| Description | A table of contents can be found at the front of the file; this table of contents dates to c1999. [Some of the items listed in the table of contents are not present in the file.]
Most of the Labanotation scores are photocopies, made mid- to late-20th Century, with originals dated mid- to late-20th Century.
Includes Labanotation scores of the following dances:
- "Mazurka" steps (three Labanotated scores, one of which is in Croatian, one is in German, and the other in English)
- "Walzer", including "Viennese Waltz", "Six Step Waltz", "French Waltz" and "Boston Waltz" (this Labanotated score is in Croatian)
- "Polonez"
- "Choozony"
- "Mazur"
- "Charakterexercice" for Russian, Polish and Hungarian "Bühnentänze" [stage dance] and "Matelot" (this Labanotated score is in German)
- The Croatian Indian dances in Paul Green's "The Lost Colony", choreographed by Fred Howard
- Folk dance steps as taught by Dick Krebs (Includes steps for Russian "Polka", Lithuanian dance, American Scandinavian "Polka", English folk dance, "English Polka", American two-step "Polka", American folk dance, and English two-step.)
- Dance rhythms and steps as taught by Ted Shawn (Includes rhythms and steps for Zuni dance, Osage Pawnee dance, American Indian dance, Eskimo dance, Bontoc dance, Igorot dance, Maori dance, Whirling Dervish dancing, "Siva", and Hawaiian dance.)
- Annotated book "10 Folk Dances in Labanotation" by Lucy Venable and Fred Berk. Book published by M Witmark and Sons, New York, [USA], 1959. Annotations made c1959. (This book includes the dances: "Cherkessia", an Israeli dance; "Schottische Step"; "Sarajevka Kolo", a Yugoslavian dance from Serbia; "Siebenschritt" or "Seven Step", an Austrian couple dance; "Korobushka", a Russian couple dance; "Masquerade", a Danish social dance; "Road to the Isles", a Scottish dance; Greek dance; Norwegian "Polka"; and "Debka", an Israeli line dance based on Arabic steps.)
- Photocopy of book "A Selection of National Dances: from the Elementary and Intermediate syllabi of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (National Dance Branch)" with Labanotation by Ann Hutchinson Guest. Book published by Cervera Press, 1991. Photocopy made c1991. (This book includes the dances: "Bela Rada" from Yugoslavia; "Bufcansko Kolo" from Macedonia; "Janoshka" from Czechoslovakia; "Gymnaska" or "Ridée de Pontivy" from France; "Neda Grivny" from Yugoslavia; "Polka Piquée" from France; "Fist Polka" from Finaland; "Furiant" from Czechoslovakia; and "Tarantella Steps" from Italy.)
Also includes:
- Two catalogues from Folkraft Europe, Brussels, Belgium, listing the audio recordings of folk music from around the world that they have for sale, 1968.
- Printed booklet translations of dance terminology from different European languages, produced by Folkraft Europe, Brussels, Belgium, c1968. Also includes a photocopy of another version of the booklet, which has been annotated; booklet published c1968, annotations made c1968 before the photocopy was taken; photocopy made c1968.
- A typed list of names and cultural origins of Cuban dances, 1972.
- Annotated photocopy of labanotation adaptations for use in folk dance, written 1962. Photocopy and annotations made c1962.
- Published "Syllabus der Volkstanzanalyse" ["Syllabus of Folk Dance Analysis"] edited by Kurt Petermann, 1965. The syllabus is in German, English, French and Russian. Includes typed corrections to the syllabus, in German, made c1965. |