US-RPB-ms.2018.006 Guide to the Dance Company press kits1882-2007(bulk 1917-2007) Finding aid prepared by Karen Eberhart Brown University Library
John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts Box A Brown University Providence, RI, 02912 Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148 Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
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English 4 linear feet 1882-2007 (bulk 1917-2007) Press kits and promotional materials for dance companies in the United States, Canada, Russia, and Europe dating from 1882-2007. This collection includes materials for well-known companies such as Agnes DeMille, Martha Graham and the Bolshoi Ballet as well as many smaller dance companies. The majority are located on the East Coast of the United States. Of note are programs and advertisement for Anna Pavlova and Rudolf Nureyev. Collection information

Press kits and promotional materials for dance companies in the United States, Canada, Russia, and Europe dating from 1882-2007. This collection includes materials for well-known companies such as Agnes DeMille, Martha Graham and the Bolshoi Ballet as well as many smaller dance companies. The majority are located on the East Coast of the United States. Of note are programs and advertisement for Anna Pavlova and Rudolf Nureyev.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Dance Company press kits, Ms.2018.006, Brown University Library

This collection is arranged in 2 series.

Series 1. Dance companies Series 2. Miscellaneous

Subjects Dance Ballet Types of Materials Souvenir programs Names Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993 Graham, Martha De Mille, Agnes Dance companies Series 1 Agnes De Mille 1 1 1954-1963 Akasha Dance CompanyChicago, IL 1 2 1981-1992 Allied Danc CorporationIllinois 1 3 1943-1974 Alvin AileyNew York, NY 1 4 1984-1988 Auditorium TheatreChicago, IL 1 5 1967-1978

Includes magazine celebrating reopening of the theatre

 Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians, The 1 5A 1954-1956 Ballet ChicagoChicago, IL 1 6 1988-1992 Ballet Guild of Chicago (1)Chicago, IL 1 7 1949-1950

Advertisements

 Ballet Guild of Chicago (2)Chicago, IL 1 8 1950-1982

Programs

 Ballets (Russe) de Monte Carlo, LesChicago, IL and New York, NY 1 9 1935-1987 Ballet TheatreChicago, IL 1 9A 1942-1950 Bartoszek, Jan and Deborah SiegelNew York, NY 1 10 31898 Bejart, Maurice 1 11 1972 Bella Lewitzky 1 12 1971-1984 Bernice Holmes 1 13 1932-195?

both individual and Holmes ballet school

 Boitsov Classical BalletIllinois 1 14 1983-1990 Bolshoi Ballet - Programs 1 15 1959-1993 Boston BalletBoston, MA 1 16 1979-1993 Charles WeidmanNew York, NY 1 17 1964-1970 Chicago BalletChicago, IL 1 18 1941-1977 Chicago City BalletChicago, IL 1 19 1980-1987 Chicago Contemporary Dance TheatreChicago, IL 1 20 1965-1980 Chicago Dance CoalitionChicago, IL 1 21 1981-1993 Chicago Dance MediumChicago, IL 1 22 1983-1992

pop-up advert for Colors that Bend program

 Chicago Moving CompanyChicago, IL 1 23 1990 Aug-Dec Chilean National Ballet 1 24 23717 Civic Center for Performing Arts 1 25 33178 Civic TheatreChicago, IL 1 26 1930-1953 Concert Dance, IncChicago, IL 1 27 1882-1883 Dance Center Columbia College 1 28 1993-1974 Dance ChicagoChicago, IL 1 29 1997-2004 Dance Theatre of HarlemNew York, NY 1 30 1970-1989 David Dorfman Dance 1 31 1987-1990 David Puszh Dance Company 1 32 1987-1988 Draper, PaulChicago, IL 1 33 1941 Dec -1960 Mar Dunham, Katherine 1 34 1944-1983 Eliot Feld Ballet 1 35 1974-1985 Emergency Dance Theatre 1 36 1988 Jul-Nov Ensemble Espanol 1 37 1983-1993 Festivals, Various 1 38 1959-1993

organized alphabetically

 Grands Ballets Canadiens, Les 1 39 1981-1982 Gregory, Cynthia 1 40 1975-1987 Gus Giordano 1 41 1970-1992 Hamburg Ballet 1 42 1854-1992 Harkness BalletNew York, NY 1 43 1966-1973 Hedwig Dances 1 44 1992-1993 Hubbard Street Dance CompanyChicago, IL 2 1 1979-1993

Programs

 Hubbard Street Dance CompanyChicago, IL 2 2 1980-1993

Magazines and Press

 Humphrey, Doris and Charles Weidman 2 3 1934-1940 Isadora Duncan Dancers 2 3A 1929 Jacob's PillowNew York 2 4 1955-1972 Jan Erkert and Dancers 2 5 1979-1991 Joel Hall Dancers 2 6 1979-1993 Joffrey Ballet 2 7 1974-1999 Joliet Ballet Society 2 8 July 1974, May 1980 Jose Greco 2 9 1953-1974

Greco company

 Jose LimonChicago, IL 2 10 1950-1997

Advertisement signed by Jose Limon, "The dance offers you a vision of your humanity enobled, winged, soaring - Jose Limon"

