Finding Aid for the Rudy Perez archive 0309
Rebecca Hirsch and Anna Clark
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Title: Rudy Perez archive
Creator:
Perez, Rudy
Identifier/Call Number: 0309
Physical Description:
60 Linear Feet
62 boxes and 1 map case drawer
Date (inclusive): 1965-2020
Abstract: The Rudy Perez archive consists of the papers, clippings, programs, books, videos, costumes and photographs from the work
of modern dance choreographer Rudy Perez (1929- ), currently based in Los Angeles.
Language of Material:
English
.
Biographical Note
Rudy Perez was born in Spanish Harlem and attended New York's High School of Music and Arts, where he studied piano and voice.
After graduating, he studied dance under Martha Graham, Mary Anthony, and Merce Cunningham, and was a frequent performer at
the Judson Dance Theatre. Perez founded the Rudy Perez Dance Theatre in 1967. From 1968-1978 Perez held the position of
artist-in-residence at Marymount Manhattan College and trained as a dance therapist. During this period, his works started
to take on a larger scale and he began using the term "performance art" to describe them. His company toured throughout the
United States, Germany, and Canada.
In 1978, Perez took a position as a substitute teacher on the faculty of UCLA's Dance Department and in 1979 he moved permanently
to the West Coast. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards including National
Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowships, the prestigious Irvine Fellowship in Dance, the Pasadena Arts Commission
Grant, and Lester Horton Awards for Performance (1992) and Teaching (1997). The Los Angeles Music Center/Bilingual Foundation
honored him in 1992 with the !Viva Los Artistas! Performing Arts Award for distinguished Latino artists. Perez was also on
the dance faculty at Los Angeles High School for the Arts for ten years (1992-2002) and continues to teach classes at the
West Side Academy of Dance in Santa Monica.
Scope and Content
This collection documents the long career of Rudy Perez and includes correspondence, ephemera, programs, photographs, costumes,
props, film and audio recordings and awards. Please see scope and content notes for indvidiual series for more information.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Music Library at music@usc.edu.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Item/Box/Folder number], Rudy Perez archive, Collection no. 0309, Music Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Acquisition
Gift of Rudy Perez, March 26, 2002.
Related Archival Materials
Lewitzky Dance Company records, Collection no. 0203, Music Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
The USC Libraries Special Collections unit transferred custody of the Rudy Perez archive to the USC Libraries Music Library
on January 12, 2022. Most of the collection's box labels still list Special Collections as the holding repository.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Choreographers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Choreography -- Archival resources
Dance -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Dance -- New York (State) -- New York -- Archival resources
Modern dance -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Audiocassettes
Costumes (character dress)
DVDs
Photographs
CD-ROMs
Videotapes
Perez, Rudy -- Archives
Quijada, Victor -- Archives
New York Archive
Scope and Content
Series contains files maintained by Rudy Perez while he was living and working in New York between 1965 and 1979. Files include
press clippings, programs, correspondence, contact sheets, fliers, and some of the corporate records of the Rudy Perez Dance
Theatre.
Box 1, Folder 2
Notes on works: "The Merkel Special"
1977
Box 1, Folder 4
Rudy Perez Dance Theatre Corporate Records
1970-1998
Box 1, Folder 5
New York State Council on the Arts Grant
1978
Box 1, Folder 9
Miscellaneous Press Clippings II
1971-1978
Box 1, Folder 8
Miscellaneous Press Clippings III
1970-1974
Box 1, Folder 11
Reviews, miscellaneous clippings
1970-1974
Box 1, Folder 12
Art in America Article
1971
Box 1, Folder 13
Village Voice Reviews
1970-1978
Box 1, Folder 15
Men's Coalition Press
1978
Box 1, Folder 18
Brooklyn Academy of Music
1974
Box 1, Folder 20
RP Dance Theatre Fliers: Company in Residence
Box 1, Folder 21
RP Dance Theatre Fliers: Deborah Jowitt article
1975
Box 1, Folder 22
RP Dance Theatre Fliers: Village Voice
1975 June 23
Box 1, Folder 23
RP Dance Theatre Fliers: Chelsea News article
1975 July 24
Box 1, Folder 24
RP Dance Theatre Fliers: Soho Weekly News article
1975 June 5
Box 1, Folder 25
RP Dance Theatre Fliers: Soho Weekly News article
1975 November 6
Box 1, Folder 26
RP Dance Theatre Fliers: New York Times article
1976 May 28
Box 1, Folder 27
Flier information
1978-1979
Box 1, Folder 30
Contact prints by Roger Greenawalt
Box 1, Folder 31
Contact prints by Lois Greenfield
Box 1, Folder 32
Contact prints by Barry Bell
Box 1, Folder 33
Contact prints by Johan Elbers
1978
Box 1, Folder 34
Dance Notation Bureau
1971-1974
Box 1, Folder 36
American Dance Festival
1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 37
Atlanta Contemporary Dance Company
1975-1979
Box 1, Folder 38
Contemporary Dance Theater
1978-1980
Box 1, Folder 40
Men's Coalition, Marymount Manhattan College Concert, Judson Church
1978
Box 1, Folder 41
Men's Coalition Press clippings
1978
Box 1, Folder 43
Tanz Projekt, Munchen
1977
Box 1, Folder 44
Chelsea News reviews
1970-1975
Box 1, Folder 45
Dance Magazine Reviews
1970-1977
Box 1, Folder 47
New York Times Reviews
1970-1977
Box 1, Folder 48
Soho Weekly News reviews
1975-1978
Box 11, Folder 9
New York Scrapbook
1960-1970
Box 1, Folder 53
Photographs: New York - Alligator
Box 1, Folder 54
Photographs: New York- Alligator Ideas
Box 1, Folder 57
Press/Programs, New York
1960-1970
Box 24, Folder 1
New York Scrapbook
1966 - 1971
Box 11, Folder 9
New York Scrapbook
1960-1970
L.A. Arts Festival
Scope and Content
Series contains programs from the Los Angeles Arts Festival, in which Rudy Perez was actively involved.
Box 3, Folder 16
L.A. Festival: Program Information
1987
Box 3, Folder 17
Program: Armitage Ballet, Michael Clark & Co.
1987
Box 3, Folder 18
Program: John Cage Celebration
1987
Box 3, Folder 20
Program: Earth Players & Market Theater, Wooster Group
1987
Box 3, Folder 19
Program: Compagnie Maguy Marin, Lyon Opera, Mannier-Duroure
1987
Box 3, Folder 21
Program: Evening of Classic Jazz, Lewitzky Dance Company, Susan Marshall
1987
Box 3, Folder 22
Program: Hungers, La La Human Steps, Muteki-sha Dance Co.
1987
Box 3, Folder 23
Program: Mahabharata
1987
Box 3, Folder 24-25
Program: Rudy Perez, Rachel Rosenthal
1987
Box 4, Folder 1-2
Program: Rudy Perez, Rachel Rosenthal
Photographs
Scope and Content
Series contains photographs, 35mm negatives, and 35mm mounted slides of performances by the Rudy Perez Dance Theatre and of
Rudy's travels throughout the world. Also included in this series are magazines and other media with photographs of Perez
or his performances in them.
Box 6, Folder 11
New York - Miscellaneous Works
Box 6, Folder 12
Los Angeles - Dance Crazy Kid
Box 6, Folder 13
New York - Colorado Ramble and Paralax
Box 6, Folder 14
Photocopies of Mark Hanuer Contact Sheets
Box 6, Folder 15
Miscellaneous Photocopies, Mostly Publicity
Box 6, Folder 16
Performance Shots by Annette Cutrono
Box 6, Folder 17
Spiral Court/Los Angeles Performance
1991
Box 6, Folder 18
Miscellaneous Programs and Magazines
Box 6, Folder 20
Los Angeles Miscellaneous Photos
Box 6, Folder 26
Electronic Lodge Negatives
Box 6, Folder 27
Rudy and Miscellaneous Feelings For...
