DAVID TAYLOR DANCE THEATRE RECORDS
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The bulk of the collection contains administrative records, awards, audio-visual materials, clippings, correspondence, costume designs, fund raising materials, photographs, programs, publicity materials, and a scrapbook generated during David Taylor's tenure as Artistic Director of the David Taylor Dance Theatre. Similar materials detail the operation of the company's ballet school (1977-2006).
Additional programs and posters documenting Taylor's second company: Zikr Dance Ensemble (2009-2012) are included.
Please note that some financial and fund raising files have been restricted until 2030 and are not open for research.
The series contains a sampling of administrative and operational files: board of director's minutes and agendas, financial records, production notes, marketing materials, press kits, and touring schedules for the company. Unfortunately, many of the early administrative records for the company and ballet school have been discarded and are no longer available.
Some financial and fund raising files have been restricted until 2030 and are not open for research.
The series contains copies of performance programs, reviews, clippings, and print publicity materials such as hand bills, season brochures, and flyers for repertory seasons presented between the company's founding season (1979-1980), until David Taylor stepped down as acting Artistic Director during the company's 28th season (2006-2007). Although rehearsals began in the fall of 1979, the company's inaugural performance was not given until February 23, 1980 at Battle Mountain High School in Vail, Colorado. Materials are arranged chronologically by season, which traditionally ran from late summer through late spring. Additional files with some materials related to the company's 31st and 32nd seasons are included (2009-2011).
David Taylor's involvement with the Christmas holiday ballet the Nutcracker began in 1985 when he provided the choreography and dancers for the Snow Scene for Pueblo Ballet's version. The following year Taylor, in conjunction with other staff members, choreographed and staged his company's first full length version of the Nutcracker. Over the years, DTDT's version of the ballet has gone through a number of different choreographic, scenery, and costume changes, and continues to be a popular holiday event. Nutcracker files contain programs, publicity materials, clippings, and reviews. The materials are arranged chronologically beginning with the Pueblo Ballet production in 1985. File folders then chronicle the first DTDT Nutcracker in 1986 until the company's 20th annual presentation in 2005.
Incomplete David Taylor Dance Theatre performance chronologies, repertoire lists, and files on other dance companies presented by the company follow with additional programs and posters documenting Taylor's second company, Zikr Dance Ensemble (2009-2012) complete the series.
The series contains assorted brochures, clippings, recital programs, advertisements, operations manual, and other materials concerning the various school locations and their operations.
David Taylor established two dance schools in Black Hawk (1977), and Georgetown, Colorado (1977-1979). Both schools existed for brief periods of time before he founded the David Taylor Dance Theatre in 1979. In the fall of 1982, he opened the David Taylor Dance Theatre School at East 2nd Avenue and Grant Street, Denver, Colorado. This location, as well as future schools also provided rehearsal and office space for the DTDT company. The school and company operations moved to the Loretto Heights-Teikyo University, 3001 South Federal Boulevard Denver, Colorado (1988-1990), before moving further south to 2539 Main Street, Littleton, Colorado (August,1990-2002). In September 2002, the school became part of the Englewood City complex on the site of the former shopping center known as Cinderella City at 3435 South Inca Street. Due to the economy and other financial considerations the school closed in the fall of 2004 and the students were dispersed to other dance schools. After that, for a brief period of time, facilities at the Ascot Ballet Academy within the Ascot Dinner Theatre Complex at 9136 West Bowles Avenue, Littleton provided some operational, and studio space.
The series documents some of the awards received by David Taylor and the David Taylor Dance Theater over the years including the Governor's Excellence in the Arts award (1987).
The series contains a sampling of video tapes of rehearsal and performances given by the David Taylor Dance Theater. Additional materials include some administrative records in electronic format.
