HCA Dance Theatre

Published purpose

HCA Dance Theatre (HCA DT) is working with its sister organizations: HCA Arts for All (HCA AFA) and Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts (HCA), to create an official archive, HCArchives, documenting the cultural and performing arts history in Hamilton; as it relates to the HCA family of organizations. This project was started in May of 2022 with the hiring of an archivist through the generous combined funding of Young Canada Works (YCW) and Youth Break Barriers to Employment (YBBE). HCA DT is endeavoring to build on this strong foundation, and make further progress on the cataloging and digitization of our documentary heritage. In the 9-month timeline proposed below, HCA DT will catalog and digitize 50% of the current collection, move the collection into safer storage using appropriate materials and, pursue external professional transfer of media from out-dated mediums to digital files (audio cassettes, VHS, DAT, etc. ).