2001
Box 6, Folder 30
Miscellaneous Company Photos
Box 6, Folder 31
Miscellaneous Company Photos
Box 6, Folder 32
MOCA Screening of Countdown
2004 November 21
Box 6, Folder 33
Concert Photos - L.A. County High School for the Arts
Box 6, Folder 34
Last Day June 14 2002 at L.A. County High School for the Arts (1992-2002), by Annette Cutrono and Goodbye Letters from Students
and Staff
1992-2002
Box 6, Folder 2
Contact Prints - Miscellaneous
Box 6, Folder 3
Negatives and Prints - New York
Box 6, Folder 6
Negatives and Prints - Los Angeles
Box 24, Folder 2
Portraits and Photographs
Box 38, Folder 5
Miscellaneous Family/ Classes
1990-2003
Box 38, Folder 6
Miscellaneous Family Snapshots
Box 62, Folder 1
Performance Ensemble [mounted photograph]
2019
Audio
Scope and Content
Series contains audiocassette tapes of performances choreographed by Rudy Perez as well as of music used by Perez in his works.
Box 7
Agenda
1994
Scope and Contents note
Tape contains an audio recording of a sketch of the dance Agenda.
Box 7
Agenda
Scope and Contents note
Tape contains an audio recording of the final form of the dance Agenda. The composer of the music for the dance is Peter
Rodgers Melnick.
Box 7
Artpiece
Scope and Contents note
The music for Artpiece was composed by Glenn Branca.
Box 7
Bang Bang
Scope and Contents note
The dance Bang Bang was choreographed to the sound of Julia Child cooking asparagus.
Box 7
Canopy at an Intersection
Scope and Contents note
Tape contains an audio recording of the dance Canopy at an Intersection being performed at MOCA.
Box 7
Canopy at an Intersection
Scope and Contents note
Tape contains a revised original of the audio recording of the dance Canopy at an Intersection being performed at MOCA. The
music for the dance was composed by Paul Dunlap.
Box 7
Circadian Circle
Scope and Contents note
The music for the dance Circadian Circle was composed by Keane.
Box 7
Doublefold
Scope and Contents note
The music on this tape was composed by Jeremy Gillian.
Box 7
Equinox-Run
1977
Scope and Contents note
Tape is an audio recording of a performance of Equinox-Run. The music for this dance was composed by Drews.
Box 7
Fall-Out
Scope and Contents note
This music was composed by Lloyd Rodgers.
Box 47
Heart Ache
Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box 7
In Cold Sweat
Scope and Contents note
Tape is an audio recording of a rehearsal of In Cold Sweat.
Box 7
In Cold Sweat
Scope and Contents note
Tape is an audio recording of a performance of In Cold Sweat. The music for the dance was composed by Brian O'Keefe.
Box 7
In Plain Sight
Scope and Contents note
The music on this tape was composed by Lloyd Rodgers.
Box 7
Just for the Sake of It
Scope and Contents note
This tape contains a recording of the short version of the dance Just for the Sake of It, along with a recording of Red Ice
- The Swing.
Box 7
Save Thousands Buying a New Car or Truck!
Box 7
Meridian Pass
Scope and Contents note
The music on this tape is a collage score by Lloyd Rodgers.
Box 8
Racing Thoughts
Scope and Contents note
The music this tape was composed by Hull-Goodman.
Box 8
Remain in Light
1991
Scope and Contents note
LACE 1991, JAT 1994. The music on this tape was composed by David Hughes & Robert Berg.
Box 8
Sabrina Variations/Stations
Box 7
Search the Inner Mirror/1000 Cranes
Box 8, Box 54
Shifts (5 pieces, untitled)
Scope and Contents note
This tape is a recording of Shifts from its original source. The music on it was composed by Lloyd Rodgers & Steve Moshier.
Box 8
Together
Scope and Contents note
The music on this tape was composed by Larry Lavender.
Box 24, Folder 18
Triangles Red
Scope and Contents note
This tape contains the song "Knee Plays" by David Byrne as well as music composed by Lloyd Rodgers.
Box 8
Twice
Scope and Contents note
This tape contains the music for the Rudy Perez Dance Duet sound score, which was composed by Jacki Apple & Tom Recchion.
Box 8
Urban Suite
Scope and Contents note
The music on this tape was composed by Apple & Recchion.
Box 8
Interview with Janet Anderson
Box 8
Interview with L. Crain
1987
Box 8
KCRW Interview/Sample of work-tape
1987
Box 8
The Dance Crazy Kid from N.J. Meets Hofmannsthal
Box 8
Richard Zvonar: Electroacoustic Music
Box 8
Philip Glass "Heroes"/Songs from Liquids
Box 8
Massacre of Lions and Lambs - Daniel Lentz Group
Box 9
Options - From the Cathedral of Chemical Equilbrium, Sonic Action and Reputation
Box 9
"Hallelujah" Chorus, Ambience Sound
Box 9
The Power of Commitment by Arnold Van Den Berg
Box 9
Tommy Peltier and Bayou Goula - New Orleans, Robie Sweet Dreams, Blue Rose, Pocket - Socket, Bayou Goula
1989
Box 9
Mercedes Otero - Gravitation
1989 January 25
Box 9
Van Albert's Original Electronics
Box 9
Carl Byron / Roots of Heaven
Box 9
Hiltzik and Greenwald - Views from a Distance
Box 9
Canned Dreams in Fortran - Michael Bayer, Diane Barkauskas, Jannine Livingston, Pianos
Box 9
Presto Lingo, by Debbie Hollands
1986-1987
Box 9
Excising Frozen Matter/Urban Toys
Box 9
The Darkening of the Light, Triangles Red
Box 9
Homage to Rudy Perez, Urban Suite
Box 9
Dreams and Waves, by Patrick Lindley
Box 9
Daniel Lentz, The Crack in the Bell
Box 9
Noah Creshevsky: Nightscape
1982
Box 9
Excerpts for Rudy Perez, Paul Dresher
Box 10
Lentz, An American in L.A.
1989
Box 10
Songs by Kate O'Neal
1996
Box 10
Chuck Estes: Bog Tension, by the Roaring Popes
Box 10
Summer Suite/Perpetual Acts, by Scott Hiltzik
1987
Box 10
Red Licorice by Scott Hiltzik
1988
Box 11
Car Plays, Triangles Red
1984 September 1, December 8
Box 47
Lyra Sound Constellation (Michael Stearns)
1983
Box 47
Rudy Tape (Music by Jeremy)
Box 47
Little Jimmie Scott (Solomon Burke)
Films
Scope and Contents
This series contains film footage in a variety of formats (including VHS, Beta-cam, digital video camera film, reel to reel
video recordings, and analog video camera film) of performances with which Rudy Perez was involved. This series also contains
digital reproductions of the original footage on DVDs (see "Existence and Location of Copies" note below).
Existence and Location of Copies
In 2012, the USC Libraries created digital reproductions of most of the film footage documented in this series. Any items
listed under this series with a "SPEDVD" prefix refers to a digital reproduction, stored on DVD, that can be requested for
viewing. All of the SPEDVD digital reproductions are stored in box numbers 55-57 of this collection.
Box 12
1000 Cranes
1995 December 14
Box 15
2wice
1998 July
Scope and Contents note
Recording of Kaleidoscope at the Japan America Theater.
