- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 340", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22559", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1978-2010", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1978/2010"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1978
- date_inclusive_end
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2010
- keydate
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1978
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Deborah Hay papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.51 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Deborah Hay (b. 1941) is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, and one of the founding members of the avant-garde dance group Judson Dance Theater. Hay performed solo as well as with professional and non-professional dancers throughout her career. The Deborah Hay papers (1978-2010) feature biographical information, choreographic notations, clippings, newsletters, photographs, programs, and promotional materials that document Hay’s career."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Deborah Hay papers, *MGZMD 340. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hay, Deborah, 1941-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Deborah Hay was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 18, 1941. After completing two years as a dance major at Brooklyn College, Hay joined the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as a performer on a tour through Europe and Asia. Hay is an original member of the Judson Dance Theater, a group of avant-garde performers. By the mid-1960s, Hay began choreographing her own dances for large groups of trained and untrained dancers.</p> <p>In 1976 Hay moved to Austin, Texas. For the next 15 years, she conducted the Playing Awake workshops where she worked with dancers of all levels for four months at a time to create new movement pieces. Focusing on her solo repertory, she performed The Man Who Grew Common in Wisdom and Snakeskin’s Girl in 1986 and Lamb at the Altar: The Story of Dance (which is also the title of one of her books) in 1992, among other performances.</p> <p>In 2000, dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov commissioned Hay to create a work for his White Oak Dance Company, which included a duet for him and Hay. In 2000, Hay choreographed PASTForward, Exit, Whizz, and Single Duet for the company.</p> <p>In 2004, Hay choreographed The Match, a quartet that premiered at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery in New York City. Following the performances at Danspace, each performer began a solo adaptation of the quartet.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Deborah Hay papers (1978-2010) feature biographical information, choreographic notations, clippings, newsletters, photographs, programs, and promotional materials that document Hay’s teaching and dance career. The collection is arranged by document type or production title.</p> <p>The biographical information file includes an abstract of Hay’s work, several lists documenting performances and awards, a bibliography, and letters of recommendation from academic institutions that hosted her for long or short- term teaching residencies. There is also information about her book, Lamb at the Altar: The Story of a Dance (Duke University Press, 1994).</p> <p>The clippings include reviews and articles about Hay’s work as well as articles by Hay. The teaching file includes promotional materials for workshops, lectures, and retreats. These two sections follow her career more generally. Similar materials can be found in the production files.</p> <p>The productions files may include programs, photographs, clippings, newsletters, and promotional materials such as posters and fliers. The production files for the works The Man Who Grew Common in Wisdom and Lamb at the Altar contain choreographic notations.</p> <p>The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ Research Collection holds video recordings of performances choreographed by Hay as well as interviews with Hay. Additional materials can be found by performing a keyword search for “Hay, Deborah” in the library’s catalog.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Deborah Hay papers are arranged by document type or production title. The collection is loosely arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Deborah Hay, 2013</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Jennifer A. Ferretti, Pratt Institute, 2014</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Original order was maintained. Roughly half of this collection was processed by Deborah Hay’s Dance Studio staff and by the archivists at Weslyan University.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"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
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1.51 linear feet (4 boxes)
- date_start
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1978
- date_end
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2010