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- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 129", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18422", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1953-2004", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1953/2004"}
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1953
- date_inclusive_end
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2004
- keydate
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1953
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"American Dance Guild records"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Founded in 1956 as the Guild of Creative Teachers of Children's Dance, the New York City-based American Dance Guild evolved into a non-profit service organization dedicated to uniting the dance community at both the individual and organizational levels. Consisting of administrative files, Board of Directors correspondence and meeting minutes, as well as extensive conference, seminar, and workshop materials, the American Dance Guild records document over forty-five years of service to the dance community."}
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{"value"=>"American Dance Guild records, *MGZMD 129. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"American Dance Guild", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Guild of Creative Teachers of Children's Dance, a forerunner to the American Dance Guild, was founded in January 1956 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City by twelve dance teachers concerned with services to the dance community. Over its first decade, the organization changed its name three times - to the Dance Teachers Guild (1956), National Dance Teachers Guild (1963), and National Dance Guild (1966) - until deciding upon the American Dance Guild in 1969.</p> <p>Initially devoted to the teaching of dance, the organization was born to address the need for teaching standards, public education, standards in working conditions, a teaching library, as well as the need for a forum to exchange ideas and information.</p> <p>The organization grew rapidly; chapters sprang up around New York City that sponsored local workshops and seminars targeted for dance educators. As it grew, the organization realized that to be most effective, it needed to become a national organization and to expand its membership to all dance professionals. The Guild grew to include international members as well as members of all dance related professions, including performers, choreographers, critics, historians, notators, and therapists, as well as educators.</p> <p>A hallmark of the organization was its willingness to collaborate with other organizations, returning to its initial mission of exchanging ideas and information. According to their own history, the Guild has been involved in the development of the National Endowment for the Arts, Congress on Research in Dance, American Dance Therapy Association, and the American College Dance Festival Association. Instrumental in the growth of dance as a serious art form, the Guild encouraged the development of dance in American colleges and universities. Guild members played a significant role on government committees, in curricular revisions at every educational level, and promoted better working and living conditions for dance professionals.</p> <p>As a service organization, the American Dance Guild focused on what it could provide for its members. Guild activities included a career counseling program; the Job Express Registry, a subscription service listing employment opportunities; dance film series; scholarships; and an annual dance award honoring a distinguished member of the dance community. Publications were an important activity; in addition to monographs and its Newsletter, later known as <span class=\"title\">American Dance</span>, the Guild published <span class=\"title\">Dance Scope</span> from 1965-1981. A noted journal, <span class=\"title\">Dance Scope</span>, covered all areas of dance - history, criticism, technique, choreography, education, and philosophy - in addition to interviews and contributions by top dance professionals.</p> <p>Fitting for an organization born out of a conference, the most noteworthy service activities of the American Dance Guild have been the conferences, seminars, and workshops produced since the Guild's inception. Annual conferences addressed contemporary issues in dance and presented opportunities for exchanges of information, while seminars and workshops provided smaller educational opportunities to the Guild's members.</p> <p>Still active in 2011, the American Dance Guild is continuously dedicated to uniting the dance community. The Guild hosts an annual festival in New York City that features work by 30-40 international choreographers and honors two master choreographers. The Guild now focuses on offering performance opportunities through \"bare bones\" productions and at its annual festival; it also awards a scholarship to Jacob's Pillow each summer.</p> <p>Sources: American Dance Guild. \"History.\" Accessed October 4, 2011. http://americandanceguild.org/?page_id=2</p> <p>Kolcio, Katja Pylyshenko. <span class=\"title\">Movable Pillars: Organizing Dance, 1956-1978</span>. Wesleyan University Press, 2010: 58.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The American Dance Guild records document over forty-five years of the dance service organization through administrative files, Board of Directors correspondence and meeting minutes, as well as extensive conference, seminar, and workshop materials.</p> <p>Correspondence, activity files, and project notes created by Board of Director members Jana Feinman, Billie Kirpich, and Rima Sokoloff can be found in individual member files. Additional materials created by and related to Kirpich and Sokoloff can be found throughout the collection.</p> <p>The American Dance Guild's service activities are well documented across the collection through correspondence, notes, brochures and fliers, financial records, and Board of Directors reports. Service activities include a career counseling program, the Job Express Registry, dance film series, scholarships, awards, and publications, as well as significant materials relating to conferences, seminars, and workshops.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The American Dance Guild records are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/18422#c11134'>Series I: Administrative Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1953-2002</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>8 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Arranged alphabetically, the administrative files document the operational activities of the organization through correspondence; development files; division's activity files; financial records, including budgets, income statements, reports, IRS correspondence and filings, as well as documentation of the scholarship fund; grant applications; and publications, including some final prints, correspondence, drafts, notes, and mock-ups. The Administrative Files also contain the organization's annual award information; constitution and by-laws; history; leases; membership lists, personnel information, such as information on the intern and volunteer programs; press clippings and releases; questionnaires; and special event files, including annual gala invitations and event planning documents, such as correspondence, budgets and expenses, and notes.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/18422#c11240'>Series II: Board of Directors Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1956-2000</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>5 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Arranged alphabetically by subject, the Board of Director files document the structure and decision making processes of the organization and its chapters through agendas, correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, and reports. This series also contains contact information on members of the Board of Directors, including the organization's founders, as well as individual member files.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/18422#c11260'>Series III: Conference, Seminar, and Workshop Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1958-2004</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>8 boxes</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The American Dance Guild records are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I: Administrative Files, 1953-2002</li> <li>Series II: Board of Directors Files, 1956-2000</li> <li>Series III: Conference, Seminar, and Workshop Files, 1958-2004</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Muriel Mannings, 1997; Gloria McLean, 2008; and Deborah Maudlin, 2009.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Laura Slezak Karas.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The collection was initially donated in 1997 and has grown through two additions in 2008 and 2009. The additions were integrated into the collection after each donation. Prior to this processing, the collection was grouped both topically and by document type, and organized into folders. Original order is unknown. Folder titles have been retained; it is unknown whether these titles are original or whether they were created during the initial processing of the collection.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>To request materials, contact the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org) in advance.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Donor retains copyright of materials. Library policy on photocopying will apply. For permission to publish, contact the curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">92nd Street Y Dance Center records. New York State Archives.</span> <span class=\"archref\">Jeff Duncan papers. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"archref\">Kayla Zalk papers. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.</span>"}
- extent_statement
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7.56 linear feet (18 boxes)
- date_start
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1953
- date_end
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2004