Box 16
1+2+1=Mischief
1990 July 29
Box 16
1+2+1=Mischief
1990 July 29
Box 13
Agenda, Crossover Acts
1993 January 10, March
Box 58
Anne & Jeffrey Grimaldo - Abdomen soft and flat
Box 22
Arcade
Scope and Contents note
Large reel; silent speed; red gel for 1st portion of film; film credit: Ed Seeman.
Box 22
Arcade
1969
Scope and Contents note
Recording of Night Song; film credit: Ed Seeman.
Box 11, Box 12, Box 20, Box 55, SPEDVD 75, Box 56, SPEDVD 99, 127
Art of Rudy Perez
2001 September 9
Physical Description: DVCam, VHS, and DVD originals along with reproductions on DVD.
Scope and Contents note
Includes out-takes, rehearsals, and full concert.
General
Videographer: Tony Cutrono (on loan to S. Perez 10/11/2002)
Box 15
Arts in Education- Rudy and Hama
Box 20
Bad Tap, Class in Progress
Box 15
Barbara Roan, Celestial Acrobats, Bang Bang
1989 March 16, October 25
Box 11, Box 56, SPEDVD 94
Bette's Caper
1983 May 21
Scope and Content
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble at the UCLA Dance Festival, Wadsworth Theater, Los Angeles, CA. Also includes Stations. 2
VHS originals and reproductions on DVD.
Box 19
Bette's Caper, Stations
1983
Box 17
Canopy at an Intersection, Cold Sweat, Where Angels Coast, Deubt
1984, 1985, 1986
Box 19
Carplays, Triangles Red
1984 September 1, December 8
Box 16
Celestial Acrobats
1988 November 18
Box 16
Center Break, Transit, Rudy and Tricycle
1967
Scope and Contents note
film credit: Allan Robertson
Box 22
Center Break
1967
Scope and Contents note
Original recording; film credit: Allan Robertson.
Box 48
Charles Weidman: On His Own
Box 19
Cheap Imitation, Sabrina Base
1983 July 15, 1984 June 10, June 15, June 23
Box 18
Cheap Imitation, Sabrina Base
1983 July 15, 1984 June 10, June 15, June 23, 1993 November
Box 11, Box 55, SPEDVD 43
Choreographic Excerpts
2001-2003
Physical Description: VHS original and reproduction on DVD.
Scope and Contents
Selection of dances choreographed by Rudy Perez and performed at the Skirball Cultural Center in 2003. 19 min. 41 sec.
1. Day journey (01.55) -- 2. Feelings for open spaces (02:13) -- None for crowded areas (02:12) -- 3. Ditto (02:12) -- 4.
Spiritual offering (02:38)-- 5. Shifts (10:11).
Videotaped in performance at Shirball Cultural Center, 2003.
Box 19
Choreographic Mix
1983 January 28
Box 14
Circadian Circle, 1+2+1= Mischief Dress Rehearsal
1990 October 4
Box 11
Class
2006 December 17, December 35
Box 16
Class
2005 January 23, January 30, February 6, February 13, March 13, April 10
Box 17, Box 55, SPEDVD 69
Coastal Acts, Twice, Countdown, Equaltime
1987 September 13
General
Coastal Acts, Twice, Countdown and Equal Time at the Los Angeles Arts Frestival, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Tom Bradley Theatre,
Los Angeles, CA, 1987.
Box 17
Cold Sweat, Celestial Ridge
1986
Box 48
Contraband: Invisible War and Oracle
Box 12, Box 58
Countdown
1976, 1992, 1994
Box 12
Countdown
2003 February 27
Box 13
Countdown: Reflections on a Life in Dance
2004 October 8
Box 15
Countdown
1991 October
Scope and Contents note
Recording at West Palm Beach; with Red Wedge and One Potato, Two.
Box 15
Countdown
1976, 1992, 1994
Box 21
Countdown: Reflections on a Life in Dance
2004 November 18
Scope and Contents note
film by Severo Perez
Box 17
Coverage, System, Countdown, Colorado Ramble, Running Board for a Narrative, Take Your Alligator with You
1970, 1976 May, November 3
Box 16
Crossover Acts
1993 January 9
Box 16
Crossover Acts
1993 January 8, January 9
Box 17
Dance Arts Faculty Concert, UNLV
1993 April
Box 11, Box 16, Box 55, SPEDVD 52-55, 61
Dance Crazy Kid from New Jersey Meets Hofmannsthal
1992
Physical Description: VHS originals and reproductions on DVD.
General
Includes footage of performances occurring on: 1992 June 28; 1992 January 12; 1992 September 1; 1992 September 19; and 1992
September 20.
Box 13
Dancetalk: Rudy Perez
2003 September 30
Box 18
Demo Tape
Scope and Contents note
11 min. recording includes Canopy at an Intersection (Paul Dunlap, 1984), Cold Sweat (Brian O'Keefe, 1986), Where Angels Coast
(Carl Byron, 1985), and Debut (Assembled Sounds & Music, 1985).
Box 18
District One
1970
Scope and Contents note
Recording in Boston.
Box 18
District One, New Dance
1980 September 12
Box 21
District One, Sampler, Car Plays, Triangles Red
1971, 1982-1984
Box 15
Doublefold; Feelings for Open Spaces
2001
Box 19
DTW Fall Events Dub - Fall Out, Debut
1985-1986
Box 19
DTW Fall Events Master - Where Angels Coast
1985-1986
Box 19
DTW Fall Events Dub - Where Angels Coast
1985 - 1986
Box 19
DTW Fall Events Master - Fall Out, Debut
1985 - 1986
Box 15
Electric Lodge Dress Rehearsal
2003 June 12
Box 17
Equaltime
1986 November, 1987 July
"Equinox-Run" and "Un Elephant Terrible"
Equinox-Run
Music: Steve Drews
First performance: May 26, 1978. Marymount Manhattan College, New York City, New York
Performed by Rudy Perez.
Visuals by Geoffrey Carlitz
Other performances:
August 19, 1978. Summer Dance, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Bay and Lyon Sts., San Francisco, California. Music by Steve Drews.
Visuals by Geoffrey Carlitz. Performed by Rudy Perez.
June 16 and 17, 1979. The Dancer's Studio, Los Angeles, California. Music: Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. Performed
by Rudy Perez and Ian Cousineau.
July 14, 1979, Theatre Dance Unlimited. Solo performed by Rudy Perez. Music by Steve Drews.
January 17, 1981. Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California. Music by Steve Drews (Train).
Lighting design by Fred Allen. Performed by Ian Cousineau and Rudy Perez.
March 6 and 7, 1981. Performance Gallery of San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Lighting design by Stephen Bennett.
Music by Steve Drews. Performed by Ian Cousineau and Rudy Perez.
October 1, 8, and 15, 1995. Single Lights: a Festival of Solo Dances, The Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Music:
"Train" by Steve Drews. Performed by Victor Quijada.
July 20, 1996. Dance Kaleidoscope '96, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, California. Music
"Train" by Steve Drews. Performed by Victor Quijada.
September 11, 2004. Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California. Music by Steve Drews. Performed by Stefan Fabry.
Box 21, Box 57, SPEDVD 197
Equinox-Run
1995
Scope and Contents note
Recording at the Fountain Theater; Victor Quijada (Irwin Washington Taped 10/1/1995).
Box 13, Box 55, SPEDVD 66, 84
Box 11, Box 56, SPEDVD 90
Equinox - Run and Un Elephant Terrible, by Chris Yow
2004 March
Box 14
Excerpt from Shifts
2005 September 2
Box 15
Facsimile
1998
Scope and Contents note
Recording of Facsimile with William Roper.
