Mary Kate Connolly is a writer, editor and curator based in London, UK.

'Rather than a history of Anderson’s dance works, this book uses The Cholmondoleys and The Featherstonehaughs archives to bring life into once-precious costume and dance memory objects at risk of being forgotten or left to rot away without anyone noticing... In Smithereens comes through as a significant contribution to costume knowledge. The book chisels out a significant spot for itself within the sprawling landscape of literature on and with costume. First, the book manages to challenge the rules and beliefs associated with financially strong major museum holdings by way of hands-on activities possible to conduct by all sorts of persons in all sorts of fringe archives and odd storages. In offering what comes through as quite activist, yet highly respectful and ethical, ways of history making, In Smithreens also contributes useful ideas and insights to cross-disciplinary domains such as critical archival studies.'

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Mary Kate Connolly is a writer, editor and curator based in London, UK.

'Rather than a history of Anderson’s dance works, this book uses The Cholmondoleys and The Featherstonehaughs archives to bring life into once-precious costume and dance memory objects at risk of being forgotten or left to rot away without anyone noticing... In Smithereens comes through as a significant contribution to costume knowledge. The book chisels out a significant spot for itself within the sprawling landscape of literature on and with costume. First, the book manages to challenge the rules and beliefs associated with financially strong major museum holdings by way of hands-on activities possible to conduct by all sorts of persons in all sorts of fringe archives and odd storages. In offering what comes through as quite activist, yet highly respectful and ethical, ways of history making, In Smithreens also contributes useful ideas and insights to cross-disciplinary domains such as critical archival studies.'

• BeginningSmithereens: Ghosts, detritus & performance’s return DisintegrationPreservationTransactionDisplayEndingPublications

Mary Kate Connolly is a writer, editor and curator based in London, UK.

'Rather than a history of Anderson’s dance works, this book uses The Cholmondoleys and The Featherstonehaughs archives to bring life into once-precious costume and dance memory objects at risk of being forgotten or left to rot away without anyone noticing... In Smithereens comes through as a significant contribution to costume knowledge. The book chisels out a significant spot for itself within the sprawling landscape of literature on and with costume. First, the book manages to challenge the rules and beliefs associated with financially strong major museum holdings by way of hands-on activities possible to conduct by all sorts of persons in all sorts of fringe archives and odd storages. In offering what comes through as quite activist, yet highly respectful and ethical, ways of history making, In Smithreens also contributes useful ideas and insights to cross-disciplinary domains such as critical archival studies.'

• BeginningSmithereens: Ghosts, detritus & performance’s return DisintegrationPreservationTransactionDisplayEndingPublications