Kaja Gam Records, (S)*MGZMD 204. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Kaja Gam was a choreographer, performance artist, filmmaker and artistic director of the Awkward Dance Company, as well as a founding member of the School of Hard Knocks. The collection consists of art, production notes, photographs, correspondence and research dealing with her dance works.
Kaja Gam, performance artist, actor, choreographer, film maker and interior designer, was born in Denmark in 1952. She moved to New York in 1980, and soon after formed the Awkward Dance Company. In 1982, she joined with Nelson Zayas, Brian Moran, Gayle Tufts, Donald Fleming and Yoshiko Chuma in founding The School of Hard Knocks. She has a M.A. in choreography and experimental theater from New York University, a B.S. in film from Copenhagen University, and a B.S. in applied anatomy, physiology and kinesiology. Her myriad careers were the building blocks upon which she has constructed her present company Kaja Gam Design.
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The Kaja Gam Records contain the clippings, contracts, correspondence, photographs, programs, tour material and other related documents related to Kaja Gam's Awkward Dance Company, her independent productions and her involvement with Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks. There is only information on Kaja Gam's involvement with the dance world, and none on her personal life or current involvement with interior design within this collection.
The Kaja Gam Records were donated to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 1995 by Kaja Gam.
Processed by Dan Bromberg and Thea Constantine; Machine-readable finding aid created by Thea Constantine.
For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.