Biographical/historical: Core of Culture is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding intangible world culture and assuring the continuity of ancient dance traditions where they originate. Core of Culture specializes in Himalayan cultures, and Buddhist ritual arts. Its Bhutan Dance Project contains over 500 hours of video documentation, 11,000 photographs and 11 ethnographic journals gathered between 2004 and 2006 by their director Joseph Houseal and his team. Core of Culture continues to record and save knowledge about dance, and also aid in creating museum exhibitions and publishing materials pertaining to this subject.
