Primary Source Set: performing arts
There is a long and rich legacy of performing arts in the LGBTQ community. Dance, music, performance art, and theater all have been utilized as an expression of queer visibility, politics, and community. This primary source set includes audio recordings, newspaper articles, videos, photographs, and ephemera relating to this vibrant history.
Performance of the "Ten Percent Revue" at the Valencia Rose, circa June 1985. From the Dirk Alphin collection of Valencia Rose videotapes (2014-06).
Selected Source Set
![Asian American Theatre Co. [@31:40]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b53b13285ede173115cb784/1613156972835-XX6QK7YAOSKVJ31UYTWQ/102-1027832_audio-audio-button.jpg)
![Barbary Coast Cloggers at Pride [37:14]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b53b13285ede173115cb784/1613598077981-H9WYLEH1GFEXYHWV710D/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-17%2Bat%2B1.38.20%2BPM.jpg)
Additional Resources
Dancers We Lost: Honoring Performers Lost to AIDS exhibit.
Purple Moon Dance Project video recordings.
SF Gay Men’s Chorus programs and digital collection.
Janet MacHarg digital collection.
See also the Drag Primary Source Set and Finocchio’s Primary Source Set.
Performance, Protest & Politics: The Art of Gilbert Baker exhibit.
Contact reference@glbthistory.org for research questions or information about reproductions or permissions.
These primary source sets are just a small sampling of our digitized materials. Additional resources are available in our digital collections. Our extensive archival holdings are searchable through our catalog.