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Creator
Dance Theater of Nepal
Call number
*MGZMD 192
Physical description
0.42 linear feet (1 box). 138.9 megabytes (120 computer files)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Dance Theater of Nepal records, *MGZMD 192. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Repository
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Access to materials
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The Dance Theater of Nepal presents, preserves, and teaches Nepali performing arts and culture in the United States and internationally. The organization's collection, dating from 1996 to 2005, features business and administrative records, supporting cultural information, and photographs showcasing company members and performances.

Biographical/historical information

Formerly the Raj Kapoor Ensemble, the Dance Theater of Nepal has been performing in the United States since 1996. Its performances attempt to provide audiences with an experience of Himalayan culture through the variety of ethnic groups, each having its own music and dance traditions that make up Nepali society. Performance venues have included George Mason University, Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Boston Museum of Science, among others. Performing members come from Nepal, the United States, Tibet, Africa, and India; among them are Raj Kapoor, Music and Dance Director, and Sherry Onna Handlin, Projects Director.

Scope and arrangement

The Records of the Dance Theater of Nepal, dating from 1996 to 2005, are the office and performance records of this group specializing in Himalayan music and dance. The collections includes incorporation documents, artists' profiles, publicity and press materials, program notes, support materials, and photographs. With the exception of the photographs, most materials are photocopies. The arrangement and titling of the folders are the work of Dance Theater of Nepal's Projects Director Sherry Onna Handlin, whose additional comments on its contents can be found in box 1, folder 1.

The Dance Theater of Nepal records are arranged in three series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift of Dance Theater of Nepal, 2018.

Revision History

Electronic records added and described by Tara D. Strongosky in (2025.)

Processing information

Processed by Sherry Onna Handlin. Machine-readable finding aid created by Charles Perrier.

Separated material

Videorecordings originally received with the Dance Theater of Nepal Records were separated and individually catalogued.

One oversize poster was transferred to the Dance Division's poster collection.

Using the collection

Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor