Kaja Gam records

id
3523
origination
Gam, Kaja
date statement
1926-1990
key date
1926
identifier (local_mss)
19845
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 204
b-number
b16756918
total components
63
total series
0
max depth
N/A
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:47 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 204", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19845", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1926-1990", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1926/1990"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Kaja Gam records"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Kaja Gam was a choreographer, performance artist, filmmaker and artistic director of the Awkward Dance Company, as well as a founding member of the School of Hard Knocks. The collection consists of art, production notes, photographs, correspondence and research dealing with her dance works."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Kaja Gam records, *MGZMD 204. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Gam, Kaja", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p> Kaja Gam, performance artist, actor, choreographer, film maker and interior designer, was born in Denmark in 1952. She moved to New York in 1980, and soon after formed the Awkward Dance Company. In 1982, she joined with Nelson Zayas, Brian Moran, Gayle Tufts, Donald Fleming and Yoshiko Chuma in founding The School of Hard Knocks. She has a M.A. in choreography and experimental theater from New York University, a B.S. in film from Copenhagen University, and a B.S. in applied anatomy, physiology and kinesiology. Her myriad careers were the building blocks upon which she has constructed her present company Kaja Gam Design.</p> <p>Source: <ul> <li>Box 3, Folder 7-<span class=\"title\">Your Helping Hand</span> (program)</li> <li>Box 3, Folder 8-<span class=\"title\">Ena's Adventures</span></li> <li>Retrieved from http://www.kajagamdesign.com/about.htm on October 19, 2007.</li></ul></p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p> The Kaja Gam Records contain the clippings, contracts, correspondence, photographs, programs, tour material and other related documents related to Kaja Gam's Awkward Dance Company, her independent productions and her involvement with Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks. There is only information on Kaja Gam's involvement with the dance world, and none on her personal life or current involvement with interior design within this collection.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p> The Kaja Gam Records were donated to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 1995 by Kaja Gam.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1926
date_inclusive_end
1990
arrangement
{"value"=>"Alphabetical"}
langmaterial_code
eng
dan
keydate
1926
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English is the predominant language of the collection; there are a few items in Danish"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Dan Bromberg and Thea Constantine; Machine-readable finding aid created by Thea Constantine.</p>"}
extent_statement
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
date_start
1926
date_end
1990

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