Bruce King papers

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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 383", "type"=>"local_call"}

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1951-1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1951/1977"}

date_inclusive_start

1951

date_inclusive_end

1977

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1951

unittitle

{"value"=>"Bruce King papers"}

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repository

{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Bruce King was a modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. The Bruce King papers hold correspondence, annotated scores, choreographic notes, book reviews, class notes, and other material documenting King's career."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Bruce King papers, *MGZMD 383. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

origination

{"value"=>"King, Bruce, 1925-1993", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Bruce King was a modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He was born in California and studied at the University of California at Berkeley and New York University. He then studied dance under Merce Cunningham, Hanya Holm, and Martha Graham in New York.</p> <p>Mr. King performed with several modern-dance companies including Cunningham's from 1955 to 1959, and presented solo and group works with his own Bruce King Dance Company in the 1970s. Over the years, he taught at Adelphi University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, was artist in residence at many colleges and participated in many education projects. King died in 1993 at the age of 67.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Bruce King papers hold correspondence, annotated scores, choreographic notes, book reviews, class notes, and other material documenting King's career as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher.</p> <p>Correspondence includes a note to an archivist in San Francisco describing his memories of dancer Sulgwynn Quitzow, notes to friends describing his current projects, and a note from Helen Tamiris thanking him for a magazine. King's annotated scores do not indicate the particular dance they accompanied. Notes include entrances, exits, and cues such as \"run\" or \"jump.\" There are limited choreographic notes which are similarly untitled.</p> <p>A costume file holds instructions for knitting his dance tights. King's typescript book reviews are for creative dance books published in the 1970s. There is also a syllabus from the Henry Street Playhouse's 1951 survey history of dance. The file includes King's notes from attending these courses.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by file type.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by the Estate of Bruce King, 1993</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Lea Jordan</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></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>"}

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.21 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1951

date_end

1977

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