Founded in 1972, The Dance Archive is a special collecting area with the University of Denver’s Special Collections and Archive.
To be the most comprehensive and significant dance resource center in the American West.
- Documentation
- Preservation & Access
- Interpretation/Education








The Board

Elizabeth Bragg
Elizabeth Bragg, a Colorado native, trained with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and Colorado Ballet. She returned to Denver in 2019 after spending 14 years in NYC. In New York, she danced with Paul Taylor Company, where she toured nationally and internationally as a performer and teacher. She also danced with Red Wall Dance Theatre, Bardos Ballet, and Mazzini Dance Collective, among others.
Elizabeth holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University. She earned her MBA in Finance and Management from Fordham University. Elizabeth currently works as a Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager for Huntington National Bank. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Hannah Kahn Dance Company.

Joan Brown

Christin Crampton Day
Christin is Executive Director of Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA). She has over 30 years of experience in non-profit and for-profit leadership and management, including experience in strategic planning, communications, public relations, marketing, sales, development and fundraising. Christin previously served as Executive Director of Ballet Nouveau Colorado. For 13 years she served on the Board of Trustees for Colorado Ballet and today serves on the Emeritus Board. In 2018, she was appointed to the Private Sector Council of Americans for the Arts. Christin is the President of The Dance Archive Board.

Kathi Crum

Ann Hunt

Sandra Minton

Nancy McElroy

Michael Ritchie

Rhetta Shead

Sheila Sharpe

Julia Wilkinson-Manley

John "Mr. Tap" Williams
John “Mr. Tap” Williams is from Harlem, New York. He is the creator of the “Original Tap Barre” Harlem Mix Tap Dance Style. He holds his Associates of Arts Degree in Education/Speech & Drama and a BFA Degree in Education/Musical Theater. He has appeared in several theater, commercials, dance, film and television productions. Appearances include: PBS special “Jazz for Orchestra” with the Colorado Symphony & Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Bourbon Street Straight Up with the Denver Brass & Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra, How We Got Over (from The Spirtuals To Duke Elington) with the Spirituals Project Choir & Orlando Otis & His Jazz Orchestra. John was honored to perform the renowned Morton Gould’s Tap Dance Concerto with Scott O’Neil and The Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He performed in The Wiz, Harlem The Musical, Black Nativity as Joseph, Hello Dolly, Harlem Sweet Harlem, Guys & Dolls, My Three Angles, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Giselle, Jesus Christ Superstar, Show Boat, The Great Sebastians, and Shoes produced by Amy Anderson. He has appeared on the Animal Planet Television Series of “Busted” and performed with the Carnival Cruise Magic Legends Show. John has danced with the Movement Free Dance Company for 10 years under the Artistic Direction of “Jo Button Keel” and was a member of The Eulipions Theatre Company. He has performed with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and Colorado Ballet. John “Mr. Tap” Williams was featured in the Magazine, “In The Black” as Denver”s Own “Mr. Tap”. John has performed for the Aspen Dance Connections children and adult educational workshops and shows in the western slope. Currently, John “Mr. Tap” Williams is a proud member of The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) who have received the 2021 National Medal of Arts Award. John “Mr. Tap” Williams has received the 2020 Denver University Legends of Dance Award and the 2022 Loretto Heights College Distinguished Alumni Award.

Susan Tracy

Elizabeth Bragg
Elizabeth Bragg, a Colorado native, trained with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and Colorado Ballet. She returned to Denver in 2019 after spending 14 years in NYC. In New York, she danced with Paul Taylor Company, where she toured nationally and internationally as a performer and teacher. She also danced with Red Wall Dance Theatre, Bardos Ballet, and Mazzini Dance Collective, among others.
Elizabeth holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University. She earned her MBA in Finance and Management from Fordham University. Elizabeth currently works as a Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager for Huntington National Bank. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Hannah Kahn Dance Company.
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