Series 3: Choreographic Notes

Series

Scope and content

Materials related to a mime course taught by Ted Shawn in 1970; Delsarte materials; duplicate copies of choreographic notes and notes related to Shawn's technique; also includes printed material on Margaret Morris technique. Includes script for The Persians, performed by the Men Dancers in collaboration with Eva Sikelianos. Box 43: Multiple copies of Ted Shawn's dance notes with music, including: Jacob's Ladder, Turkey in the Straw, Racial Types of Walking. -- Box 86: Duplicate copies of notes related to Ted Shawn's choreography and work with the Men Dancers. Also includes duplicate leaflets, announcements and programs related to the Men Dancers. -- Box 87: Duplicate copies of Ted Shawn's notes on various movement exercises-- Arms, Barre, Floor Sets, Tension Relaxation. Also includes multiple copies of the score for Sports Duet. -- Box 88: Includes duplicate copies of choreographic notes and music, records, lectures, etc., of Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Denishawn, and the Men Dancers. -- Box 89: Contains choreographic notes--mostly Ted Shawn dances, with a few re-workings of Shawn's work by Jess Meeker. Also includes notes from Ruth St. Denis' Temple Bells. In alphabetical order from Herd Girl's Dream to Valse Directoire. -- Box 90: Duplicate copies of Ted Shawn's choreographic notes for Viennese Dances, I-XI, (1939), and Viennese Vignette.

System of arrangement

Organized by subject or title; some boxes are still unprocessed

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