Dunham's Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry, Everyday Itinerary, 1950-1953

Dunham's Data is a three year project (2018-2021) funded by the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council, under the direction of Kate Elswit (Principle Investigator (PI), University of London, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) and Harmony Bench (Clinical Investigator (CI), Ohio State University). The project explores the kinds of questions and problems that make the analysis and visualization of data meaningful for dance history. It does so through the case study of choreographer Katherine Dunham, cataloging a daily itinerary of Dunham's touring and travel (including country, city, hotel, and venue, whenever possible) from the 1930s-60s, the dancers, drummers, and singers in her employ during that time, and the repertory they performed. The datasets included with this collection represent the years 1950-1953.