Box 16
Fall-Out, Debut, Where Angels Coast
1985 - 1986
Box 17
Fall-Out, Racing Thoughts
1985, 1989
Box 21
Fall-Out
1994 February 26
Box 21
Fall-Out, Running Thoughts
1989 November 30
Box 15
First Friday
1988 October 7
Box 16
Fountain Theatre
1995 October 1
Box 11
I Like a View but I Like to Sit with My Back to It
2005 September 17
Box 11
If You Sleep, Stephen Lo and Dancers
2003 - 2004
Box 13
In Cold Sweat
1986 June 28
Box 13
In a Different Light
2001
Box 18
In Plain Sight, Coverage, Untitled
1989 March 29
Box 22
In Plain Sight
1983 March 5
Box 14
In the Works
1990 January 21
Box 15
Kaleidoscope - Losing the Light; Jeffery Grimaldo
1992
Box 13
L.A. the Arts 84
1985 January 9
Box 19
L.A. Photography Center Reel
1989 November 30
Box 19
L.A. Dialogue/Artists
1984
Box 13
LACE: System, Parallax, Bang Bang, and more
1989 March 29
Scope and Contents note
"Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble, LACE"
Box 58
LACE: In plain sight, Coverage, Untitled work in progress, System, Parallax, Bang Bang
Box 20
LACHSA Doublefold, Veronica and Mona Jean
2001 May 26
Box 20
LACHSA High School Performance
Box 12
LACHSA 1995: Assorted Moves
1995 May 21
Box 12
LACHSA 1997: On Line
1997
Box 12
LACHSA Spring Concert 1998
1998
Box 12
LACHSA 2001: Doublefold
2001
Box 12
LACHSA 2002: Firebird
2002
Box 11
A Life in Ballet with Adele Charaska De Angelo
Box 16
Light Site
1985 December 12
Box 16
Light Site
1985 December 12
Box 58
Limon: A life beyond words, by Malachi Roth
Box 17
Losing the Light
1992 March 7-8
Scope and Contents note
Jeffrey Grimaldo, dancer.
Box 58
LPB Final round open call, Rudy Perez: Countdown (documentary proposal)
2002
Box 13
Made in L.A.
1991 February 10
Scope and Contents note
Recording of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. (2 copies)
Box 17
Made in L.A./LACE - Spiritual Quest, Remain in Light or Take Back Your Yellow Ribbon
Box 48
Martha Graham: An American Original in Performance
Box 13
Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance
Box 11, Box 56, SPEDVD 93
Master Class at UCLA
1993 April 3
Physical Description: 1 VHS with reproduction on 1 DVD.
Box 19
Master Demo
1986 September
Box 17
Match Rehearsal
1995
Scope and Contents note
Kevin Bachman
Box 16
Maxell VHS-C Cassette Adapter
Box 48
Merce Cunningham: Points in Space
Box 11
Mona Jean Cedar - Sign Dance
Box 22
Night Song
Scope and Contents note
2 reels.
Box 16
One Potato, Two Potato
1991 May 18
Scope and Contents note
Recording at Caravan Studio.
Box 17
Pacific Coast Dance Ensemble
1993 April 17
Box 15
Parallax, Alligator Rehearsal
1975, 1990
Box 17
Parallel View
1989 October
Box 16
Racing Thoughts
1989 November 30
"Red Ice" and "Toss-Up"
Red Ice
Music: Lloyd Rodgers (The Swing) & Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra
First performance: June 5, 1982. Dance Kaleidoscope '82, John Anson Ford Theatre, Hollywood, California.
Lighting design by Chip Largman
Hair Styles by Ilona Howay
Make-up by Geneva Nash
Stage Manager: Stephen Bennett
Performed by Ian Cousineau, Kim Begley, Teresa Ellington, David Leahy, Dura Snodgrass, and Melinda Ring.
Other performances:
June 19, 1982. The Summer Solstice Celebration Festival, Santa Barbara County Bowl, Santa Barbara, California. Music by Lloyd
Rodgers (The Swing). Makeup by Geneva Nash. Hair by Ilona Howay. Performed by Ian Cousineau, Kim Begley, Teresa Ellington,
Dura Snodgrass, Melinda Ring, and David Leahy. Dancers from Santa Barbara: Sherrie Waggener, Michael Koster, Margaret Tedesco,
Emily Stansberry, Liz Karp, Michelle Dent, Kay Izlar.
May 21, 1983. UCLA Dance Festival, Wadsworth Theater, Los Angeles, California. Music by Lloyd Rodgers and The Cartesian Reunion
Memorial Orchestra. Lighting design by Chip Largman. Performed by Ian Cousineau, Dura Snodgrass, Kim Begley, Melinda Ring,
and David Leahy.
November 18, 1988. El Camino College, Torrance, California. Music: "The Swing" composed by Lloyd Rodgers and performed by
The Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra (tape). Costumes by Susan Perry. Lighting design by Stephen Bennett. Performed by
Linda Hinojosa, Jeffrey Grimaldo, Anet Margot Ris, Robert Keane, and Anne Goodman.
Toss-Up
Toss-up (1988)
***First performance: March 19, 1988. Dance Warehouse, Santa Barbara, California.] (According to Dance warehouse Santa Barbara
program 1988 box 2).
Performed by Linda Hinojosa, Jeffrey Grimaldo, Anet Morgot Ris and Robert Keane.
Costumes by Susan Perry.
Music: "Red Licorice," Scott Hiltzik.
First performance: November 18, 1988. El Camino College, Torrance, California.
Costumes by Susan Perry
Performed by Linda Hinojosa, Jeffrey Grimaldo, Anet Morgot Ris and Robert Keane.
Box 11
Red Ice
1982
Scope and Contents note
Recording of the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble; also includes Sampler.
Box 15
Red Ice, Toss-Up, Santa Monica College
Box 16, Box 17, Box 55, SPEDVD 64
El Camino, Celestial Acrobats, Toss Up, Red Ice
1988 November 18
Box 12, Box 56, SPEDVD 125
Toss Up - Twice, Duets/Merce Cunningham
1988
Box 13
Remain in the Light, Agenda
1994 May 20, May 21
Box 13
Retro, Unlimited
1989 March 29
Box 18
Rona Barrett Show
1981 July 24
Box 11
Rudy's Class
2005 February 13
Box 11
Rudy Perez Documentary
2002 July 31
Box 11
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble
1983
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble "Sampler"
undated
Physical Description: Betacam SP.
Scope and Contents
The tape cassette was labeled "Choreographic Mix Sampler."
The outside of the cassette's case had a more detialed label:
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble "Sampler" (11:50)
- Opening Credits
- Stations
- Cheap Imitation
- Bette's Caper
- Red Ice
- Choreographic Mix
- Sabrina Variations
Processing Information
The USC Libraries acquired this tape on February 16, 2022 as part of accrual no. 2022-002. The USC Digital Library digitized
the contents of this tape soon after acquiring the tape. After digitizing the tape, the USC Libraries disposed of the original
Betacam SP tape.
Box 13
Rudy Perez Interviews
2000 June 9
Scope and Contents note
Interviews with Severo Perez.
