Robert J.McLeod Photography Collection 002.087

SERIES I: San Francisco Ballet

Scope and Contents note

This series contains photographic materials related to San Francisco Ballet. This includes performance images, portraits, and rehearsal images of the company. The series is arranged by format.

Box 1, Folder 2

Negatives and contact sheets, 1986-1989

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Geroge Balachine's Symphony in C (1989 April 4); Michael Smuin's Medea (1986 April 29); Alexander Gorsky's Le Corsaire[?] (1988 January 30); Medea and Michael Smuin's Q.A.V [Quatro a Verdi (1986 April 28); Val Caniparoli's Connotations (1989 April 12); and George Balanchine's Bugaku[?] (undated).

Also included are negatives from rehearsals, portraits, and unidentified performances.

Box 2, Folder 3

Negatives and contact sheets, 1989

Scope and Contents note

Includes negatives of Val Caniparoli's Connotations, performed 4/12/1989

Box 2, Folder 4

Negatives and contact sheets, 1989 January-April

Scope and Contents note

Works included: George Balanchine's Symphony in C (1989 April 4); Helgi Tomasson's Joan of Arc (1989 April 4); Helgi Tomasson's Giuliani: Variations on a Theme (1989 March 23); George Balanchine's Four Temperaments (1989 March 23); David Bintley's Sons of Horus (1989 March 23); George Balanchine's Ballo Della Regina (1989 February 2); Agnes DeMille's Rodeo (1989 February 2); David Kudelka's Comfort Zone (1989 February 2); George Balanchine's Pas de Trois (1989 January 28); Jerome Robbins's Interplay (1989 January 28); Peter Martins's Calcium Night Light (1989 January 28).

Box 2, Folder 7

Negatives and contact sheets, circa 1977-1978

Scope and Contents note

Includes images from Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin's Cinderella. Also includes an image of Dennis Marshall in Lew Christensen's Filling Station, circa 1978.

Box 2, Folder 9

Negatives and contact sheets, 1989, undated

Scope and Contents note

Work included: Robert North and Wayne Sleep's David and Goliath, 1986.

Also included are negatives from unidentified performances.

Box 2, Folder 10

Negatives and contact sheets, 1989-1992

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Lisa De Ribere's Harvest Moon (1990); George Balanchine's Bugaku (1991 April 18); Agnes DeMille's Rodeo (1989 February 2); David Kudelka's Comfort Zone (1989 February 2); Peter Martins's Calcium Night Light (1989 January 28).

Also included are negatives from unidentified rehearsals and performances.

Box 2, Folder 11

Negatives and contact sheets, 1986-1989

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Michael Smuin's Hearts (1986 April 1); Eliot Feld's Le Papillion (1986 April 1); George Balanchine's Rubies (1987 January 30); Paul Taylor's Sunset (1987 April 21); Helgi Tomasson's Swan Lake (1989 April 22); Lew Christensen's Jinx (1988 February). Also included: SFB rehearsals (1988 January-February) and unidentified images -possibly opening night gala performance (1987 January 23).

Box 2, Folder 12

Negatives and contact sheets, 1984, 1986, 1988

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Helgi Tomasson's Ballet d'Isoline (1988 January); Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee (1986 April); George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, (1986 March 7); Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker (1986 December).

Also included are images from class (1984 February and 1986 March 21), negatives and contacts sheets from various performances and possibly from the 1988 Opening Night Gala (1988 January 30).

Box 3, Folder 1

Negatives and contact sheets, 1988

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker (1988 December 13); Helgi Tomasson's Swan Lake (1988 April 22); David Kudelka's Dreams of Harmony" (1988 February 5); Sir Frederick Ashton's Monotones (1988 February 5); Lew Christensen's Jinx (1988 February 5); David Bintley's Sons of Horus;

Also included are negatives from rehearsals, portraits, and unidentified performances, circa 1988 January.

