| Description | A table of contents can be found at the front of the file; this table of contents dates to late-20th Century.
The file contains Labanotated scores of dances and exercises used to teach the Cecchetti method of ballet.
Contains the following:
- Handwritten notes and Labanotation, and photocopies of information about the Cecchetti method of ballet. Notes, Labanotation and photocopies made mid- to late-20th Century.
- Handwritten Labanotated scores for exercises from an elementary syllabus for men that was used to teach the Cecchetti method of ballet [this syllabus may come from the Imperial Scoiety of Teachers of Dancing, London]; scores written c1967. Also includes:
- A printed copy of the syllabus, created c1967
- A published book of musical scores [likely to accompany the same syllabus] titled "Music for Classical Ballet According to the Method of Cav. Enrico Cecchetti: Major Examinations for Men - Elementary", composed by Norman Higgins. Book published by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, London, 1967.
- Copies of published Labanotated scores of exercises and techniques from the classical ballet syllabi (Cecchetti method) taught at the Juilliard School of Music, [New York, USA]. There are several sets of these Labanotated scores present. Included are:
- First Year Syllabus, published 1955
- First Year Syllabus, published 1959
- First Year Syllabus, published 1980
- Second Year Syllabus, published 1959
- Third Year Syllabus, published c1959
- An annotated printed syllabus for the advanced examination in classical ballet (Cecchetti method) from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Incorporated, London. Printed 1955; annotated c1955.
- An annotated photocopy of a syllabus for teaching ballet [presumably for teaching the Cecchetti method of ballet; it is not known where this syllabus comes from]. Syllabus created mid-20th Century; photocopy and annotations made late-20th Century. |