Box 14
Rudy Perez at the Amory Center for the Arts
2004 September 11
Box 16
Rudy Perez Home Movies - Eddie Perez & Family
1957 April
Box 16
Rudy at the Orpheum
2003
Scope and Contents note
Lula Washington
Box 17
Rudy's Class
1999 September 12, September 26
Box 20
Rudy Perez Process Cutdown
2001 October 16
Box 20
Rudy Perez B - Roll
2001 September 7
Box 20
Rudy Perez B - Roll
2001 September 4
Box 58
Rudy Perez / Lula Washington workshop
2002 October 1
Box 58
Rudy Perez: Hector Galan cut
Box 58
Rudy Perez: Countdown (the doc)
2002 December 4
Box 58
Ruxy Perez 16mm Centerfold / Transit/ Art? of tricycle
Box 58
Rudy Perez #5 open footage, warm ups
2002 May 19
Box 58
Rudy Perez: District (WGBH), New Dance (Dance Kaleidoscope), Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Topload offprint
Box 58
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Cheap Imitation, Remainder of Cheap Imitation, Sabrina Base Rudy Perez District #1
1984 June and July
Box 17
Sabrina Variations Pilot and L.A. Olympics
1984, 1986 February 4
Box 18
Sampler - Opening Credits, Stations, Cheap Imitation, Bette's Caper, Red Ice, Choreographic Mix, Sabrina Variations
Box 18
Sampler - Opening Credits, Stations, Cheap Imitation, Bette's Caper, Red Ice, Choreographic Mix, Sabrina Variations
Box 14
Shifts Rehearsal with Lula Washington
Box 14, Box 56, SPEDVD 129
Sphinx
2002 May 18
General
A work inspired by a painting titled "Sphinx" by Graham Nickson.
Music: Jeremy Gillien.
May 10 and 11, 2002. Spring Dance Concert presented by Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Luckman Fine Arts Complex,
Los Angeles, California. Music by Jeremy Gillien. Assistant to Mr. Perez: Stephen Fiabry. Performed by Landry Barb II, Ashley
Barnett, Nancy Del Rio, Justina Gaddy, Arielle Gordon, Kawai Helenbolt, Bradley Horwitz, Cynthia Mendez, and Scott Pascal.
Box 11
Sphinx, Past and Present, Electric Lodge
2003 June 12
Box 11, Box 56, SPEDVD 96, 99, 100
Spiritual Offering 2001
2003 February 2
Scope and Contents note
Recordings of a Rudy Perez Project performance at the Skirball Cultural Center. 4 VHS originals and reproductions on 3 DVDs.
Box 18
System, Parallax, Bang Bang
1989 March 29
Box 13
Take 4: Sign In, Please
1994 May 13
Box 15
Take Your Alligator With You
1990 April 31, May 31
Scope and Contents note
2 copies.
Box 17
Take Your Alligator with You, In Plain Sight, Rally, All Things Considered, Highway - Part 1, Update
1976 November
Box 17
Take 3: Dance With Moving Chairs
1993 July 23
Box 20
Tamson, Scott and Company
2000 December 17
Box 18
Tonight Show
1981 January 30
Box 18
Tonight Show
1981 January 30
Box 18
Topload/Off Print
1982 September 23
Box 17
Topload Offprint, Flash Forward and Solos, Countdown and Coverage, Paralax
1982 September 23
Box 12
Topload Offprint
1982 September 23
Box 11, Box 56, SPEDVD 96, 108, 125
Twice
1987
General
LA Festival; working copy
Box 22
Unidentified
Scope and Contents note
Originally in mailing envelope addressed from Dance News.
Box 21
Unlabeled
Scope and Content
2 items.
Box 17
Untitled, Perceptual Acts
1987
Box 11, Box 18, Box 56, SPEDVD 96, 98, Box 57, SPEDVD 161, 162, 171, 184, 185, 193
Urban Suite
1984
Physical Description: 3/4" and VHS originals and reproductions on DVD.
Scope and Contents note
Includes recording of June 3, 1984 rehearsal at the Academy West Studio (2nd copy with credits).
Box 16
Urban Spins - Alligator, Edge, Red Wedge, One Potato Two Potato
1991 July 24
Box 20
USC Class and Rehearsal
2000
Box 13, Box 57, SPEDVD 142
Visiones
2003 August 1
Physical Description: VHS and reproduction on DVD.
Scope and Contents note
Recording for KCET, Version/WP.
Box 11, Box 56, SPEDVD 100
Visiones
2004 September 26
Physical Description: VHS and reproduction on DVD.
General
Off air, Rudy Perez segment
Box 17
Where Angels Coast
1985 October 19
Box 17
Where Angels Coast, Fall Out, Debut
1985 - 1986
Box 12
Winter Solstice 2000
2000 December 9
Box 46
Aina Damar (Osvaldo Golijov)
2006
Box 43
An Interview with Rudy Perez
2004 June 28
Box 46
Andi/Buzz/Michael/Nancy/Rosie/Rudolfo
2009
Box 54
Art of Performance in Irvine, The: A Tribute to Rudy Perez
2015
Box 45
Art of Rudy Perez, The
2001 September 9
Physical Description: 4 copies
Box 45
Artpiece/ Cheap Imitation
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 59
[Audiovisual material added to the collection in 2020]
Scope and Contents
Includes:
- "Music CDs" mailed from Michael Rowley to Rudy Perez, 2013-2014
- CD and DVD mailed from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Rudy Perez - DVD contents dated 1977 December 15
- Two VHS tapes: one labeled "CARMAN / Bourne" and the other "material transferred from 1/2" reel-to-reel" with footage dating
from 1976
- Tribute videos on DVDs
- Content transferred to DVD from VHS by the USC Libraries in 2005.
Box 44
Auccalamma (Musicantica)
2002
Box 47
Bach Prelude (Yo-Yo Ma)
Physical Description: 2 disks
Box 45
Ballet for Modern Dance (Richard Hieronymus)
Box 47
Bent Haiku
2007 February 19
Box 45
Bidu Sayao: Opera Arias and Brazilian Folksongs
Box 45
Book of Lamentations (Gerald Hopman)
Box 47
Book of Lies Music Project (Steve DeGroodt)
2007
Box 47
Bridge Music (Kevin Desmond)
CC: Dome/ Dream Furious (Cursor Club)
Box 44
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne
Box 44
Carl Orff/ Carmina Burana
Box 54
Canopy at an Intersection
1984
Box 44
Cathedral of Classical Equilibrium
1997
Box 45
Classical Christmas, A
1990
Box 19
Countdown, Losing the Light
1992 March 7, March 8
Box 19
Countdown: Reflections on a Life in Dance
2006
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 62
Countdown: Reflections on a Life in Dance [DVD]
2006
Box 46
Countdown: Reflections on a Life in Dance
2004
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 48
Countdown: Reflections on a Life in Dance
2004
Box 59
Coverage / NYC / Montreal Gym / Countdown / System
2019
General
Rudy Perez compilation digitized by USC. Sent "From Rudy By way of Sarah 9/12/2019."