The series contains an assortment of posters advertising performances given by the David Taylor Dance Theatre in Colorado and on tour outside of the state (1983-2009, n.d.). Additional posters document the second and third seasons (2010-2012) of Taylor's second company, Zikr Dance Ensemble a.k.a. Zikr Sacred Dance Ensemble
A single scrapbook documents the company's first two seasons with photographs, clippings, and other related ephemera (May 1980-December 1981). Costume designs by artist George Peters for the 1st and 2nd acts of the Nutcracker (October 1991, n.d.) are also included.
The series contains photographs of ballets performed by the company, company dancers, and guest artists. The photos are arranged alphabetically within each sub-series. Additional photos of David Taylor as a dancer, choreographer and artistic director follow. The series ends with photographs generated at the various ballet schools operated by Taylor in Denver, Littleton, and Englewood.
Dates
- 1977-2012
ACCESS:
The collection is open for research, but access to some to financial and fund raising materials has been restricted until 2030.
OWNERSHIP:
The David Taylor Dance Theatre records are the physical property of the Denver Public Library.
PUBLICATION RIGHTS:
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
David Lee Taylor was born in Chester, England in 1948, the son of an American Naval Officer and an English mother. He moved to Long Island, New York soon after he was born. A graduate of Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York (1965), he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Denver (1969). In 1969, Taylor traveled to London, England to study with a Gurdjieff group at the Gurdjieff Society to participate in the exercises, teaching methods, and sacred movement classes in preparation for learning the Gurdjieff movements. The movements are a repertoire of ancient and sacred dances and esoteric movements gathered at the end of the 19th century from closed communities, temples, and monasteries in the Near and Middle East and Asia by the esoteric philosopher, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1866?-1949). Unfortunately, after a year's time, Taylor was unable to continue with his studies and was forced to return to the U.S. Nevertheless many of the movements and spiritual inspirations found in his subsequent works derived from this experience. Much later, when he discovered that local Gurdjieff groups had been established in the Metro-Denver area, Taylor learned some of the “obligatory” movements. Upon his return to Denver, Colorado in 1970, Taylor met the dancer, choreographer, and teacher, Richard Denny. Denny became a spiritual advisor to Taylor and it was through his encouragement that Taylor began to study ballet. Through Denny's company, Ballet Now, Taylor began to choreograph and present his first ballets. Taylor began his own dancing career with the Denver Opera Foundation performances at Cheesman Park (1969, 1970), and with Colorado Concert Ballet (1972-1974), known now as Colorado Ballet, and as a principal dancer with Ballet Now (1976-1979). During this period he was also involved as a composer and keyboardist with the classical rock group, Moore of Taylor-Jones, also known as Devasymphonique.
David Taylor’s first choreographic work Cathedral set to the music of Claude Debussy was premiered in 1976 by Richard Denny's Ballet Now company. Taylor continued to choreograph ballets such as La Valse des Rêves (1977) and Alexander Glazounov's, The Seasons (1978), for the students of his ballet schools in Georgetown and Black Hawk, Colorado. He subsequently founded his own dance company, David Taylor Dance Theatre (a.k.a. DTDT), in the fall of 1979 with the premiere performance at Battle Mountain High School, Vail, Colorado on February 23, 1980. As the company's Artistic Director from 1979-2006, Taylor provided much of the choreography for works performed by the company. These include the well known and nationally recognized productions of Romeo and Juliet Rocks! (2004), and Rainforest (1995). The company also began presenting the popular holiday ballet, Nutcracker in 1986. The revised version of the ballet produced in 1991, with sets and costumes by the artist George Peters, also received much acclaim. In Fall 2006, David Taylor stepped down as acting Artistic Director becoming Artistic Director Emeritus, a position he held until the end of the David Taylor Dance Theatre's 32nd season (2010-2011). On October 6, 2011, the company's board of directors and current Artistic Director, James Wallace, announced the merger of the David Taylor Dance Theatre with the DawsonDanceSF company based in San Francisco, California. The merger created a new dance company known as the Dawson/Wallace Dance Project.
