Contra Dance
as an
Intangible Cultural Heritage
A Study of the Dance
"Delphiniums and Daisies" by Tanya Rotenberg
Views and View Records
In this proposed framework based on CCO, the Work Record represents the contra dance itself (in this case "Delphiniums and Daisies") as a concept manifested in notation from a vocabulary used to describe particular formations and figures executed by certain dance roles in an established linear order or sequence. As a cultural object, it has supremacy as a singular and unique creation in the cataloging structure. From the dance as a cultural work of written instructions, performances of that dance will occur, and through recordings and images (media), that occurrence will be documented. Images derived from that media documentation (views) are the source of these View Records, described below. This framework essentially takes an entity relationship model in which one work/object (the written instructions of the dance) will relate to many occurrences of performances (see Event Records), each performance of which will relate to multiple methods of documentation (Media Records), which will then relate to multiple views (View Record examples seen here).
Proposed View Records
(from Media Records of Event Records)
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000001001.jpg
■ Image Source: https://img.youtube.com/vi/7KEzpho_5bo/maxresdefault.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording from the bottom of the hall of dancers on the floor, and the caller and musicians on stage, during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: general view [AAT 300015518] • eye-level view [AAT 300015540] • back view [AAT 300264745] • front view [AAT 300264744]
■ View Date: 2012
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: Contra Dance - Boom Chuck & Charlotte Crittenden - Delphiniums and Daisies [contraMedia:0000000001]
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000002002.jpg
■ Image Source: https://img.youtube.com/vi/3WcOpLxeSsc/maxresdefault.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording overhead of dancers during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: detail view [AAT 300264741] • oblique view [AAT 300015503] • overhead view [AAT 300264740] • side view [AAT 300264743]
■ View Date: 2011
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: Delphiniums Daises [contraMedia:0000000002]
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000003003.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording of dancers from the top of the hall during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: general view [AAT 300015518] • eye-level view [AAT 300015540] • back view [AAT 300264745] • front view [AAT 300264744]
■ View Date: 2011
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies [contraMedia:0000000003]
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000004004.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording from the side of the hall of dancers on the floor and musicians on stage during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: general view [AAT 300015518] • oblique view [AAT 300015503] • eye-level view [AAT 300015540] • side view [AAT 300264743]
■ View Date: 2010
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies [contraMedia:0000000004]
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000005005.jpg
■ Image Source: https://img.youtube.com/vi/WNDRSd1qrIc/maxresdefault.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording of caller Maeve Devlin and an unknown dancer in the foreground, and musicians Sharon Robinson and Brad Battey in the background, during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: detail view [AAT 300264741] • oblique view [AAT 300015503] • eye-level view [AAT 300015540] • front view [AAT 300264744]
■ View Date: 2015
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: Farmington Contra Dance - 1 [contraMedia:0000000005]
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000006006.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording from the side of the hall of dancers on the floor, and the caller and musicians on stage, during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: general view [AAT 300015518] • eye-level view [AAT 300015540] • oblique view [AAT 300015503] • side view [AAT 300264743] • back view [AAT 300264745] • front view [AAT 300264744]
■ View Date: 2017
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: Denver contra dance 1/28/2017 [contraMedia:0000000006]
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000007007.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording from the top of the hall of dancers on the floor, and the caller and musicians on stage, during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: general view [AAT 300015518] • eye-level view [AAT 300015540] • oblique view [AAT 300015503] • back view [AAT 300264745] • front view [AAT 300264744]
■ View Date: 2007
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: 2007-10-20 - Set 01 - 07 - Delphiniums and Daisies [contraMedia:0000000007]
View Record
■ Identifier: contraView-0000000008008.jpg
■ Image Source: https://img.youtube.com/vi/BgSQpxC4JJQ/maxresdefault.jpg
■ View Description: Screenshot captured from video recording from the top of the hall of dancers on the floor, and the caller and musicians on stage, during a performance of the contra dance Delphiniums and Daisies
■ View Type: general view [AAT 300015518] • eye-level view [AAT 300015540] • oblique view [AAT 300015503] • side view [AAT 300264743] • back view [AAT 300264745] • front view [AAT 300264744]
■ View Date: 2014
■ Related Work [link to Work Record]: Delphiniums and Daisies (contra dance); Tanya Rotenberg [contraDance:0000001]
■ Related Media [link to Media Record]: April Blum ● Honeysuckle Rose ● Glen Echo, MD Contradance ● 2014-12-19 [contraMedia:0000000008]