 Jooss BalletChicago, IL 2 11 17839 Joseph Holmes Dance TheatreEvanston, IL; Chicago, IL 2 12 1979-1993 Littlefield Ballet, The 2 12A undated London's Festival Ballet 2 12B 1954 Lynda Martha Dance CompanyEvanston, IL; Chicago, IL 2 13 1982-1990 Lyric Opera (1)Chicago, IL 2 14 1954-1962

Programs

 Lyric Opera (2)Chicago, IL 2 15 1965-1979

Programs

 Margaret Jenkins Dance CompanyChicago, IL 2 16 1992-1993 Martha Graham 2 17 1936-1984 Mazowsze 2 18 1961-1982 Merce Cunningham Dance Company 2 19 1964-1985 Milwaukee Ballet CompanyMilwaukee, WI 2 19A 1970-1985 Moiseyev Dance CompanyChicago, IL 2 20 1958-1965 MomentaChicago, IL 2 21 1984-1993 Moming - Programs (1)Chicago, IL 2 22 1978-1990

Programs

 Moming - Press (2)Chicago, IL 2 23 1980-1990

Press

 Mordine and Company 2 24 before 1969-1992 Mordkin Ballet, TheChicago, IL 2 25 1924 Dec.-1937 Murray Louis Dance Co.Chicago, IL 2 26 1963-1974 Muntu Dance Theatre of ChicagoChicago, IL 2 26A 1989-1996 National Academy BalletNew York, NY and Chicago, IL 2 27 1974-1976 National Ballet, TheNew York, NY and Chicago, IL 2 28 1967-1971 National Ballet of Canada 3 1 1955-1976 Netherlands Dance Theater 3 1A 1971 New York City Ballet - Articles and Reviews (1)New York, NY 3 2 1950-1979 New York City Ballet - Dancers (2)New York, NY 3 3 undated

Jacques d'Ambroise, Karin von Aroldingen, Merril Ashley, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ronnie Bates, Gordon Boelzner, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, Bart Cook, Daniel Duell, Rosemarie Dunleavy, Suzanne Farrell, Sean Lavery, Sara Leland, Adam Luders, Peter Martins, Kay Mazzo, Patricia McBride, Francisco Moncion, Kyra Nichols, Sophie Pourmel, John Tara, Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Helgi Tomasson, Heather Watts, Robert Weiss, Jerry Zimmerman

 New York City Ballet - Directors and Conductors (3)New York, NY 3 4 1973-1979 New York City Ballet - Folders (4)New York, NY 3 5 undated New York City Ballet - Press Kits (5)New York, NY 3 6 1967-1980 New York City Ballet - Programs (6.1)New York, NY 3 7 1940-1967 New York City Ballet - Programs (6.2)New York, NY 3 8 1969-1992 New York City Ballet - Subscription Materials (7)New York, NY 3 9 1964-1980 Niagara Frontier Ballet, The 3 10 26054 Nikolais Dance Theatre 3 10A undated Nureyev, Rudolf 3 11 1972-1990 Opera School of ChicagoChicago, IL 3 12 1977 Jun - 1978 Jun Page, Ruth 3 13 1939-1999 Page, Ruth 3 14 1974-1982

The Nutcracker Holiday Program

 Pavlova, Anna 3 15 1921 Dec - 1924 Payne Dancers, The 3 15A undated Perceptual Motion 3 16 1987 Jan - 1991 Sept Phyllis Sabold Dance CompanyLake Forest, IL 3 16A 1964-1967 Pilobolus Dance TheatreIllinois 3 17 1978-1986 Pittsburgh Ballet TheatrePittsburgh, PA 3 18 1970-1979 Royal Ballet, The (1)Chicago, IL and New York, NY 3 19 1949-1970

thin programs only

 Royal Ballet, The (2) 3 20 1963-1972

Magazine programs

 Royal Danish Ballet, The 3 21 1956-1965 Royal Winnipeg Ballet, TheChicago, IL 3 22 1954-1982 Sadler's Wells Ballet (1) 4 1 1949-1955

Programs

 Sadler's Wells Ballet (2) 4 2 1949-1952

Magazine programs and press clippings

 San Francisco BalletSan Francisco, CA 4 3 1940-1980 Stuttgart Ballet 4 4 1969-1979 Taylor, Paul 4 5 1967-1990 Villella, Edward 4 5A 1974 Miscellaneous Series 2

This dance companies represented here only had 1 or 2 items.

 Miscellaneous A 4 6 1936-1995

African Dance Company of Ghana, Alberta Ballet Co., American Ballet Center Co, American Ballet Co., Tenth American Dance Festival, American Danz Theatre, American Masters Plus Series, Arve Connection Dance Company, Australian Ballet

 Miscellaneous B 4 7 1937-2000 Miscellaneous C 4 8 1942-1992 Miscellaneous D-G 4 9 1938-1992 Miscellaneous H 4 10 1954-2000 Miscellaneous I-K 4 11 1930-1992 Miscellaneous L 4 12 1942-1996 Miscellaneous M 4 13 1938-1993 Miscellaneous N-P 4 14 1917-1992

1917 program from Philharmonic Orchestra of Chicago

 Miscellaneous R-S 4 15 1943-1993 Miscellaneous T-V 4 16 1934-2007 Miscellaneous W-Z 4 17 1963-1994