During his tenure as Artistic Director, Taylor and the David Taylor Dance Theatre received three National Endowment for the Arts grant awards, the City and County of Denver’s first Individual Artist Fellowship award for dance, and the State of Colorado’s Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts (1997). Taylor has been commissioned to create ballets for Opera Colorado, Colorado Symphony, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Up Close and Musical Ensemble, National Repertory Orchestra, and the Colorado Wind Ensemble. He also created works for the Dayton Ballet, Dayton, Ohio; the Lone Star Ballet in Amarillo, Texas; Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet; and the Canyon Concert Ballet in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition, Taylor has served as a board member for the Mayor’s Commission on Cultural Affairs, as the vice president for the Colorado Dance Alliance, and as a peer panel member for the Colorado Council on the Arts.
On September 6, 2009 at the Brooks Center for Spirituality, Denver, Colorado, David Taylor presented the premiere preview performance of a new dance company called, Zikr Sacred Dance Ensemble. The company offers "...a spectrum of works that are based on transcendent dance rituals from many different ancient world cultures along with original and contemporary dance/theatre realizations." With the second season (2010-2011), the company's name was shortened to Zikr Dance Ensemble.
PRODUCTIONS 1980-2006
The following chronological list of works presented by the company, junior company and school of the David Taylor Dance Theatre (1980-2006) should not be considered complete, but is compiled from the best sources available. The majority of the works listed were choreographed by David Taylor. Works by other choreographers, such as Glen Tetley, Jim Clouser, James Moulton, Bruce Marks, etc., are also noted, as are the names of individuals responsible for staging ballets by deceased and/or living choreographers. Some earlier works created for David Taylor's ballet schools in Black Hawk and Georgetown, Colorado as well as those created for Richard Denny's Ballet Now company are also listed. Ballets created prior to the 1979-1980 inaugural season of the David Taylor Dance Theatre list the date the work was first performed by the company with the original year of creation in parenthesis next to the title.
Date Premiered | Title | Choreographer | Composer |
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May 14, 1977 | La Valse des Rêves (a.k.a. Dream Waltz) | David Taylor | Serge Prokoviev |
June 17, 1978 | The Seasons | David Taylor | Alexander Glazounov |
February 23, 1980 | Aegis | David Taylor | Alan Hovaness, Oregon |
February 23, 1980 | Cathedral (1976) | David Taylor | Claude Debussy |
February 23, 1980 | Czardas (1976) | Carin Higgins | Tchaikovsky |
February 23, 1980 | I Believe its Magic (1979) | David Taylor | Kathy DeFrancis |
February 23, 1980 | Nous Sommes du Soleil (1979) | David Taylor | Starcastle, Yes |
February 23, 1980 | Olympiad '80 | David Taylor | Vaughn Williams |
February 23, 1980 | Peasant Pas de Deux from Giselle | Perrot, Coralli (staged by Michelle O'Bryan) | Adolph Adam |
