Join the movement
CCAIMRS is not just an archive—it’s a movement elevating ACB movement systems beyond performance into the stratosphere of science, policy, and play.
Welcome To CCAIMRS
The ACB Living Knowledge Initiative
ACB performance traditions hold embodied memory and wisdom. We preserve and steward this knowledge with dignity for future generations.
WHY WE EXIST
The Archive is not a vault, it’s a living library.
Our archive holds more than recordings. It holds lineages, stories, contexts, and the ethics of “how” knowledge is carried and shared.
What you’ll find inside:
- Movement and rhythm libraries (dance + drumming vocabularies)
- Oral histories and artist/elder interviews
- Performance documentation and repertoire traces
- Teaching tools: notes, diagrams, prompts, and protocols
- Context: community histories, meanings, and cultural frameworks
OUR PILLARS
Archive & Preserve
We document high-quality audio/video, oral histories, and contextual research to protect living traditions.t elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
Teach & Share
Workshops, masterclasses, and learning resources that support intergenerational transmission and public understanding.
Wellbeing & Belonging
Embodied practices that strengthen connection, healing, and newcomer settlement through community-centred programming.
Policy & Systems Change
We translate embodied knowledge into insights for institutions across education, health, the arts, and civic life.
Current Initiatives
- Embodied Settlement & Newcomer Wellbeing
Movement-based pathways for decompression, connection, and belonging. - Community Documentation Labs
Training and co-creation spaces for ethical recording, interviewing, and metadata practices. - Youth Rhythm & Movement Leadership
Skill-building, mentorship, and cultural pride through performance-based learning. - Research & Partnerships
Collaborations with artists, organizations, and institutions to scale impact.
OUR EVENTS
Workshops & Intensives
Dance foundations, drumming technique, embodied storytelling
Talks & Community Conversations
Culture, identity, policy, and diaspora futures
Showings & Demonstrations
Research-in-performance, artist labs, community stages
Built on ethics. Led by community.
We are guided by cultural protocols, ongoing consent, fair compensation, and responsible access. Our work centers dignity, safety, and community governance—because how knowledge is held matters as much as what is held.
Our Partners
A living network of artists, elders, community organizations, and institutions working toward long-term stewardship and access.
