Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Arrangement note
Related Collections
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Dance program and ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.026
Physical Description:
10.4 Linear Feet
(26 boxes and 5 oversize folders) and 0.4 unprocessed linear
feet
Date (inclusive): 1909-1990
Abstract: This collection comprises printed
materials, primarily dance programs and repertory booklets, documenting significant
international dancers, dance companies, festivals, performances, and events. The bulk of
this collection comprises materials on 20th century American and European ballet performers
and companies, such as the American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, Ballet Russes
and related companies. The collection also contains dance programs documenting world and
folk genres, and international dance styles, primarily Indian, Japanese, and Spanish. A
small group of printed ephemera documents various dance festivals, dance companies, and
individuals such as Isadora Duncan, George Balanchine, Mary Wigman, and others.
General Physical Description note: 10.3 linear feet
Language of Material:
English .
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Preferred Citation
Dance program and ephemera collectino. MS.P.026. Special Collections and Archives, The UC
Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
This collection was created by UC Irvine Special Collections and Archives staff from a
variety of performing arts collections in cases where the dance programs were tangential to
the collection's focus, including the Eugene Loring Papers (MS-P02), Ruth Clark Lert Dance
Library and Archive (MS-P09), and Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St. Denis (MS-P25).
Sources and dates of acquisition are not known.
Processing History
Processed by Linda Akatsu, Emma Kheradyar, William Landis, and Maria Lechuga, 1997-2001.
Guide completed by Adrian Turner, 2002.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises printed materials, primarily dance programs and repertory
booklets, documenting significant international dancers, dance companies, festivals,
performances, and events. The bulk of this collection comprises materials on 20th century
American and European ballet performers and companies, such as the American Ballet Theatre,
the New York City Ballet, Ballet Russes and related companies. The collection also contains
dance programs documenting world and folk genres, and international dance styles, primarily
Indian, Japanese, and Spanish. A small group of printed ephemera documents various dance
festivals, dance companies, and individuals such as Isadora Duncan, George Balanchine, Mary
Wigman, and others.
Arrangement note
This collection is organized into three series.
- Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, 1909-1987. 8.2 linear ft.
- Series 2. World dance programs, 1933-1987. 1.4 linear ft.
- Series 3. Dance ephemera, 1920-1987. 0.7 linear ft.
Related Collections
The following collections in Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine Libraries, also
contain dance programs related to the creator of the collection:
MS-P02, Eugene Loring Papers MS-P05, Mary Desti Collection on Isadora Duncan MS-P23, Donald
McKayle Papers MS-P25, Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St. Denis MS-P28, Scrapbook on
Cecil Sharp's English Folk Dance Society School MS-P29, Mildred Davenport Dance Programs and
Dance School Materials MS-P33, Isadora Duncan Dance Programs and Ephemera
MS-P09, Ruth Clark Lert Dance Library and Archive contains dance programs documenting West
Coast dance companies and performers. MS-P03, John Dougherty Papers contains dance programs
documenting both Dougherty's career and other dance companies and performers whose work he
reviewed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dance -- Archives
Dancers.
Dance cards
Ephemera
Modern dance -- History -- Sources
Folk dancing
Dance companies
Ballet companies -- History -- Sources
Dancers -- History -- Sources
Ballet -- History -- Sources.
Ballet dancers -- History -- Sources
St. Denis, Ruth -- Archives
Pavlova, Anna -- Archives
Shawn, Ted
Graham, Martha -- Archives
Duncan, Isadora -- Archives
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo -- Archives
Denishawn School of Dancing -- Archives