1980 | Irelandaise | Lynelle Mossholder | Bolling |
1980 | Pas de Deux from Brigadoon | David Taylor, Diane Page | Frederick Loewe |
April 12, 1981 | Brahms Rapsody Op. 79 No. 2 in G minor | David Taylor | Johannes Brahms |
April 12, 1981 | Huapango | Enrique Martinez (staged by Michelle O'Bryan) | Pablo Moncayo |
April 12, 1981 | Pas de Deux from Flower Festival in Genzano | Auguste Bournonville (staged by William Earl) | Eduard Helsted |
1981 | Les Patineurs | Frederick Ashton (staged by David Taylor, Michelle O’Bryan) | Giacomo Meyerbeer |
1981? | Siren | David Taylor | Robert Fripp |
May 15, 1982 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | David Taylor | Felix Mendelssohn |
September 25, 1982 | Mars Suite | Lynelle Mossholder | Tomita |
September 25, 1982 | Wind Song | David Taylor | Tournier |
January 14, 1983 | Fawn-ing | Lenny Williams | Debussy, Traditional, King Crimson |
January 14, 1983 | Grand pas Classique | Victor Gsovsky (staged by Vane Vest) | Daniel Auber |
January 14, 1983 | Third Force | David Taylor | Brian Eno, Withold Lutoslawski |
June 17, 1983 | Endgame | David Taylor | Franz Liszt |
June 17, 1983 | The Last Waltz of a Maniac | James Clouser | 19th Century popular American music |
June 17, 1983 | Napoli | August Bournonville (staged by James Clouser) | Holger Paulli, Niels Gade |
March 8, 1984 | Ghosts | James Clouser | Bohuslav Martinu |
March 8, 1984 | Arietta | William Thompson | Edvard Grieg |
March 8, 1984 | Hopi | David Taylor | Original music and Sarabande, Ginastera, Vollenweider, Popul Vuh, Pink Floyd |
May 18, 1984 | Neopolitan Fanfare | David Taylor | Verdi |
May 18, 1984 | Three Clowns | David Taylor | Shostakovich |
May 19, 1984 | Liebestraum | Charles Rowbotham | Liszt |
May 18, 1984 | Boil the Breakfast Early | Lynelle Mossholder | The Chieftans |
July 6, 1984 | A Little B and B | Patrick Nalty | Beethoven, Telemann |
July 6, 1984 | Day of Radiance | David Taylor | Alan Hovahness, Vangelis |
July 6, 1984 | Some Gershwin Fragments | James Clouser | George Gershwin |
1984(?) | The Dreams of Children | David Taylor | Shadowfax |
1984(?) | Metamorpho | Dixie Griffin | Malcolm McLaren |
1984(?) | Fantasia Pour un Gentilhomme | David Taylor | Rodrigo |
March 4, 1985 | Approaching Trine | David Taylor | Paul Anderson |
March 28, 1985 | Zikr | David Taylor | Brian Eno, Andrea Vollenweider, Jan-Michael Jarre, Jon Hassell, Jean Sibelius, Peter Gabriel, Anton Bruckner, Eberhard Schoener |
May 1985? | Bach Orchestral Suite # 1 | David Taylor | J.S. Bach |
November 15, 1985 | 1942 a.k.a. Nostalgia Suite (One More Kiss, Vibroita (Little Viper)) | David Taylor | Vangelis, Tango Project |
November 15, 1985 | Catfish Capers | David Taylor, Lynelle Mossholder | Traditional Bluegrass |
December 14, 1985 | Nutcracker (Pueblo Ballet-Snow scene only) | David Taylor | Tchaikovsky |
February 1, 1986 | The Dying Swan | Michel Fokine (staged by Michelle O'Bryan) | Saint-Saens |
February 1, 1986 | Folk Suite | Lynelle Mossholder | Ralph Vaughn Williams |
February 1, 1986 | Let Your Children Play | Mark Hagerman | Harold Budd |
February 1, 1986 | Nous Sommes du Soleil | David Taylor | Starcastle, Yes |
February 20, 1986 | Valses Poeticos | James Clouser | Enrique Granados |
