| Description | A table of contents is at the front of the file; this table of contents dates to c1980s.
The file contains the following articles:
- Photocopy of published article "An Investigation Into the Basic Structure of Classical Ballet Technique" by Jacqueline Challet-Haas. [The publication this article came from is unknown.] Article written c1970s. Photocopy made c1970s.
- Photocopy of typed article "Dance: An Illiterate Art?" by Ann I Czompo. Article written 1973. [It was later published in "Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation", volume 45, issue 2, 1974.] Photocopy made c1973.
- Photocopy of typed article "Dance Notation" by Susie Watts Margolin. Article written 1971. The article was intended for publication by Grolier Incorporated, New York, [USA], in "The American Peoples Encyclopedia". [It is not known if the article was ever published.] Photocopy made c1971. Also includes a photocopy of an agreement between the author and Grolier Incorporated; agreement made 1971; photocopy made c1971.
- Photocopy of the text of a lecture called "A Notation for Dance" which was intended to be given alongside a film strip. [The author of the lecture is unknown; it is also unknown whether this lecture was ever given or ever published.] Lecture written c1965; photocopy made c1965.
- Photocopy of typed article "Dance Notation" by Nadia Chilkovsky. Article written 1963. The article was intended for publication in "Grolier Encyclopedia of Music and Dance". [It is not known if the article was ever published.] Before the article was photocopied it was annotated to give the date it was written, the name of the author, and the name of the publication it was written for; annotations made c1963. Photocopy made c1963.
- Photocopy of published article "It's Almost as Old as the Hills" by Margaret Abbie. Article published in "Music and Dance", November 1960. Photocopy made mid-20th Century.
- Photocopy of typed English translation of article "La Scrittura della Danza" by Angelo di Mattia. The article was originally published in Italian in "La Scala, Rivista della Opera", December 1950. The translation was made by I Bartenieff c1950. Photocopy made mid-20th Century.
- Typed article "The Preservation of the Dance Score Through Notation" by AH [Ann Hutchinson; later known as Ann Hutchinson Guest]. The article was intended for publication in 1948 in the book "The Dance Has Many Faces" [edited by Walter Sorell] [and was published in this book, although the book may have been published in 1951]. Typed article written c1948.
- Carbon copy of typed article "Movement Notation" by Margaret Abbie. [The article was published in "Australian Journal of Physiotherapy", Volume 20, Issue 2, June 1974.] Article written c1974; carbon copy made c1974. The carbon copy has been annotated with the postal address of the Dance Notation Bureau, New York, [USA]; annotations made c1974.
- Annotated photocopy of published article "Dance Notation in London" by Paul Tassovin. Article published in "Dance Observer", December 1951. Photocopy and annotations made late-20th Century. Also includes a photocopy of a typed response to the article, from Irma Bartenieff, Ann Hutchinson [later known as Ann Hutchinson Guest] and members of the Dance Notation Bureau of New York, [USA], along with an annotated photocopy of a covering letter sent with the response when it was sent for publication in "Dance Observer" [it is not known if the response was ever published]; response and covering letter written c1951; photocopy and annotations made mid-20th Century.
- Photocopy of published article "Toward a Realisation of Eighteenth Century Dance" by Mireille Backer. [The publication this article came from is not known.] Article published in c1981. Photocopy made c1981.
- Photocopy of published article "Notating the Dance: Terry Trucco Traces the Long and Arduous History of Finding Ways to Write Down Choreography" by Terry Trucco. Article published in "Ballet News", February 1981. Photocopy made c1981.
- Carbon copy of article "Report on Lecture on Historical Systems at Chelsea College" [this article may have been written by Ann Hutchinson; later known as Ann Hutchinson Guest]. Article written and carbon copy made c1970s. [It is not known if the article was ever published.]
- Annotated draft of article "A Survey of Systems of Dance Notation" by Ann Hutchinson [later known as Ann Hutchinson Guest]. Draft article written c1966; annotations made c1966. The article was intended for publication in "LAMG" ["Laban Art of Movement Guild Magazine"] [the article appears to have been published in this magazine in 1966].
- Annotated carbon copy of typed lecture notes titled "A Survey of Dance Notation Systems" by AHG [Ann Hutchinson Guest]. [It is not known when or where the lecture was given, or if the lecture notes were ever published.] Lecture notes written c1970s; carbon copy and annotations made c1970s.
- Carbon copy of article "History of Notation" by Ann Hutchinson [later known as Ann Hutchinson Guest]. [It is not known if the article was ever published.] Article written and carbon copy made 1958. The carbon copy has been annotated with the date; annotations made c1958.
- Typed article "The History of Dance Notation" by AHG [Ann Hutchinson Guest]. The article was written 1975 and was intended for publication by Rainbird in "Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet". [It is not known if the article was ever published.] The article has been annotated with the name of the author and the intended place of publication; annotations made c1975.
- Photocopy of published article "Notation for the Dance" by Nancy Brook. Article published [by the Music Teachers National Association, USA] in "MTNA Proceedings", 1940. Photocopy made mid-20th Century.
- Photocopy of text for a leaflet for the DNB [Dance Notation Bureau, New York, USA] called "An Outline of Dance Notation History", written by AH [Ann Hutchinson; later known as Ann Hutchinson Guest]. Text for leaflet written 1950; photocopy made mid-20th Century. The photocopy has been annotated to give details of the author, date, and what the text was intended for; annotations made mid-20th Century.
- Reprint of published paper "La Documentation Technique de Ballet: Principaux Systèmes de Notation Chorégraphique" ["Ballet Documentation Technique: Main Choreographic Notation Systems"] by Marie Françoise Christout. The paper is in French. The paper was presented at the 9th International Congress of the Museés Bibliothèques des Arts du Spectacle, held in Genoa, April 1970. Reprint made c1970. The reprint has been inscribed (in French) to Ann and Ivor [Ann Hutchinson Guest and Ivor Guest] from the author; inscription made c1970.
- Photocopy of typed article "Dance Notation" by Ann Hutchinson Guest; article written 1979. The article was intended for publication by the OUP [Oxford University Press] in "Companion to Music". [It is not known if this article was ever published.] Photocopy made c1979. The photocopy has been annotated to give the name of the publication the article was intended for; annotations made c1979.
- Carbon copy of short article "Dance Notation" by AH [Ann Hutchinson Guest]. Article written and carbon copy made 1963. [It is not known if this article was ever published.] The carbon copy has been annotated with details of the author and the date the article was written; annotations made c1963.
- Photocopy of published article "Write Down Your Dance" by Paul Love. Article published in "Dance", June 1937. Photocopy made mid-20th Century. |