Box 3, Folder 3

Negatives and contact sheets, circa 1978, 1987 January-April

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Michael Smuin's Hearts (1987 April 21); Paul Taylor's Sunset (1987 April 21); Val Caniparoli's Narcisse (1987 April 8); Michael Smuin's Romeo and Juliet (1987 March 11); George Balanchine's Rubies (1987 January 30); and William Forsythe's New Sleep (1987 January 30.

Also included are unidentified images, circa 1978.

Box 3, Folder 4

Negatives and contact sheets, 1986-1987

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Helgi Tomasson's Intimate Voices" (1987 January 23); George Balanchine's Theme and Variations (1987 January 23); Jerome Robbin's The Concert (1987 January 23); Helgi Tomasson and Willam Christensen's Nutcracker (1986 December); Michael Smuin's Medea (1986 April 28); Helgi Tomasson's Quartette (1986 March 24); George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1986 March 7); Helgi Tomasson's Contredanses (1986 February 7); August Bournonville's La Sylphide (1986 February 7); August Bournonville's La Sylphide rehearsal (1986 January 24); Michael Smuin's The Eternal Idol (1986 January 26); Jerome Robbins's Opus 19/The Dreamer (1986 January 26); Michael Smuin's Brahms Hayden Variations (1986 January 26); Lew Christensen's Danses Concertantes (1986 January 17); Val Caniparoli's Hamlet and Ophelia (1986 January 17); Helgi Tomasson's Menuetto; George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes (1986 January 17).

Also included are various performance images and audition images, 1986.

Box 4, Folder 1

Negatives and contact sheets, 1990-1991

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Lisa de Ribere's Harvest Moon (1990 January); George Balanchine's Bugaku (1991); Brenda Way's Krazy Kat (1990 January 30); and Helgi Tomasson's Con Brio (1990 January).

Box 4, Folder 5

Negatives and contact sheets, circa 1970s, 1987

Scope and Contents note

Work included: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker (undated) Also included are images from the San Francisco Ballet School (1987 May), War Memorial Opera House, and other unidentified images (circa 1970s, undated).

Box 4, Folder 6

Negatives and contact sheets, Undated

Scope and Contents note

Work included: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker (undated)

Box 4, Folder 7

Negatives and contact sheets, circa 1980s-1990

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Helgi Tomasson's Sleeping Beauty (1990 March); Michael Smuin's Songs of Mahler; Lew Christensen's The Ice Maiden; Jerome Weiss's Orpheus; Lew Christensen's Scarlatti Portfolio; Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee; Julie Arenal's The Referee; Lew Christensen's Danses Concertantes; Michael Smuin's Scherzo; Tomm Rudd's Richmond Diary; Jerome Robbins's Moves; Michael Smuin's Mozart's C Minor Mass; Tomm Rudd's Trilogy; and Todd Bolender's Souvenirs.

Also included are images from San Francisco Ballet classes, and other unidentified performance and rehearsal images.

Box 1, Folder 3

Photographic prints, circa 1987-1988, undated

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Val Caniparoli's Hamlet and Ophelia; George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; Lisa De Ribere's Dreams of Harmony; Willam Christensen and Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker; and Helgi Tomasson's Swan Lake (1988).

Also included are images from a San Francisco Ballet School performance and unidentified San Francisco Ballet performance prints.

Box 1, Folder 4

Photographic prints, circa 1980s

Box 1, Folder 5

Photographic prints, circa 1980s

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Val Caniparoli's Hamlet and Ophelia; George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; George Balanchine's Star and Stripes; George Balanchine's Rubies; Alexander Gorsky's Le Corsaire; Tomm Rudd's Richmond Diary; Helgi Tomasson's Concerto in D: Poulenc; George Balanchine's Serenade; and Michael Smuin's Hearts.

Also includes unidentified rehearsal images.

Box 1, Folder 6

Photographic prints, 1986-1987

Scope and Contents note

Works included: George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; Willam Christensen and Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker; and Val Caniparoli's Hamlet and Ophelia (1986 January).

Also includes unidentified rehearsal images.

Box 2, Folder 7

Photographic prints and negatives, circa 1977, 1978

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin's Cinderella (circa 1977) and Lew Christensen's Filling Station (1978).

