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Karp (Nancy) + Dancers Records
BANC MSS 2023/175
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Nancy Karp + Dancers records
Creator:
Karp, Nancy
Creator:
Nancy Karp + Dancers
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2023/175
Physical Description:
14.25 linear feet
(11 cartons, 1 box)
Physical Description:
22 audiocassettes
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9 sound cassettes (DAT)
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2 film reels
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7 videocassettes (Betamax)
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19 videocassettes (U-matic)
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22 videocassettes (VHS)
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13 videocassettes (Hi8)
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10 videocassettes (DVCAM)
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1 videocassette (BetacamSP)
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11 videocassettes (MiniDV)
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26 videodiscs
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17 sound discs (CD)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1970-2020
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Collection is open for research with the exception of the following:
Original archival audiovisual media in cartons 9-11 and box 1 is restricted due to fragility. Inquire with Bancroft Public
Services regarding the creation of reading room viewing copies of audiovisual items.
Born-digital materials, which are currently in process. Interested researchers should submit a Notice of Interest in Unprocessed
Collections form for these materials. https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/bancroft/unprocessed-collections-form
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nancy Karp in 2023.
Nancy Karp + Dancers, a San Francisco dance company, was founded in 1980 by Nancy Karp, who has created more than 75 works
for the company's dancers. The company is known particularly for its site-specific performance work, including performances
commissioned for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Oakland Museum, and a commission for the Choreographers' Festival
at Yerba Buena Gardens. Karp has received numerous grants and awards for her work, including the Bay Area Dance Award for
Lifetime Achievement in 2005, a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship (1995-96) to India, and dance company grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, San Francisco Arts Commission, and the Rockefeller Foundation/MAP
Fund.
Among Karp's acclaimed works is the 1993 work entitled
Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass, created in collaboration with composer Alvin Curran and designers Jack Carpenter and Sandra Woodall. The work was premiered
before sold-out houses at San Francisco's Theater Artaud.
A spreadsheet prepared by Nancy Karp with additional details about collection materials is available from The Bancroft Library
in electronic format and in the first folder of Carton 1 of this collection. Some tabs on this spreadsheet include details
on particular dance pieces and their locations, composers, dancers, directors, photographers, musicians, and designers.
Nancy Karp + Dancers records, BANC MSS 2023/175, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Processed by Bancroft accessioning and processing staff at at mixed level in 2023. Manuscript and photographic materials were
minimally processed at Level 2 by Bancroft Accessioning and Processing staff in 2023. Collections that receive Level 2 processing
processing are provided with a collection-level description and a simple box-level container listing. Donor's arrangement
and original folders/labels were been retained in most cases with exception of folders replaced for stability or ease of handling.
Unfoldered materials were foldered. Slides have been left in original binders. The container listing is derived from a donor-supplied
spreadsheet listing of the collection's contents.
Audiovisual materials are listed in the finding aid at an item level to facilitate access.
The collection contains a variety of analog and digital material related to the performances of dance company Nancy Karp +
Dancers from approximately 1970-2020, including photographs, slides, reviews, programs, ephemera, choreography notes and notebooks,
grant proposals. Also included is a range of audiovisual recordings of the company's rehearsals, performances, and music.
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Karp, Nancy
Nancy Karp + Dancers
Dance companies -- California -- San Francisco
Dance -- California -- San Francisco