Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

None.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

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

Biographical Note

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

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).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Burnside, Chris
• Burnside, Chris -- Archives
• Dancers -- Virginia -- Richmond
• Virginia Commonwealth University