Chris Burnside papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

None.

Preferred citation:

Box/folder, Chris Burnside papers, Collection number M 393, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Summary

Extent:
2 Linear Feet
Creator:
Burnside, Chris and Burnside, Chris
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Box/folder, Chris Burnside papers, Collection number M 393, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection documents Chris Burnside's performances, 1981 to 2009. The collection contains reproductions of articles about Burnside and his work as well as video of thirty performances which have been digitized from various media storage formats. Other materials include flyers, posters, promotional pamphlets, exhibition books, and correspondence. Of particular note are items relating to a benediction that Burnside composed for the re-opening of the Grace Street Theater in 1996.

Biographical / historical:

Chris Burnside (Christopher Micken Burnside) is a choreographer, performer, and a former dance professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has a BFA in Communication Arts and Design from VCU and an MM in Dance from Florida State University. His dance and performance work ranges from complete choreography to movement monologues. He has performed in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., and several other locations along the East Coast. For a more detailed look at his decision to move from New York City to Richmond to teach at VCU and his successful and varied career as an openly gay performer and professor, see "A Brief Narrative" by Chris Burnside in this collection.

Arrangement:

Materials arranged alphabetically and chronologically therein. Series 1--Performances (1984-2009) ; Series 2--Other materials (1981-2009) ; Series 3--Digitized performances (n.d.) ; Series 4--Oversized Posters (1988-2007).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard