Nancy Brock collection on Mary Wigman

id
11230
origination
Brock, Nancy
date statement
1920-1996
key date
1920
identifier (local_mss)
24194
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 514
b-number
b22260186
total components
8
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2020-09-30 19:38:04 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 514", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22260186", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1920-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1996"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Nancy Brock collection on Mary Wigman"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Mary Wigman (1886-1973) was a German dancer, dance instructor, and choreographer notable for her work in expressionist dance. Her many students included Yvonne Georgi, Hanya Holm, Harald Kreutzberg, Gret Palucca, Margarethe Wallmann, Inge Weiss, and Meta Vidmar. Nancy Brock was also a student of Wigman's from 1953 to 1954, and they maintained a correspondence until Wigman's death. This collection documents the relationship between Wigman and Brock through their personal correspondence, photographs, articles that Brock and others wrote about Wigman, and preparations for \"Mary Wigman Day\" in 1958 as well as Wigman's 80th birthday celebration. It also contains some of Brock's correspondence with others in the dance field, including Lincoln Kirstein, John Martin, Charles Weidman, and Louis Horst, as well as Brock's lecture notes from her time as a student."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Multiple languages"}
{"value"=>"English, German"}
origination
{"value"=>"Brock, Nancy", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"persname\">Mary Wigman</span> (born <span class=\"persname\">Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann</span>, <span class=\"date\">1886-1973</span>) was a German dancer, dance instructor, and choreographer notable for her work in expressionist dance. Throughout her career her students and collaborators included <span class=\"persname\">Yvonne Georgi</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Hanya Holm</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Harald Kreutzberg</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Gret Palucca</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Margarethe Wallmann</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Inge Weiss</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Meta Vidmar</span>. Though she last performed as a dancer in 1953, she continued to teach at her school in West Berlin until her death.</p> <p><span class=\"persname\">Nancy Brock</span> studied at the Mary Wigman Studio in West Berlin from <span class=\"date\">1953</span> to <span class=\"date\">1954</span>. She was a solo dancer in a 1954 production of <span class=\"title\">Saul</span> by Handel which Wigman staged and they remained in correspondence throughout the years. In addition to her work with Wigman, Brock was a student of Western Reserve University, Bennington School of the Dance, and Hanya Holm School of the Dance. She was Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Women at Purdue University and a dance instructor at various institutions. She was also an early member of the Dance Notation Bureau.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Nancy Brock collection on Mary Wigman (<span class=\"date\">1920s-1990s</span>) documents the relationship between Brock and Wigman, as well as Wigman's career. The collection holds correspondence between Brock and Wigman; photographs; correspondence between Brock and others; and advertisements and programs for Wigman's studio and other dancers. The majority of photographs in the collection, taken in Germany during the 1950s, hold a copyright by <span class=\"persname\">Adolf Falk</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Heinz Bieler</span>, or <span class=\"persname\">Orgel-Köhne</span>.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Recieved order is maintained. Original folders are maintained, with the exception of the final folder which is composed of loose materials that are related to Nancy Brock.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Stacey Ference</span> in <span class=\"date\">2020</span>.</p>"}
date_start
1920
keydate
1920
date_end
1996
date_inclusive_start
1920
date_inclusive_end
1996
extent_statement
0.42 linear feet (1 box)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Nancy Brock collection on Mary Wigman, *MGZMD 514. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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