Finding Aid for Department of Dance Records, 1946-2020 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Elizabeth Hartman, Somer Pelczar, Carol Berthold, Jeremy Schmitt, and Maia Perez

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Collection Overview

Title: Department of Dance Records, 1946-2020

ID: 12/13/1

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Dance

Extent: 27.05 cubic feet

Arrangement:

The collection is organized in four series: Series 1, Administrative records, 1930-2015; Series 2, Scrapbooks, 1968-1999; Series 3, Photographic Materials, 1940-2010; Series 4, Audiovisual Materials, 1974-2013.

Materials in Series 1 and 2 are arranged chronologically. Series 3 is arranged by event type. The materials in Series 4 were arranged by the Department of Dance according to a color-code system, which arranged materials by form, then by event type, then by date. The color-code is as follows (and the original Labeling Key can be found in the control file): Orange=Site Specific, Green=November Dance, Red= Festival Dance, Yellow=Studio 1, Blue=Studio 2, Maroon=Senior Concert, White= Other.

Date Acquired: 06/24/2015. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Dance, Dance Curriculum, Dance Department, Dance Education, Dance Recitals

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of promotional materials, operational records and reports, scrapbooks, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting the operations and productions of the Department of Dance from 1940 to 2022. Of note are the departmental scrapbooks that contain photographs and programs for dance productions either produced or sponsored by the Dance Department between 1967 and 1994, as well as accreditation self-study reports between 1985 and 2004.

Note: For dance publications by Barbara Mettler, please see RS 12/9/50.

Biographical Note

The creation of the Department of Dance occurred in 1968, but it had its beginnings 9 years earlier, in a graduate program for the Master Arts in Dance, in the College of Physical Education. This program was authorized in 1959 by the Board of Trustees.¹ In 1961 they authorized a new undergrad curriculum in dance, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Like the graduate program, this curriculum was part of a Physical Education department, the Phys.Ed. Department for women.²In 1968 the Board of Trustees decided to transfer the program to the College of Fine and Applied Arts, where it became its own department, the Department of Dance.³

Subject/Index Terms

Dance
Dance Curriculum
Dance Department
Dance Education
Dance Recitals

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals:

Video recordings from the Department of Dance Annex were transferred to the Sousa Archives on June 24, 2015.

Administrative records, scrapbooks, photographs, and audio recordings were transferred to the Sousa Archives on September 11, 2015.

Four video recordings were donated to the Sousa Archives by Ken Beck on April 27, 2017.

Teaching materials used by Margaret Erlanger and a biography and photographs of Elizabeth Lindeman Leonard were donated to the Sousa Archives by Patricia Knowles on December 5, 2017.

Hanya Holm master class videotape donated by Patricia Knowles on February 27, 2018.

Acquisition Source: Department of Dance

Acquisition Method: Transfer

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Administrative Records, 1930-2015],
[Series 2: Scrapbooks, 1967-1999],
[Series 3: Photographic Materials, 1940s-2010],
[Series 4: Audiovisual Materials, 1974-2013],
[All]

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1930-2015

Consists of reports, research studies and articles, programs and promotional materials, and photographs documenting department operations from 1930 to 2015. Organized into 4 sub-series. The first three sub-series contain the original acquistion, further sub-series contain additional acquistions from individual department heads.

Sub-series 1: Productions and promotional materials, 1945-2015;

Sub-series 2: Operations, 1930-1998;

Sub-series 3: Self-study reports, 1984-2004.

Sub-series 4: Jan Erkert Administrative Papers, 1985-2022.

Sub-Series 1: Productions and Promotional Materials, 1945-2015

Consists of programs, newsletters, photographs intended for publicity, news clippings, articles on art funding, calendars, flyers, brochures, advertisements, and broadsides from 1945 to 2015 documenting Department of Dance productions and their promotion. Organized chronologically.