Box 19
Coverage, System, Countdown, Colorado Ramble, Running Board for a Narrative, Take Your Alligator with You
Box 19
Crossover Acts, Agenda
1993 January 10, March
Box 44
Crown Invisible (Cursor Club)
Box 44
Crown Invisible II (Cursor Club)
Box 44
Crown Invisible CI 4: Cinema (Cursor Club)
Box 44
Crown Invisible Remixes (Cursor Club)
1999
Box 46, Box 46
Dance Concert at the Hammer
2012 January 26
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 45
Dance Crazy Kid from New Jersey Meets Hofmannstahl, The
Box 43
Dancing in Space: Where the Bird Flies
Box 46
De la Cage D'escalier aux Etoiles (JAB)
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 47
De Staat (The Republic)
1973-1976
Box 45
Double Play
2004 October 9
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 48
Double Play
2004 October 9
Box 19
Double Play
2005 July 21
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 45
Double Play (Jeff Boyton)
2004 October 9
Box 45
Double Play (Redcat)
2005 July 21-23
Box 45
Enough Rope: A 10-part Song Cycle on the Poems of Dorothy Parker
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 45
Epitaph: A Collection of Civil War Songs
1995
Box 46
Feelings for Crowded Areas; None for Open Spaces
Box 46
Feelings for Open Spaces
2002 September 7
Box 44
Find a Hap-e-meal (Othervisions Art Band)
1997
Box 45
Frog's Breath Saloon (Tommy Peltier)
1999
Box 45
Gertrude Stein
Physical Description: 2 copies
Giovanni Fibilini (Cursor Club)
Giovanni Fibilini Holiday
Box 46
Good for Life
2004 September 28
Box 47
Handel Arias (Renee Fleming)
2005 December
Box 45
Handel's Messiah (Highlights)
Box 46
Heavenly Breakfast (Rich West)
2006
Box 19
Home Movie: Robert and Nancy's Wedding
1957 October 26
Box 45
Hyperrealism (Noah Creshevsky)
Box 62
I Like a View but I like to sit with my back to it / Choreography by Rudy Perez [DVD+R]
2005-09-17
Box 47
I Like a View, But I Like It with My Back to It.
2007
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 46
In a Different Light
2001
Box 46
Independence Day-- Original Soundtrack recording
1996
Box 43
Jeff Boynton: Miscellaneous music tracks
Box 62
Judee Girl - Tommy Peltier [CD]
2018
Box 44
Kenneth Klauss: Story of the World Vol.IV, South America, Dance Variations
Box 44
L'Age d'Or du Romanticisme
Box 19
LACHSA Rudy Perez Works Part 1
1994-2000
Box 19
LACHSA Rudy Perez Works Part 2
1994-2000
Box 19
LACHSA - Sign In Please, Remain in Light, Agenda
1994 May 13, May 20, May 21
Box 44
Lament of Absalom, The
1998
Box 44
Latin American Journeys
2005
Box 62
Lloyd Rodgers Group Faculty Artist Recital - Cal State Fullerton [DVD]
2010-10-07
Box 51
Lloyd Rodgers Group performance
2012 October 18
Box 51
Lonny Joseph Gordon, Ka Bu Ki
2009
Box 45
Luckman Performance
2009 June 6
Box 19
Made in L.A.
1991 February 10
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 46
Masque d'Alienor, Le
1984 October 28
Box 62
[Music by Steve DeGroodt, Don Preston, Jeff Boynton, and Philip Mantione - 2 CDs]
2016-2018
Box 62
[Music by Steve Roden - 4 CDs]
2002, undated
Box 43
Music for Rudy Perez Dance Duet "Twice"
Box 46
Music for Rudy Perez: Shifts
Musica Clasica para Toda Ocasion
2000
Box 45
Noah Creshevsky/ Max Schubel/ Portrait of Rudy Perez
Box 44
Now and Yesterday (Tommy Peltier with Bands of Angels)
2007
Physical Description: 2 copies
Nutcracker, The (Highlights)
Box 47
Pepe at Eau Gallie
2006 October 12
Box 45
Photographer, The (Philip Glass)
1983
Box 44
Piano Music by Scott Hiltzik
2002
Box 45
Pieces a Deux Violes (Marin Marais)
1686
Box 46
Pink Martini Sympathique
2008
Box 45
Plastic Theatre Art Band Live at Luna Park
1995
Box 45
Princess Lovely and Prince Forlorn: A Poet's Tale (Gerald Hopman)
2009
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 47
Queer
2001
Physical Description: 2 disks
Box 44
Rainbows and Unicorns (Susie A. Hanson)
2004
Box 62
Reflections on a Life in Dance / Countdown / Spiritual Offering [DVD+R]
2004
Box 19
Rudy Class
2007 December 9
Box 19
Rudy's Class
2008 March 30
Box 19
Rudy Class
2008 February 24
Box 19
Rudy Class
2008 February 3
Box 19
Rudy Class
2008 January 26
Box 44
Rudy Movies 1,2,3
22 July 2012
Box 44
Rudy Movies 4,5,6
22 July 2012
Box 46
Rudy Perez: The Armory
2004 September 11
Box 47
Rudy Perez at the Orpheum
2002 September 6
Box 44
Rudy Perez: Einstein on the Beach
2000 December 5
Box 46
Rudy Perez Ensemble: Urban Spins
1991 July 24
Box 19
Rudy Perez Interview
2009 October 2
Box 46
Rudy Perez Interview: KUSC
2009 October 18
Box 47
Rudy Perez Movement Workshop
1983
Rudy Perez: "Now" Publicity (Photos by Steve Gunther"
Box 45
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble
2009 October 23
Box 44
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble
2012 November 4
Box 45
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble
Box 46
Rudy Perez Photo (USC--000JJR-1)
2002
Box 47
Rudy Perez: High-resolution Photos
Box 46
Rudy Perez with Shades and Baseball Cap
1980s
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 47
Rudy Perez Workshop (video by Ulysses Jenkins)
Box 62
Rudy's Solo Music [nine CDs and a newspaper clipping]
2011
Box 44
Serendipity (Othervisions Art Band)
1999
Box 46
Shadows from the Unerworld
1997
Box 46
Shifts
2003
Physical Description: 7 copies
Box 45
Shifts/ Script and Post Script
2003
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 45
Spellbinding Piano of Burma, The (U Yee Nwe)
1998
Box 19
Take Your Alligator with You, In Plain Sight, Rally, All Things Considered, Highway, Update
Box 44
Thank You for Flying American
1994
Box 47
This is Rudy Perez (Noah Creshevky)
2003
Box 19
Topload Offprint, Flash Forward, Countdown and Coverage II, Parallax
Box 44
Twentieth Century Chamber Sampler
Box 54
USC Visions and Voices concert: Unperformable
2014
Box 62
Visiones / Galan Productions / Rudy Perez segment [DVD+R]
2007
Box 43
Visones, Latino Art, Culture
Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 62
Visions & Voices / Unperformable / USC Archives / A Tribute to Rudy Perez [DVD+R and DVD-R]
2014-03-04
Box 44
Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf
1991
Box 46
Walking Tall
2012 January 26
Box 44
Westside Academy Class Rehearsal
2012 April 8
Box 46
Whoosh rehearsal
2009
Physical Description: 2 disks
Box 45
Without Words (David Karagianis)
2000
Wonderful World of Edith Piaf/ 23 Grands Succes
1988
Box 44
Writer's Cramp (Stumbling Block)
2001
Costumes & Props
Scope and Content
Series contains costumes used in performances by Rudy Perez and/or the Rudy Perez Dance Theatre.
Box 34
Center Break
1967
Scope and Contents note
2 red flags.
Box 34
Running Board for a Narrative
1973
Scope and Contents note
1 white karate suit, 2 red flashlights, reflectors, life preserver, red headband, Jolly Green Giant doll with rope.
Box 34
Equinox-Run
1978
Scope and Content
2 flashlights, goggles, 1 pair green coveralls, yellow rope.
Box 34
System
1976
Scope and Contents note
White cap and gloves.
Box 26
Coverage
1970
Scope and Contents note
Helmet, coveralls and masking tape - solo.
Box 27
Celestine Acrobats
1988
Scope and Contents note
5 purple leotards.
Box 27
Parallax
1975
Scope and Content
4 tops & bottoms (women's underwear), 4 men's old fashion boxer shorts, 1 white slip.
Box 27
Duet/Twice
Scope and Content
Green dress.
Box 27
New Dance
1982
Scope and Contents note
2 gym type pants and tops, blue with yellow trim.
Box 27
Colorado Ramble
Scope and Content
2 white skirts, 2 white pants, 1 white belt.
