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Our new website has been launched!

­December 6, 2021

We are very proud to present you a shiny new SIBMAS website and logo! As an international network on performing arts heritage we wanted to redevelop and strengthen a coherent[…]

Publication: Necessary Fiction

­October 17, 2021

For a contemporary baroque dance. We speak of “baroque dance” to evoke the court and theater dance of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as it is presented today, while most[…]

The V&A museum announced the end of its internal consultation process

­May 28, 2021

28/05/2021 Statement The V&A museum announced the end of its internal consultation process on 17 May 2021. Since then, several of people may have received an upbeat email from Director[…]

Happy Birthday William : An update and selection of comments from donors & supporters (23 April)

­April 23, 2021

Today, 23 April, is celebrated worldwide as the birthday of William Shakespeare. The cultural legacy of the “Bard of Avon” is impossible to put into words but must include the[…]

News on restructuring of the V&A Theatre & Performance Department. 06 April.

­April 6, 2021

STATEMENT I would like to supply an update on the SIBMAS campaign to help save the Theatre & Performance Department at the V&A Museum in London. The Director, Dr Tristram[…]

The proposed restructuring & job losses at the V&A Theatre & Performance Department. 30 March

­March 29, 2021

Statement The V&A internal consultation process with its staff is concluding at the end of March.  To my knowledge there has been no consultation with the industry or related bodies[…]

SIBMAS response to the recent statement by the V&A concerning the National Art Library and archive jobs.

­March 18, 2021

(Press Release) Paris – 18/03/2021 In response to the V&A press release: Update on Proposed Changes to the National Art Library We welcome the V&A’s[…]

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Tanzquartier Wien

Since its inception in 2001, Tanzquartier Wien has counted among the most influential dance centres in Europe. Initiated by local artists, it was one of several cultural institutions that were given premises at MuseumsQuartier. The well-stocked inventory, which is the core of the library, comprises over 2,600 titles and 2,100 magazines. The foyer area accommodates general literature and anthologies on the subjects of dance, performance, art, theory and more, including subject-specific works from the fields of gender theory and philosophy.

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SIBMAS

Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Département des arts du spectacle
58, rue de Richelieu
75002 Paris
France

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