Jeff Duncan papers

id
3156
origination
Duncan, Jeff, 1930-1989
date statement
1930-1989
key date
1930
identifier (local_mss)
19793
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 161
b-number
b16187921
total components
210
total series
5
max depth
4
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:41 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
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unitid
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{"value"=>"b16187921", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1930-1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/1989"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Jeff Duncan papers"}
physdesc
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repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The collection documents the career of choreographer, dancer, and teacher Jeff Duncan from 1956 to 1989. It contains correspondence, production material, photographs, oversized material, and personal material."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Jeff Duncan papers, *MGZMD 161. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Duncan, Jeff, 1930-1989", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Jeff Duncan began his dance training in college after seeing performances by the American Ballet Theatre, Martha Graham, and José Limon companies. Initially, he wanted to be concert pianist before realizing his dream to become a dancer. Duncan went on to study with Alwin Nikolais and José Limon. In 1953, He became an assistant for Doris Humphrey at the 92nd Street Y. After studying dance, Duncan became the principal dancer with Anna Sokolow for 12 years, before starting his own dance company, the Jeff Duncan Dance Company, in 1956. Between 1964 and 1975 Duncan's main goal was to promote emerging choreographers. He started the Dance Theater Workshop, where he choreographed many shows, including Diminishing Landscape and Statement. The company eventually moved to the Jerome Robbin's American Theater Lab, which still exists today.</p> <p> Duncan helped a collective of choreographers - among them Martha Clarke, Deborah Jowitt, Linda Tarnay, Elizabeth Keene, Kathryn Posin, Lenore Latimer, Wendy Perron, Cliff Keuter, Kei Takai, Judith Dunn, Rudy Perez, James Cunningham, Frances Alenikoff, Ze'eva Cohen, and Tina Croll. In 1977, Duncan expanded his role as promoter and teacher of dance. He accepted a position to teach dance at the University of Maryland and directed its resident touring company, Impetus, while managing to perform and produce in New York. During this time, he received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Creative Artists Public Service Guild, the American College Dance Festival Association, and a Fulbright Fellowship in 1988 for his work in Mexico. In the final months of Duncan's life, he performed his signature work La Mesa Del Brujo. He died from complications of AIDS in 1989.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Jeff Duncan Papers highlights his career from 1956 to 1989. The collection contains: biographical information, clippings, press releases, production material, and programs - along with a few personal papers, such as an address book, astrological reading, correspondence, and a dream diary. The collection includes photographs, which documents Duncan's career as a dancer, choreographer, and performer. There are some personal photographs and oversize material.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Jeff Duncan papers are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19793#c389099'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1952-1989</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19793#c389140'>Series II: Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1970-1987</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19793#c389145'>Series III: Professional Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960-1988</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19793#c389246'>Series IV: Photographs, -</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1930-1988</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19793#c389306'>Series V: Oversized Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1956-1987</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>The Jeff Duncan papers were donated to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 1998.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Shaneeza Aziz</span>. Finding aid created by <span class=\"name\">Robert W. Wilson</span>.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>See also Dance Theater Workshop papers (*MGZMD 89) and Scrapbooks (*MGZEB 92-2696) in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
date_start
1930
keydate
1930
date_end
1989
date_inclusive_start
1930
date_inclusive_end
1989
extent_statement
4.17 linear feet (12 boxes)

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