February 20, 1986 | Bartók Pas de Deux | David Taylor, Lynelle Mossholder | Béla Bartók |
February 20, 1986 | Heavenly Bodies a.k.a. Nostalgia Suite | Jackie Boomer | The Nylons |
February 20, 1986 | Los Penitentes | David Taylor | Francis Poulenc |
March 21, 1986 | Ebony Concerto | James Clouser | Igor Stravinsky |
March 21, 1986 | Three/For | David Taylor | Ernst Toch |
March 21, 1986 | The Ninth | David Taylor | Steve Reich |
September 11, 1986 | Tehillim | David Taylor | Dimitri Shostakovich |
September 11, 1986 | The Element in Which it Take Place | Milton Myers | Phillip Glass, Meredith Monk |
October 3, (1986?) | Movement Mass | Margo Law | G.F. Handel, J.S. Bach |
October 3, (1986?) | Confrontation | Franca Telesio | Pink Floyd |
October 3, (1986?) | Untitled | Franca Telesio | Jean-Michel Jarre |
October 3, (1986?) | Soledad | Franca Telesio | Robert Schumann |
October 3, (1986?) | Bushido (student company) | David Taylor | Phillip Glass |
December 5, 1986 | Nutcracker (1st complete production) | David Taylor, Michelle O'Bryan, James Clouser, Lynelle Mossholder, Paul Fiorino | Tchaikovsky |
(February 12?) 1987 | Bushido | David Taylor | Phillip Glass |
May 29, 1987 | Anasazi Dream | David Taylor | Bruce Odland, Mark McCoin |
May 29, 1987 | Five Particular Waltzes | James Clouser | Frederic Chopin |
February 12, 1988 | Power Points | David Taylor | Kenneth Tyler, Frederick Hamilton |
February 12, 1988 | Pocket Calculator | James Clouser | Kraftwerk |
March 5, 1988 | Annen-Polka | David Taylor | Johann Strauss |
March 5, 1988 | Artists Life | David Taylor | Johann Strauss |
March 5, 1988 | Fan Polonaise | David Taylor | Carl Michael Ziehrer |
July 9, 1988 | Two Visions | David Taylor | Hans Joachim Roedelius |
March 10, 1989 | Hitches, Slips, and Squares | James Clouser | J. S. Bach |
March 10, 1989 | Tabula Rasa | David Taylor | Arvo Part |
March 10, 1989 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | David Taylor | Rick Wakeman |
May 5, 1989 | Shaman Cocoon | David Taylor | Kevin Volans, Meredith Monk, Yas-Kaz |
June 28, 1989 | Bali Agung | David Taylor | Mark McCoin, Mark Fuller |
May 5, 1990 | Un Ballo in Maschera (Opera Colorado) | David Taylor | Verdi |
May 18, 1990 | De Walletjes (a.k.a. Red Light District, Amsterdam) | Danelle Hellander | Richard Harris |
May 18, 1990 | Planets | David Taylor | John Adams, Peter Gabriel, Synergy, Jean-Michel Jarre, Software, Harold Budd, Gustav Holst |
September 7, 1990 | Cosima (text by Lou Malandra) | David Taylor | Wagner, Liszt |
February 8, 1991 | Hansel and Gretel (Lamont Opera Theatre) | David Taylor | Engelbert Humperdinck |
April 11, 1991 | An American in Paris | David Taylor | George Gerswhin |
April 11, 1991 | Of These...Hope | David Taylor | Peter Gabriel, Steve Reich, David Van Tieghem, Jean-Michel Jarre |
December 1991 | Nutcracker (new version; scenery and costumes by George Peters) | David Taylor | Tchaikovsky |
April 4, 1992 | Cowkeeper Folk Dance | Lynelle Mossholder | Edvard Grieg |
April 4, 1992 | Jammin' Incognito | Amy Anderson | Steely Dan |
April 4, 1992 | Masquerade Suite - Waltz | Lynelle Mossholder | Khachaturian |
April 4, 1992 | Mind Games | Christie Sherrill | Information Society |
