Cubiculo Theatre records. Dance Performances

id
9263
origination
Cubiculo Theatre
date statement
1975-1978
key date
1975
identifier (local_mss)
18491
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 310
b-number
b20024988
total components
47
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2014-02-05 17:30:15 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 310", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18491", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1975-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1975/1978"}
date_inclusive_start
1975
date_inclusive_end
1978
keydate
1975
unittitle
{"value"=>"Cubiculo Theatre records. Dance Performances"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Cubiculo Theatre was a center for the performing arts, film and poetry, located at 414 West 51st Street. The Cubiculo Theatre records include notes, press releases, press reviews, programs and the occasional photograph."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Cubiculo Theatre records. Dance Performances, *MGZMD 310. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Cubiculo Theatre", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Elaine Sulka (1934-1994) a native New Yorker, was an actress, director and co-founder of the National Shakespeare Company and the Cubiculo Theatre with her husband Philip Meister (d.1983). The Company and the Theatre were founded in the 1960s. Sulka and her husband served as the only directors until their respective deaths.</p> <p>The Cubiculo Theatre was a center for the performing arts, film and poetry, located at 414 West 51st Street. The National Shakespeare Company and the Cubiculo Theatre operated in the same space. After Elaine Sulka's death, in 1994, the Company and the Cubiculo Theatre continued under the direction of Greg Lombardo and Tom Trudgeon until 1998.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Cubiculo Theatre records documents the dance programs and artists who performed at the Cubiculo Theatre. The files indicate that the Cubiculo Theatre received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. The performers and companies of the Cubiculo were selected for their innovative and original works. A few of the artists were returning guests.</p> <p>There are two unrelated programs dating from before the creation of the collection (1938 and 1963, respectively).</p> <p>The files include notes, press releases, press reviews, programs and the occasional photograph.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged chronologically by season and performance date.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Elaine Sulka, 1987.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Valerie Wingfield</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The collection maintains its original order. The folders and the box were replaced with acid free stock. Information, from the previous folders, was transferred to the new folders.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Library policy on photography and photocopy will apply.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.</p>"}
extent_statement
.42 linear feet (1 box)
date_start
1975
date_end
1978

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