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{"value"=>"*MGZMC-Res. 4", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1948-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1948/1964"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Ann Hutchinson Guest papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.25 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"=>"Ann Hutchinson Guest (1918-2022) was an American dancer and dance notator. The Ann Hutchinson Guest papers include Labanotation scores and material prepared for Guest's 1954 book <span class=\"title\">Labanotation</span>."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"Guest, Ann Hutchinson", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Ann Hutchinson Guest (1918-2022) was an American dancer and dance notator. She was born November 3, 1918, in New York. Her initial dance training began in the mid 1930s at the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall, England. When World War II broke out in Europe, she returned to New York where her continued training included ballet, modern, tap, and folk dance. In the 1940s she danced with the Welland Lathrop Company and in Broadway musicals, including <span class=\"title\">One Touch of Venus</span>, <span class=\"title\">Billion Dollar Baby</span>,and <span class=\"title\">Kiss Me, Kate</span>.</p> <p>In 1947, Guest returned to London and worked closely with dance notation pioneer Rudolf Laban. She is credited with coining the term \"Labanotation\" and, in 1954, published her book of that title. A prolific writer, she also created games, wall charts, and other aids for teaching notation to children. Guest notated many major choreographic works including those by George Balanchine, Kurt Jooss, Marius Petipa, Antony Tudor, Hanya Holm, and Doris Humphrey.</p> <p>Guest was one of the founders of the Dance Notation Bureau and served as its president until 1961, when she moved to London, where she founded the Language of Dance Centre in 1967. A recipient of three Rockefeller Foundation grants for the research and writing of Labanotation textbooks, she also received honorary doctorates from Marygrove College in Detroit, Michigan, and Ohio State University. In 1987, Guest inaugarated the Language of Dancer series of publications, whose output included <span class=\"title\"> Nijinsky's \"Faune\" Restored</span>.</p> <p>Guest was married to musician Ricky Trent from 1946 to 1954 and dance historian Ivor Forbes Guest from 1962 until his death in 2018. Guest died in 2022 in London.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Ann Hutchinson Guest papers includes Labanotation scores, in complete and rough notes, of works by George Balanchine, Gower Champion, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, Kurt Jooss, and Ted Shawn. There are also two folders of notes and layout material for Guest's textbook, <span class=\"title\">Labanotation</span>, which was published in 1954 by J. Laughlin, New York.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Ann Hutchinson in 1962.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Marion Kahn and Carol Boggs.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Box numbers added and biographical note updated by Sarah Fischer and Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2025-10-28"}
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1948
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1948
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1964
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1948
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1964
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1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Ann Hutchinson Guest papers, *MGZMC-Res. 4. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}