April 4, 1992 | Russian Sailor Dance | Lynelle Mossholder | Gliere |
April 4, 1992 | Les Sylphides | Michel Fokine (staged by Michelle O'Bryan) | Frederick Chopin |
August 2, 1992 | Waltz | Amy Anderson, Greogory Gonzalez | Johannes Brahms |
September 11, 1992 | Jesus Christ Superstar (Littleton Town Hall Arts Center) | David Taylor | Andrew Lloyd Weber |
September [15], 1992 | Beauty and the Beast from Phantom of the Opera (Ascot Dinner Theatre) | David Taylor | Tom Sivak |
April 16, 1993 | Appearances | Lynne Taylor-Corbett | Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays |
April 16, 1993 | Jig Saw | Michael Job | Doc Watson |
April 16, 1993 | Men O' War | David Taylor | Dimitri Shostakovitch |
April 16, 1993 | Tympanic Membranes | David Taylor | David Corell |
October 22, 1993 | Duet | Polly Motley | |
October 22, 1993 | Dangerous Kitchen | Amy Anderson | Frank Zappa |
October 22, 1993 | Esmeralda Pas de Deux | Jules Perrot (staged by Michelle O'Bryan) | Riccardo Drigo |
October 22, 1993 | Law of Seven | David Taylor | Benjamin Britten |
October 22, 1993 | Girl in Red Pas de Deux from Carmina Burana | James Clouser | Carl Orff |
October 22, 1993 | Show Me the Ring | Hannah Kahn | Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong |
October 22, 1993 | Tango | David Taylor | Astor Piazzolla |
April 17, 1994 | The History of Dance 101 | James Clouser | Handel, Adam, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Hindemith |
April 17, 1994 | Pas de Deux from Romeo and Juliet | Mark Carlson | Tchaikovsky |
May 20, 1994 | Obra Tango | David Taylor | Dominigo S Federco, Virgilio Exposito, Hector Stamponi, E. DiLaccaro |
November 9, 1994 | Wingborne | Loyce Houlton (staged by Jocelyn Labsan, Andrew Thompson) | Anton Dvorak |
April 7, 1995 | Eternal Recurrence | David Taylor | Arvo Part |
April 7, 1995 | Lark Ascending | Bruce Marks | Ralph Vaughn Williams |
June 15, 1995 | Rainforest | David Taylor | Jesse Manno |
(October 6, 1995?) | Araigneé | Gary Abbott | Keith Jarrett, Michael Oldfield |
October 20, 1995 | Carmen (Gypsy Song) | David Taylor | George Bizet |
October 20, 1995 | Polovetsian Dance from Prince Igor | David Taylor | Alexander Borodin |
October 20, 1995 | Merry Widow (a.k.a. Waltz Duet) | Michelle O'Bryan | Franz Lehar |
February 23, 1996 | Kyrie Fragments | David Taylor | Peter Gabriel, David Hykes, Harmonic Choir |
February 23, 1996 | Variation #2 | Milton Myers | William Catanzaro |
April 26, 1996 | Rainforest (expanded version) | David Taylor | Jesse Manno |
October 29, 1996 | Bad Night at the Prom | Amy Anderson | Steely Dan |
October 29, 1996 | Icarus: After | David Taylor | Thomas Newman, David Newman |
October 29, 1996 | Mythical Hunters (excerpt from Rainforest) | David Taylor | Jesse Manno |
October 29, 1996 | Power Points | David Taylor | John Adams |
October 29, 1996 | Symbiosis | David Taylor | Antonio Vivaldi |
October 29, 1996 | Rorschach 157 | Ann Moradian, Tim Martin | Ken Kirschner |
October 29, 1996 | A Simple Romantic Notion | Amy Anderson | Marin Marais |
February 27, 1997 | The Four Seasons (Excerpts) | David Taylor | Antonio Vivaldi |
April 7, 1997 | Oh Yeah! | Amy Anderson | Jan Hammer |