Box 27
Choreographic Mix
Scope and Content
3 pairs flesh tone briefs.
Box 28
Stations
1975
Scope and Contents note
7 skull caps & belts, 8 steel gray unitards, 7 goggles.
Box 28
Choreographic Mix
1983
Scope and Contents note
5 leggings, belts - elastic tape, 5 flesh.
Box 29
Vests/Numbers (Racing Theme)
Scope and Content
5 white vests with black numbers.
Box 29
Canvas Belts/Metal Buckles
Scope and Content
3 orange canvas belts with metal buckles.
Box 29
Pants/Blouses
Scope and Content
4 silver blouses and 4 silver pants from Lite Site.
Box 29
White Sheer Skirts, Dresses, and White Blouse
Scope and Content
5 sheer white skirts, 4 sheer white dresses, 1 button-down white shirt.
Box 29
Veils & Sheets
Scope and Content
2 white sheets and 2 white veils from Dance Crazy Kid.
Box 29
Elastic Belts
Scope and Content
3 black elastic belts, 1 blue elastic belt.
Box 29
Cap & Gloves
Scope and Content
1 white cap and 1 pair of white gloves.
Box 29
Signed 2007 American Dance Festival T-Shirt
Scope and Content
White 2007 American Dance Festival T-shirt with signatures.
Box 30
Badminton Net Liner
Scope and Content
Yellow.
Box 30
Sunglasses & Straps
Scope and Content
3 pairs of mirrored sunglasses, 5 black glasses straps.
Box 30
Goggles & Flashlights
Scope and Content
1 pair of red goggles and 2 red flashlights.
Box 30
Flags
Scope and Content
8 silver flags from Lite Site.
Box 30
Tennis Balls
Scope and Content
17 green tennis balls.
Box 30
Cap Gun and Yo-Yo
Scope and Content
1 yellow cap gun and 1 red yo-yo.
Box 31
Jumpsuits
Scope and Content
7 grey jumpsuits.
Box 31
Tattered T-Shirts
Scope and Content
11 tattered grey T-shirts.
Box 31
T-Shirts
Scope and Content
5 orange T-shirts.
Box 31
Pants
Scope and Content
4 pairs of light orange pants.
Box 32
Anklet Legwarmers
Scope and Content
4 pairs of grey anklet legwarmers.
Box 32
Navy Pants and Tops
Scope and Content
5 sets of navy blue pants and tops from "Bette's Caper" (one set worn by "Quentin").
Box 32
Orange Pants and Top
Scope and Content
1 set of orange pants and top- "Melinda."
Box 32
Pink Pants and Top
Scope and Content
1 set of pink pants and top.
Box 32
Red Pants and Top
Scope and Content
1 set of red pants and top.
Box 32
Royal Blue Pants and Top
Scope and Content
1 set of royal blue pants and top- "Margaret Kurtz."
Box 32
Legwarmers
Scope and Content
7 pairs of burgundy legwarmers.
Box 33
Wrap-Around Skirts
Scope and Content
4 light orange wrap-around skirts.
Box 35
Coveralls
Scope and Content
7 white coveralls.
Box 36
Stations/Quentin
Scope and Content
3 pairs grey shorts, 1 pair yellow briefs.
Box 36
T-shirts
Scope and Content
5 blue T-shirts.
Pants
Scope and Content
10 pairs green/grey pants.
Box 39
Whoosh, Stop the Traffic
2005
Scope and Content
Costumes for the performance presented at All Saints Church, Pasadena. The items designed by Andrae Gonzalo include: 4 lavender
vests, 2 lavender pants, 2 lavender skirts, 1 lavender t-shirt, 1 black pants, and 1 black and white t-shirt.
Box 42
Soccer Ball
Scope and Content
The ball was a prop in "Celestial Acrobats" (1988).
Wooden cane
Scope and Content
36" long wooden cane painted red, used for solo performances of "Feeling for Open Spaces, None for Crowded Areas," for exampl.e
Box 49, Box 50
In Plain Sight
1980
Scope and Content
Pair of work gloves; pair of sunglasses in a case; costume work by Karen Goodman and designed by Charles Berliner. Includes
a photograph of Ms. Goodman, a DVD of the performance, and a clipping.
Box 25
The Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles Lester Horton Dance Award
1991
Box 25
Lester Horton Dance Award for Lifetime Achievement
2004
Box 25
The Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles Lester Horton Dance Award
1997
Box 25
Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
2006
Box 25
Otis Art Institute Honorary Doctorate
1993 May 12
Box 25
California Institute of the Arts Honorary Doctorate
2006 May 19
Box 51, Box 52
Lifetime Achievement Award, Claire Trevor School of Arts, UC Irvine
2015 November
Scope and Contents
Includes the award, clippings, press releases, programs and a poster.
Box 53
Colburn School award
2016
Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Series contains miscellaneous files maintained by Rudy Perez. Files include press clippings, programs, teaching materials,
correspondence, and business records. Files are arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
Box 4, Folder 3
American Dance Festival
2007 June 6 - July 19
Box 4, Folder 5
Armory Center Calendar
2003
Box 4, Folder 6
Articles
1971, 1983, 1987-1990
Box 4, Folder 8, Box 58
Articles
1967, 1971, 1974, 1978-1980, 1992, 2017
Box 5, Folder 1
Articles
1969, 1972-1973, 1980, 1982-1983, 1988, 1995
Box 4, Folder 9
Berliner/Perez Proposal, UCLA: Design-Related Expenditures
Box 4, Folder 10
Biographical information
1977, 1986-1988, 1997
Map-case 5, drawer 2
Birthday card
2012 November 24
Box 4, Folder 38
Carmelita Maracci
1937-1949
Box 53, Folder 4
Cheap Imitation--Colburn
2016
Box 4, Folder 11
Chronology/Choreography
1977-1985, 1987
Box 51, Folder 5
Clippings, correspondence, ephemera
2011-2014
Box 5, Folder 10
Clive Thompson
1982, 1985-1986, 1988
Box 4, Folder 13
Company/Fiscal, Year End Statements
Box 4, Folder 15a, 15b
Contract: Lula Washington
2005 August 23
Box 4, Folder 16
Correspondence
1979, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1994-1994
Box 4, Folder 17
Correspondence: Marc Eliot to Rudy Perez
2003 July 31
Box 5, Folder 3
Correspondence
1969, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1992-1993
Box 5, Folder 2
Collaborators,
1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1983, 1987-1981, 1989, 1993
Box 4, Folder 18
Countdown/Film
1979, 1982
Box 4, Folder 19
Countdown Screening
2009 October 9
Box 4, Folder 20
Course Outline/Miscellaneous
1981, 1994
Box 5, Folder 4
Dance Crazy Kid from New Jersey
1991-1992
Box 4, Folder 21
Dance Gallery presents 'In the Works' Dance
1990
Box 4, Folder 23
Dance Media Center/Adrian Ravarou
1993-1995
Box 4, Folder 24
Dance Resource Center
1986-1987, 1992-1994
Box 51, Folder 3
Documentary/Perez
2002-2005
Box 4, Folder 25
Emotion Under Tight Control, from The Rise and Fall and Rise of Modern Dance by D. McDonagh
Box 4, Folder 26
Grants, Awards
1981-1985, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993
Box 51, Folder 2
Helen Keller project
circa 2009-2011
Box 5, Folder 12
Imagine Greenwich Village without Judson Memorial Church
Box 4, Folder 27
Interview Summary
2009 October 2
Box 4, Folder 29
The Judson Memorial Church
1892-1967
Map-case 5, drawer 4
Large format posters and photographs
Box 4, Folder 31
L.A. Endowment for the Arts
Box 4, Folder 33
LACHSA Dance Programs
1995-2001
Box 4, Folder 34
L.A. Spanish press
1987, 1989, 1991, 1998
Box 4, Folder 35
L.A. Press Miscellaneous
1987-1990
Box 5, Folder 6
L.A. Press Miscellaneous
1970-1971, 1973-1976, 1978, 1980-1987, 1989
Box 53, Folder 1
Los Angeles Times article
2017
Box 42
Make-Up Kit
Scope and Content
Metal tool box/ kit
Black and white striped cloth bag
Pack of Marlboro cigarettes (cigarettes have been discarded)
2 jars of Mehron's cake make-up
Make-up sponge
3 tubes of mascara
2 make-up brushes
4 eyebrow pencils
Pair of scissors
Pencil sharpener
Can of Stein's cake make-up
Jar of Stein's blue-green eye shadow
Can of Stein's lining color
Box of Westmore dark eye shadow
Box 4, Folder 72
Mark Stock Exhibition
2001
Box 23
Miscellaneous clippings, programs, documents
undated
Box 4, Folder 40
National Performance Network
1990-1991
Box 41
New USC Well Elderly Study
2005-2006
Scope and Content
Three-ring binder of printed materials from a course attended by Rudy Perez at the St. Barnabas Senior Center from September
2006 to March 2006. Perez's Certificate of completion is included near the back of the binder. A separate folder of photographs
from the class is included in the box with the binder.
