Dance Department, 1945-2014
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Collection context
- Creator:
- Barnard College. Department of Dance and Barnard College. Department of Dance
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of records from the Barnard College Dance Department. Materials documenting the Dance Department include minutes of faculty meetings, budgets and annual reports, course outlines, plans, policies, performance programs, and moving images of performances. Materials related to the founding, development, and performances of Dance Uptown include - but are not limited to - programs, flyers, posters, creative statements, budget materials, grant materials, correspondence, and meeting minutes.
- Extent:
- 9.06 Linear Feet 22 document boxes; 3 flat files containing 32 oversized folders and 80 Gigabytes 23 digital video recordings and 93 images (.jpg)
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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The Dance Department records includes both the administrative records of the Dance Department and documentation of the Dance Uptown dance series. Departmental records include correspondence; minutes from meetings of the faculty; performance programs and newsletters for student concerts, showcases, the Dance Theater Workshop, Orchesis, and Spring and Winter Festivals; course outlines; master-class information, Janet Soares' teaching materials; departmental policies; digital images of Dance department events, and moving images of performances.
Also included is a collection of American and international folk dance steps with lyrics, written on index cards. Dance Uptown records include programs; reviews; creative manifestos; annual reports; publicity; budget and grant materials; photographs; and performance posters. In 2012, programs once collated with a VHS media collection were separated and added to this collection. Born digital images transferred off disks include photgraphy from Dance Department events and performances.
- Biographical / historical:
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In 1898, before the establishment of the Athletics Association in 1901 or the Physical Education Department in 1904, a dancing class was started by members of the Barnard community. Dance was integrated into the Greek Games when they started in 1903 as part of the competition, with students choreographing and participating in their own pieces. When the Physical Education Department was established, dance was included among its many athletic activities. In 1967, Kenneth James, Director of the Minor Latham Playhouse, asked Janet Soares to create performance opportunities at Barnard for the experimental dancers and musicians concentrated around Judson Church and Dance Theatre Workshop in lower Manhattan. The first Dance Uptown was presented that fall. The final concert was held in 1985. Over 90 choreographers had works presented through this series, which attained international attention and historical significance. In 1972, the Program in the Arts was established and Barnard students were able to major in dance as a concentration within the department. Students worked with choreographers invited to Barnard and presented their own works. With the termination of Program in the Arts in 1988, Dance was recognized as a major.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Some items in boxes 6, 7, 10, and 19 are restricted as they pertain to private student, faculty, and staff information.
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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Dance Department and Dance Uptown Records, 1945-2014; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.
- Location of this collection:
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Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423Barnard College3009 BroadwayNew York, NY 10027, USA
- Before you visit:
- Please contact archives@barnard.edu with research requests or to schedule a visit; see our website for more information.
- Contact:
- archives@barnard.edu