August 2022, with the final print in September 2022.
Editor Jonathan Gray stated it was no longer financially viable. The news was
met with great sadness from leading dance industry figures, organisations and
writers across the UK.
Dancing Times and the RAD have a close relationship spanning over 100 years.
The magazine’s founding editor Philip Richardson spearheaded the inception of
the RAD over 100 years ago when it was founded as The Association of Teachers
of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain. As a result of this long history, the RAD
will be a natural home for the magazine’s extensive archive.
This acquisition has been made possible thanks to generous support from the
Linbury Trust who have made a grant towards supporting the acquisition,
preservation and cataloguing of the archive, as well as enabling education
opportunities for RAD students and the wider dance community."
Via Esther Schindler.
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