May 21, 1997 | A Children's Rainforest Odyssey | David Taylor | Jesse Manno |
August 22, 1997 | Ear to Stone | James Clouser | John Gorno, Puccini |
September 26, 1997 | Five Ladies | Gary Abbott | Paul Conly |
September 26, 1997 | Time's Up | David Taylor | Ennio Morricone, Michael Stearns |
September 26, 1997 | Washing Women | Amy Anderson | Marin Marais |
September 26, 1997 | Under the Foot of the Sore | Gary Abbott | Bruce Springsteen |
February 5, 1998 | After Midnight (a.k.a. A Masked Ball) | James Clouser | Eric Korngold |
February 5, 1998 | Another Dawn | James Clouser | Eric Korngold |
February 5, 1998 | Annulment of Doves | Jeoff Horgan | Dead Can Dance, Michael Rodach |
February 5, 1998 | Bisselah Bagelah | Gabriel Chajnik | Traditional |
February 5, 1998 | Heart to Heart | Tonya Goodwin, Carolyn Mayfield | Flesh and Bone |
February 5, 1998 | Last Call | Amy Anderson | Terk Murphy |
February 5, 1998 | Shankill Shadows | Judy Austin | Edgar Meyer |
March 20, 1998 | Anais | James Canfield | Maurice Ravel |
March 5, 1999 | Duel-et | Rachel Whiting | Johan Hedin |
March 5, 1999 | Late Night Encounters | Jeoff Horgan | Patsy Cline |
March 5, 1999 | Milonga | Rachel Whiting, Gabriel Chajnik | Sexteto Mayor |
March 5, 1999 | Ticker Tact - Das Erste Teil | James Martin | Gabrielle Roth |
March 5, 1999 | 2 x 4 | Corey Colfer | Orbital |
May 14, 1999 | Mythical Hunters | Glen Tetley | Oedoen Partos |
March 9, 2000 | Body Circus (prelude) | David Taylor | Philip Glass |
March 9, 2000 | Die Frische Damen | Jeoff Horgan | Miles Davis |
March 9, 2000 | Drift/Tone | Rachel Whiting | Sheila Chandra |
March 9, 2000 | Sonata (A.B.) | Corey Colfer | Sergei Prokofiev |
March 9, 2000 | Untitled | James Wallace | Edward Elgar |
August 24, 2000 | The Seasons | David Taylor | Antonio Vivaldi |
March 29, 2001 | Aloysius and Theo | Jesse Hamel | Coustea Twins |
March 29, 2001 | Parallel and Elevated | David Taylor | Brian Eno |
March 29, 2001 | Late Night Encounter | Jeoff Horgan | Patsy Cline |
March 29, 2001 | A Body of Rhythm | James Misa | James Misa |
March 29, 2001 | From Aphrodite to Adonis | Jeoff Horgan | Anton Dvorak |
March 29, 2001 | The Storm | James Wallace | Wojciech Kilar |
March 29, 2001 | A Day in the Life | Amy Anderson | Reinhold Liere, Ste. Columbe |
March 29, 2001 | Nine Person Precision Ball Passing | Charles Moulton | A. Leroy |
August 3, 2001 | Cobalt 60 | James Wallace | Dimitri Shostakovitch |
August 3, 2001 | Icon | David Taylor | Arvo Part |
August 3, 2001 | Urban Round-Up | Jeoff Horgan | Russell Peck |
August 3, 2001 | Voodoo | Stephen Mills | The Naughty Ones |
March 5, 2002 | Tyger | David Taylor | Cliff Martinez, unknown |
April 4, 2002 | Cowboy Boots | Amy Anderson | Paul Anderson |
April 4, 2002 | Crowd | Rachel Whiting | |
April 4, 2002 | Great Spangled Fritillary | Jesse Hammel | Cocteau Twins |
April 4, 2002 | Hades' Dream | Jeoff Horgan | Alberto Ginastera, Elliot Goldenthal |
April 4, 2002 | Last Call | Amy Anderson | Terk Murphy |
April 4, 2002 | Shady Grove | Julia Wilkinson | Jerry Garcia, John Grisman |
April 4, 2002 | A Thousand Lifetimes, and Still I Long for My Beloved | David Taylor | Mark Snow (poetry by Rumi) |
April 4, 2002 | Unrequited | James Wallace | Arvo Part |