Box 5, Folder 1

Photographic prints, circa 1980s-1990s

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee and George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Also included are images from other unidentified performances.

Box 5, Folder 2

Photographic prints, circa 1980s-1990s

Scope and Contents note

Work included: Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee.

Also included are images from other unidentified performances.

Box 5, Folder 3

Photographic prints, circa 1980s-1990s

Scope and Contents note

Works included: George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream; George Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet; Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee and Willam Christensen and Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker.

Also included other unidentified performance and rehearsal images.

Box 6, Folder 1

Photographic prints, 1986, undated

Scope and Contents note

Work included: George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes (1986).

Also includes other unidentified performance images.

Box 6, Folder 2

Photographic prints, circa 1980s

Scope and Contents note

Works included: Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee and Helgi Tomasson's Swan Lake.

Also includes other unidentified rehearsal and performance photos.

Box 6, Folder 3

Photographic prints, circa 1970s-1980s

Scope and Contents note

Also includes unidentified rehearsal images.

Box 6, Folder 4

Photographic prints, circa 1977

Scope and Contents note

Work included: Lew Christensen's The Ice Maiden.

Box 6, Folder 6

Photographic prints, circa 1986

Scope and Contents note

Willam Christensen and Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker (1986).

Also included are other unidentified performance images.

Box 7, Folder 2

Photographic prints, 1980

Box 6, Folders 5, 7-9

Photographic prints, undated

Scope and Contents note

Various unidentified performance and rehearsal photographic prints.

Box 2, Folder 1

35mm Slides, circa 1980s

Scope and Contents note

Various unidentified performance and rehearsal slides.

Box 4, Folder 2

35mm Slides, circa 1970s-1980s

Scope and Contents note

Work included: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker.

Also included are unidentified San Francisco Ballet performances and rehearsals.

SERIES II: Dancers and Choreographers

Scope and Contents note

This series includes photographic images (negatives, slides, prints) of local to San Francisco and visiting dancers and is sorted alphabetically by last name. These dancers may also appear in other series.

Berman, Joanna, 1970-1989

Scope and Contents note

Joanna Berman was a student at Marin Ballet, and then a prominent member of the San Francisco Ballet. McLeod documented both her time as a student and as a principal within the company. This series includes images of her in performances, during rehearsal, and for promotional material.

Box 1, Folders 3-6, Box 3, Folder 3

Performance prints

Box 4, Folders 3, 4

Performance negatives

Box 3, Folder 4, Box 1, Folder 5

Rehearsal - San Francisco Ballet

Box 4, Folder 3, Box 1, Folders 3,5

Rehearsal - Marin Ballet

Box 4, Folder 3, Box 3, Folder 3, Box 1, Folder 4

Portraits - San Francisco Ballet

Box 4, Folder 3

Portrait negatives - San Francisco Ballet

Box 5, Folders 1, 4, Box 6, Folder 3

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, circa 1980s

Scope and Contents note

Includes images of the American Ballet Theater performence of Giselle and images taken during interviews.

Box 1, Folder 4

Christensen, Lew, circa 1983

Box 1, Folders 3, 5

Cisneros, Evelyn, Undated

Box 4, Folder 7, Box 1, Folders 3-4, 6

Cowden, Laurie, Undated

Box 4, Folder 5

Dowell, Anthony, Undated

Box 1, Folders 4-5

Gil, Jean Charles, circa 1980s

Box 4, Folder 7

Gyorfi, Victoria, Undated

Box 4, Folder 8

Magno, Susan, Undated

Box 1, Folders 3-5, Box 2, Folders 6-7

Martins, Rhonda, circa 1980s

Scope and Contents note

Rhonda Martin was a dancer with the San Francisco Moving Company and was photographed by on multiple occasions during rehearsal and performances.

