Assistant Archivist
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Capital Gallery 2001 MRC 520
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Email: smithsdl at si.edu
Research Interests
English country dance in the U.S. is my primary focus at this point in time, although I am broadly interested in dance research of all kinds, and research on folk revivals.
Current Research Projects
"The English Country Dance Video Documentation Project" is based at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, with the goals of producing a documentary film as well as archival footage available for researchers.
Recent Publications
Forthcoming “The Dancer Within: Identity and Imaginings in English Country Dance.” With Jennifer Beer. Proceedings of the 23rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology, Monghidoro, Italy.
2005 “The English Country Dance Documentation Project.” Dance and Society: Dancer as a Cultural Performer, Proceedings of the 22nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology. Budapest: European Folklore Institute, 2005, pp. 153-161.
2003 ”Scottish Dance,” in 37th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program Book, (Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage) pp. 81-82.
2003 Notes to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW 45057, “The Singing Kettle: Singalong Songs from Scotland."
003 Notes to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW 40145, “Jean Ritchie: Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition.”
Updated -11/09/07
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