- unitid
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{"value"=>"19811", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 190", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16461168", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1918-1972", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1918/1972"}
{"value"=>"1967-1972", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1967/1972"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"26 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"12 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance, Inc. records brings together financial and musical material describing the work of the company in the late 1960s and early 1970s. There is also material about the creation of programs and dances."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance Inc., a non-profit organization, was established on July 28, 1969, from a donation by Nik Vanoff, a one-time member of the Weidman Theatre Dance Company. The organization combined the already established Theatre Dance Company and Expression of Two Arts (with calligraphist and sculptor, Mikhail Santaro). Weidman became the artistic director of the newly created organization. Linda Mann Reed became the Executive Vice President.</p> <p>In 1972 the name was changed to the Charles Weidman Foundation. This was done to help secure more grant funding, the rationale being that \"schools\" are not easily funded.</p> <p>During the early 1970s, the foundation was ambitiously working to revive and preserve, through film and notation, dances from the Humphrey/Weidman era as well as Weidman's solo work of the 1950s and 1960s.</p> <p>Weidman died on July 15, 1975. The Charles Weidman Dance Foundation continued staging pieces by Doris Humphrey and preserving Weidman's choreographic legacy into the mid-1980s.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains material primarily relates to the Charles Weidman School for Modern Dance Inc. and runs from the early 1960s through Weidman's death in 1975. A large portion of the material is financial records for the company. Also included are programs, clippings, posters and photographs of Weidman and his company. Correspondence is limited and includes both personal and business-related information.</p> <p>There is also material concerning Weidman's collaboration with the artist Mikhail Santaro.</p> <p>The collection does not include any information about Weidman's time with Denishawn nor with his dance partner Doris Humphrey. There is very little personal material included.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance records are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19811#c398613'>Series I: Personal / General Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1918-1973</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains correspondence, calendars, essays, grant applications, music and press releases.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19811#c398680'>Series II: Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance, Inc.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960-1971</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains financial material for the Charles Weidman School for Modern Dance Inc and for <span class=\"title\">Two Expressions for Art</span>, a program by Charles Weidman and Mikhail Santaro.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19811#c398752'>Series III: Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1924-1973</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. There are professional and amateur photographs, including personal snapshots. Many of the photographs are taken from performances of dancers from the School of Modern Dance.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19811#c398767'>Series IV: Programs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1962-1974</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains programs for solo and company performances, including with Mikhail Santaro.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19811#c398777'>Series V: Clippings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1952-1971</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains both newspaper and magazine clippings. Included are cartoons from <span class=\"title\">The New Yorker</span>, and covers from the same.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19811#c398802'>Series VI: Oversized Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1914-1970</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains oversized material, including <span class=\"title\">Life</span> magazine, photographs, performance posters, musical scores and scrapbooks.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated in 1998 by Linda Mann Reed.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p><ul class=\"list\"> <li>Letter to Mrs. Bixby/Opening House Divided</li> <li>Nightingale/Dance Rhythms/American Dream</li> <li>Thurber Chipmunks/Rambling</li></ul></p> <p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li> 2 Largo</li> <li>2 Opus</li> <li>3 Dance of Street/Salome/Robert's Opening Dance</li> <li>Belsarte/Opening Christmas/Friendship/Quartet Finale/Cathedral/Kinetic Pantomime</li> <li>Commedia/Mrs.Bixby/Palms (soft)/Mozart kinetic Pantomime</li> <li>Concerto Grosso Bloch</li> <li>Dance of the Street/Submerged Cathedral/Kenetic Pantomime</li> <li>Et Vous Mere</li> <li>Fables/Unicorn, Arthur & Al, Luna Moth with Marra/2 Tigers/traditions</li> <li> Jacob's Wedding</li> <li>John Rank</li> <li>Koto/2 Corellis</li> <li>Poe</li> <li>Rose Fountain & Dove/Dinosaur & Man</li> <li>St. Matthew/Tendr Solo---master copy</li> <li>Two Chinese actors</li> <li>Villa Lobos Mass for the Poor</li> <li>Waltzes (soft)</li> <li>Unidentified/Blank 5 reels</li></ul></p> <p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Gold-plated cigarette lighter with initials. [c + t]</li> <li>Autographed drum skin</li> <li>2 Black ballet shoes (one in box)</li> <li>Costume crown</li> <li>Black headscarf with rhinestone buckle</li> <li>Clip earrings/expandable rhinestone bracelet</li> <li>Black \"policeman\" cap</li> <li>Green leotard with mesh skirt, and Red leotard and tights</li> <li>Black and green wool socks (1 pair each)</li> <li>Black hair net and blue hair band</li> <li>Black and white shirt</li> <li>Blue pants</li> <li>Light blue flat sheet</li> <li>Navy blue skirt, Blue denim shirt, Navy blue shirt Quilt</li></ul></p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Leslie Reyman.</p>"}
- date_start
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1918
- keydate
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1918
- date_end
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1972
- date_inclusive_start
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1918
- date_inclusive_end
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1972
- date_bulk_start
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1967
- date_bulk_end
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1972
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance records, *MGZMD 190. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}