Box 1

Folder 1: Department of Dance programs, 1988-1992
Folder 2: Department of Dance programs, 1992-1995
Folder 3: Department of Dance programs, 1995-1997
Folder 4: Department of Dance programs, 1997-2002
Folder 5: Department of Dance programs, 2002-2007
Folder 6: Department of Dance programs, 2007-2010
Folder 7: Department of Dance programs, 2010-2012
Folder 8: Department of Dance newsletters, 1986-2006
Folder 9: Department of Dance newsletters, 2007-2015
Folder 10: Faculty and promotional photographs, circa 1987
Folder 11: News clippings, 2001-2004
Folder 12: News clippings, 2002-2003
Folder 13: News clippings, 2002-2006
Folder 14: News clippings, 2003
Folder 15: Publicity/promotional materials, 2006-2008: "Alexander Technique and Dance Technique: Applications in the Studio," Rebecca Nettl-Fiol; news clippings; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts vol. 1 (2007-2008)
Folder 16: Articles on dance and arts funding, 1993-1996
Folder 17: Choreographer/composer workshop materials, 1991-1995
Folder 18: Krannert Center programs and promotional materials, 2002-2005
Folder 19: Festival 2004 programs and promotional materials, 2003-2004
Folder 20: Senior Dance Concerts promotional materials, 1996-1999
Folder 21: College of Fine and Applied Arts newsletter/annual report, 2003
Folder 22: Programs from showings, 1978-2004
Folder 23: "Funk Shui" senior thesis concert programs, 2005
Folder 24: "Tracings" student work program, 2004
Folder 25: ACDFA promotional materials, 1980-1988: Programs, news clippings, and photographs from the American College Dance Festival Association
Folder 26: ACDFA festival program, 2001
Folder 27: Department flyers/publicity, 1946-1995
Folder 28: Department programs, 1945-1992
Folder 29: Department brochures and advertisements, 1976-1995: Includes photographs and transparencies

Box 2

Folder 1: Krannert Center calendars, 1981-1993

Box 39

Item 1: Broadside portfolio, 1995-2011: Publicity broadsides for Dance Department performances. Some materials have been moved to Box 40 Item 1 (Broadside portfolio materials).
Folder 1: Broadsides, studio dance, 1987-1995: Publicity broadsides for studio dance performances.
Folder 3: Broadsides, studio dance: Moved to Oversize Portfolio Case 1 located in the Instrument Cabinet 2, shelf 0.

Oversize Portfolio Case 1: ca. 2010

Department of Dance studio broadsides.

Box 40

Folder 1: Broadsides, February Fesitval Dance, 1987-1993

Sub-Series 2: Operations, 1930-1998

Consists of budgets, grant-work, dance company materials, correspondence, reports, curriculum and academic planning materials, information regarding facilities, dance resource guides and research documenting the operation of the Department of Dance from 1930 to 1998, as well as materials concerning the 1968 move of the Department of Dance to the College of Fine and Applied Arts. Organized chronologically.

Box 2

Folder 2: Krannert Center's Centerstage materials, 1985-1995
Folder 3: Fesitval 1976, 1975-1976
Folder 4: Festival 1976 budget, 1975-1976
Folder 5: Illinois Dance Theatre October 1976 master file, 1976
Folder 6: Illinois Dance Theatre materials, 1976-1979
Folder 7: Festival 1976 grant, 1975-1976
Folder 8: "The Shakers" performance materials, 1985-1986
Folder 9: Illinois Dance Theatre "Folksay" and company materials, 1976
Folder 10: Women's Arts Symposium, 1977
Folder 11: "Afternoon of a Faun" performance materials, 1991-1992
Folder 12: "Fables of Our Time" script and correspondence, 1979
Folder 13: Youth Concert Series program and teacher's guide, 1988-1989
Folder 14: Merce Cunningham Studio Performance, New York, 1993
Folder 15: Press releases for 1995 performances, 1995
Folder 16: "Panorama" script, correspondence, budget, photographs, 1993-1994
Folder 17: Congress on Research in Dance: African-American Dance, 1996
Folder 18: Department recognition and achievement reports, 1988-1996
Folder 19: Katherine Dunham Honorary Degree materials, 1993-1994
Folder 20: "Dunhamfest" benefit concert, 1997
Folder 21: Alwin Nikolais Honorary Degree materials, 1984-1998
Folder 22: Dance classes in kinesiology and physical education, 1930-1995
Folder 23: Department of Dance move to College of Fine and Applied Arts, 1968-1998
Folder 24: Department of Dance curriculum and academic planning, 1967-1994
Folder 25: Department of Dance strategic plan, 1991
Folder 26: Student handbook for Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education, 1976-1978
Folder 27: Response to letter critiquing UIUC Department of Dance, 1993
Folder 28: Department self study and planning statement, 1998
Folder 29: Department of Dance materials on dance issues, goals, philosophies, and techniques, 1980s
Folder 30: Facilities - KCPA dance floor research and correspondence, 1969-1976
Folder 31: Facilities - West Nevada dance floor research and correspondence, 1977-1985
Folder 32: Facilities - dance floors informational materials, 1969-1995
Folder 33: Facilities - Erlanger House, 1991-2004
Folder 34: National Endowment for the Arts publications, 1988, 1995: Toward Civilization: A Report on Arts Education. Schools, Communities, and the Arts: A Research Compendium.
Folder 35: National Arts Education Research Center dance resource directory, 1989
Folder 36: National Arts Education Research Center publications, 1991-1992: Dance Education in American Pubic Schools (case studies), Patricia Knowles and Rona Sande. Guidelines for the Development of Documents Addressing k-12 Dance Education Programs.
Folder 37: Dance education materials, various publications, 1992-1997
Folder 38: Dance education materials, various publications, 1993-1994
Folder 39: National Dance Association dance resource guide, undated