Box 24, Folder 9, Box 59
[Notes, ephemera, and a photograph printout]
2012-2018
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials sent from Rudy Perez to Melinda Hayes in 2019-2020.
Scope and Contents
Includes event programs from the NYU Skirball, a Danspace Project book about the Judson Dance Theater, a photograph printout
of Rudy Perez, and notes relating to a visit by Perez to USC and the digitization of materials from the Rudy Perez Archive.
Box 4, Folder 43
Otis Parsons
1987, 1991, 1993
Box 4, Folder 44
Pasadena Armory
1989-1992
Box 4, Folder 45
Performance Art
1981, 1984, 1991
Box 5, Folder 7
Performances
1977-1980, 1983
Box 53, Folder 3
Personal correspondence
2016
Box 4, Folder 46
Plaza de la Raza
1987-1989, 1993
Box 4, Folder 48
Press: Citybeat
2004 November 18-24
Box 4, Folder 49
Press: Dance Magazine
2002 October
Box 4, Folder 50
Press: Dance Magazine
2005 January
Box 4, Folder 51
Press: Dance Magazine Special Issue: Martha Graham
Box 4, Folder 52
Press: Dance Magazine
2005 September
Box 4, Folder 54
Press: Los Angeles Times
2003 February 11
Box 4, Folder 55
Press: Los Angeles Times
2003 November 24
Box 4, Folder 56
Press: Los Angeles Times
2004 January 22
Box 4, Folder 57
Press: Los Angeles Herald
1986 June 23
Box 4, Folder 58
Press: Los Angeles Herald
1986 October 28
Box 4, Folder 59
Press: Los Angeles Times
1986 June 23
Box 4, Folder 60
Press: New York Times
1985 November
Box 4, Folder 63
Press: Phoenix
1972 June 28
Box 4, Folder 64
Press: UC Riverside
1972 January 27
Box 4, Folder 70
Press: Village Voice
1985 November 26
Box 4, Folder 65
Press Release
1983 September/October
Box 5, Folder 8
Press Release: Samples
1980-1981, 1983, 1985-1987, 1990
Box 4, Folder 62
Programs: Luckman Fine Arts Complex
2008-2009
Box 4, Folder 66
Review: "A Footnote on Lot Piece Day/Night" by Richard Lorber
Box 4, Folder 68
Review: Los Angeles Times
2006 July 23
Box 4, Folder 69
Review: Downtown News
2005 July 18
Box 5, Folder 13
Review: Village Voice
1993 June 29
Box 5, Folder 5
Robert Ellis Dunn
1996-1997
Box 38, Folder 7
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble pins
Box 42
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble roll of company labels
Box 40, Folder 13
Ruiz, Freddie and Marie
2011
Box 40, Folder 5-10
Student: Victor Quijada
1996-2002
Scope and Content
Correspondence, post cards, photos, clippings, and programs from a student mentored by Rudy Perez, Victor Quijada. Quijada
went on to perform with Twyla Tharp's company Twyla! from 1995 to 1998 before joining Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in Montreal
and then later forming his own company called Rubberbandance Group. These materials include several publications related
to Twyla Tharp.
Box 53, Folder 2
UC Irvine Lifetime Achievement Award/Performance
2015
Box 4, Folder 74
WGBH/TV
1972, 1975-1978, 1984
Accruals of material added to the collection in 2022
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accrual no. 2022-001: Gift of Rudy Perez, January 11, 2022.
Accrual no. 2022-003: Gift of Rudy Perez, May 24, 2022.
Accrual no. 2022-004: Gift of Rudy Perez, June 28, 2022.
Processing Information
Only parts of the accruals added to the collection in 2022 were described under this series. Other material from these 2022
accruals that could be categorized under existing series are described under those series. All of the material from the 2022
accruals are housed in box nos. 60-62.
Box 60, Folder 1
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Annual Report
2019
Box 60, Folder 3
Dance Oral History Project [interview recordings on CDs]
2019
Box 60, Folder 4, Box 61, Folder 3
Movement Research Performance Journal #41 (MRPJ 41)
Fall 2012
Box 60, Folder 5
[Event programs and clippings relating to Stephen Petronio]
2015-2019
Box 60, Folder 6
Rudy Perez Genealogy
2020
Box 60
Max Schubel / Noah Creshevsky - Paraplex / Ragwyrk / Highway - Chaconne / Portrait Of Rudy Perez
1979
Box 60, Folder 7
Portrait of Rudy Perez by Mark Stock [lithograph print]
1984
General
The print is signed by the artist and numbered, 13/15.
Box 61, Folder 1
Misc. press and articles
1966-1977
2002-2004
Box 61
Russ & Iggy's Art Alphabet by Victoria Looseleaf and JT Steiny
2019
Box 61
Performance / Media / Art / Culture: Selected Essays 1983-2018 by Jacki Apple; edited by Marina LaPalma
2019
Box 61
The Empty Space by Peter Brook
1968
Box 62
Swan: A Poetical Inquiry in Dance, Text & Memoir by L. Martina Young
2014
Coverage-Perez-R-2021-Judson-Church-Perf-E-Breton.mp4 [digital video file]
2021-10-02
Movement Without Borders - 2021.10.02 - NYPL @ Judson Church - EDIT.mov
Physical Description: 1.38 Gigabytes
Scope and Contents
[Description of the file from the immediate source of the file, Sarah Swenson:] "I've been sent a link to the last performance
(maybe ever) of Rudy's
Coverage, performed by Ernesto Breton formerly of Stephen Petronio Company, that I re-staged in 2019. However this link is to the
whole 6 hour show that took place at Judson Memorial Church this past October 2021."
Conditions Governing Access
This record describes a digital computer file preserved in the USC Digital Repository. The copy of the file preserved by USC
is not publicly accessible online. Researchers wishing to request access to USC's copy should email music@usc.edu. See the
link under "Digital Material" for a publicly accessible recording of the performance uploaded to Vimeo in 2021-2022.
Box 2
Unprocessed material
Processing Information
Box 2 was found during shelf-reading following a 2019-2020 collections move from East Library to Grand Archives. Box 2 had
not been described in the finding aid prior to this move, but has since been added here to maintain physical control.