Box 4, Folder 7

McFall, John, Undated

Box 1, Folder 5

McNaughton, David, circa 1980s

Box 4, Folder 7

Ness, Gina, Undated

Box 1, Folder 3, Box 4, Folder 8

Paciotti, Anita, Undated

Box 6, Folder 4, Box 4, Folder 6

Ruud, Tomm, Undated

Box 6, Folder 4

Santos, Tina, Undated

Box 1, Folder 5

Smuin, Michael, Undated

Box 5, Folder 1, Box 1, Folder 5

Sohm, Jim, circa 1980s

Box 1, Folder 3

StIefel, Ethan, circa 1990s

Scope and Contents note

Includes performance images from American Ballet Theatre's Le Corsaire (choreography by Rudolf Nureyev)

Box 4, Folder 5

Tharp, Twyla, Undated

Box 2, Folder 1, Box 1, Folder 4-6

Tomasson, Helgi, circa 1980s

Box 4, Folder 7, Box 1, Folder 3

Vest, Vane, Undated

SERIES III: Individuals

Scope and Contents note

This series includes photographic materials (negatives, slides, and/or prints) of non-dance individuals in this collection. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by name.

Box 1, Folder 1

Fonda, Jane, 1975 October 2

Box 1, Folder 1

Frampton, Peter, 1977 July 2

Box 1, Folder 1

Lawrence, Carol, 1982 December 21

Box 4, Folder 7

LeBlond, Richard, Undated

Box 1, Folder 1

Thomas, Michael Tilson, 1995 May 12

Box 1, Folder 3

Casals, Pablo, 1972 July 15

Sinatra, Frank, Undated

SERIES IV: Photographic Materials

Scope and Contents note

This series includes photographic materials (prints, slides, and negatives) from San Francisco Bay area dance companies. The series also includes unidentified photographic materials. The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by company and unidentified materials are arranged by format.

Box 4, Folder 1

Alonzo King - negatives, 1983 June

Box 1, Folder 4, Box 4, Folder 9

American Ballet Theatre- negatives circa 1987

Box 1, Folder 3

Altanta Ballet - photograph, Undated

Box 2, Folders 5, 8

Dance Spectrum - Negatives, circa 1970s, undated

Box 3, Folder 4

Joffrey Ballet - Negatives of Romeo and Juliet, 1986 July 10

Scope and Contents note

Negatives of the Joffrey School of Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet July 10, 1986.

Box 2, Folder 9, Box 1, Folder 3,5, Box 5, Folder 7

Marin Civic Ballet School - Printed Images, negatives, and 35mm slides of rehearsals and performances

Box 4, Folder 5

New York City Ballet - negatives, Undated

Box 7, Folder 1, Box 1, Folder 3, Box 2, Folder 5

Oakland Ballet - Performance negatives and articles, prints, 1978, undated

Scope and Contents note

Negatives of photos and articles from the Oakland Ballet, including images of Eugene Loring.

Box 4, Folders 2, 9, Box 2, Folder 5

Palo Alto Ballet - Negatives and Slides, 1984, 1989

Box 2, Folder 6,7,9

San Francisco Moving Company- Negatives

Scope and Contents note

Negatives of the San Francisco Moving Company featuring the dancer Rhonda Martin.

Box 4, Folder 1

School of American Ballet - Negatives, 1984 February

Scope and Contents note

Negatives from the School of American Ballet

Box 3, Folder 2, Box 6, Folders 1-9, Box 5, Folders 1-7, Box 4, Folder 1, Box 1, Folders 3-8, Box 2, Folders 5,8,9,13

Unidentified performances and dancers-35mm slides, prints, and negatives, undated

Scope and Contents note

35mm, printed images, and photo negatives of unidentified performances, rehearsals and dancers.

SERIES V: Print Materials

Scope and Contents note

Within this collection there are several other primary source materials, including programs, stage notes, casting lists, and several publications of Dance Magazine published between 1976 to 1983.

Box 7, Folders 3-6

Dance Magazine 1977-1983

Scope and Contents note

Select publications of Dance Magazine from 1977 to 1983.

Box 3, Folder 5, Box 4, Folder 9

San Francisco Ballet Programs

Scope and Contents note

Programs printed by San Francisco Ballet.

Box 7, Folder 11, Box 3, Folder 5, Box 2, Folder 2

San Francisco Ballet Notes

Scope and Contents note

Includes cast list, performance dates, and production notes.