May 1, 2002 | Tilted Velocity | James Wallace | Philip Glass |
May 18, 2002 | Mythical Hunters | Glen Tetley | Oedoen Partos |
July 20, 2002 | Cantus and Adagio | David Taylor | Arvo Part |
July 20, 2002 | Music Man for Amplified Chamber Orchestra | James Wallace | Gregory Walker |
July 20, 2002 | Ogoun bada gris | David Taylor | Christopher Rouse |
February 14, 2003 | Blue | Gary Abbott | S. Ghittoni, C. Malfatti, Paul Gerard Buchanan |
February 14, 2003 | Unrequited | James Wallace | Arvo Part |
May 9, 2003 | Bonded (Where do I Begin) | James Wallace | Lai, Sigman, Briecusse, Newly, Barry and Black |
May 9, 2003 | Do It Again | Richard Denny | George Gershwin |
May 9, 2003 | Lovecrimes | Robert Sher-Machherndl | Etta James |
May 9, 2003 | Obscured by Light | James Wallace | Trever Jones |
May 9, 2003 | Shroud | David Taylor | Peter Gabriel |
May 9, 2003 | Take a Seat | Peter Davidson | Paul Desmond |
July 27, 2003 | Diamonds are Forever | James Wallace | John Barry? |
July 27, 2003 | L'Apres-midi d'un Faune | Jeoff Horgan | Claude Debussy |
July 27, 2003 | Signs of Life: Scherzo ("Urban Roundup") | Jeoff Horgan | Russell Peck |
August 5, [2003?] | The Adagio from Piano Quartet #1, Opus 15 | James Wallace | Gabriel Faure |
January 30, [2004?] | Cheek-to-Cheek | Jeoff Horgan | Irving Berlin |
March 6, 2004 | Seasons | David Taylor | Alexei Karpov |
March 26, 2004 | Romeo and Juliet Rocks! | David Taylor | Sergei Prokofiev, Garbage, Radiohead, Cardigans, Butthole Surfers |
October 22, 2004 | Medea | Nikoloz Makhateli | Edward Shearmur |
August 6, 2005 | I Don't Know How to Love Him | Roy Gan Mei Weng | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
August 6, 2006 | The Meditation from "Thais" | David Taylor | Jules Massanet |
February 8, 2006 | Pushed to Clubin | Jeoff Horgan | Madonna |
February 11, 2006 | Humoresque | Nikoloz Makhateli | Russian folk tune |
February 11, 2006 | La Sylphide - Effie's variation | Filippo Taglioni (reconstructed by Pierre Lacotte) | Jean M. Scheitzhoffer |
May 6, 2006 | Divine Physics | David Taylor | Peter Gabriel, Edward Shearmur, Robyn Miller |
May 6, 2006 | Get Lost? | Jeoff Horgan | Jonathan Scott McKean |
May 6, 2006 | Equinoxe | James Canfield | Jean Michel Jarre |
May 6, 2006 | Mobile | Tom Rudd (staged by Christopher Rudd) | Aram Katchaturian |
May 6, 2006 | Obscured by Light | James Wallace | Hughes Hall |
July 7, 2006 | Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 | James Wallace | Gabriel Faure |
Extent
4 boxes (4 linear feet)
1 oversize boxes
1 Oversize file folder
2 audio visual boxes
2 photo boxes
1 photo folio
Language of Materials
English
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PROVENANCE:
David Taylor donated the records of the David Taylor Dance Theatre in September 2008. Additional materials were added by David Taylor in the spring of 2011 and 2012.
SIZE:
Number of Boxes: 4 (4 linear feet)
Oversize: 1 oversize file folder, 1 oversize box
Audio-visual: 2 audio visual boxes
Photograph: 2 photo boxes; 1 oversize photo folio
LOCATION:
WH2075
PROCESSED BY:
Martin Leuthauser
February 2012
PROJECT MANAGER:
Abby Hoverstock
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