Not all of the oral authors choose to speak about their HIV status or how it affects their careers. The tapes do not make up a separate collection. They become part of the archive of hundreds of oral histories produced by the Dance Collection over a period of twenty years. Interviewees are informally nominated to the Project Coordinator by members of the dance community. Often artists who wish to be interviewed have contacted the Coordinator themselves.
All interviews are confidential until they are released by the oral author.
The Project is based in New York, but interviews in other areas can be arranged, often by cooperatively identifying a local interviewer. Please do not hesitate to contact the Project Coordinator if you, or someone you know, would like to participate. Oral history tapes are made available to researchers at the Dance Collection. Transcripts are created for interviews produced by the Project. Individual authors may place restrictions on public access to their interview for a specified period of time.