Box 42

Item 1: Choreographer Index, undated: File box containing 3" x 5" index cards of choreographers' names and their choreographic specialty (e.g., ballet, modern dance).
Item 2: Untitled Card Index, undated: Card file of 3" x 5" index cards containing names of and basic information about graduate students; Illinois Dance Theatre works and faculty; and showings and miscellaneous information.

Box 47

Folder 1: Margaret Erlanger teaching materials - newsclippings and photos, undated
Folder 2: Elizabeth Lindeman Leonard biography and photographs, ca. 1994

Sub-Series 3: Self Study Reports, 1985-2004

Consists of self-study reports as well as correspondence and related materials from the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the Higher Education Arts Data Services Project (HEADS), and the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD) from 1984 to 2004 documenting the accreditation of the Department of Dance.

Box 2

Folder 40: Self study, original, 1/5, 1985
Folder 41: Self study, original, 2/5, 1985
Folder 42: Self study, original, 3/5, 1985
Folder 43: Self study, original, 4/5, 1985
Folder 44: Self study, original, 5/5, 1985-1986

Box 3

Folder 1: Self study report, 1/3, circa 1991
Folder 2: Self study report, 2/3, circa 1991
Folder 3: Self study report, 3/3, circa 1991
Folder 4: Self study report, 1/3, 1991-2000
Folder 5: Self study report, 2/3, 1991-2000
Folder 6: Self study report, 3/3, 1991-2000
Folder 7: Evaluative reports - IBHE, HEADS, student outcomes, modes of instruction, 2000-2002
Folder 8: Self study management documents portfolio, 1/7, 2004
Folder 9: Self study management documents portfolio, 2/7, 2004
Folder 10: Self study management documents portfolio, 3/7, 2004
Folder 11: Self study management documents portfolio, 4/7, 2004
Folder 12: Self study management documents portfolio, 5/7, 2004
Folder 13: Self study management documents portfolio, 6/7, 2004
Folder 14: Self study management documents portfolio, 7/7, 2004
Folder 15: NASD self study, 2004: Computer floppy disc

Sub-Series 4: Jan Erkert Administrative Papers

Correspondence, promotional and marketing materials, programs, handbooks, notes, and schedules produced during Jan Erkert's tenure as Head of the Dance Department. Arranged chronologically.

Box 48

Folder 1: CODA Dance Administration: Themes & Directions, 1985: Conference on Dance Administration.
Folder 2: American College Dance Festival Flyers, January, 1987
Folder 3: Visitor's Report, 1992
Folder 4: Articles, 1993-1999
Folder 5: National Association of Schools of Dance, October 3, 1994
Folder 6: Taiwan Dance Magazine Article, 1995
Folder 7: Dance Teachers Article, 2000
Folder 8: Newspaper Article and Correspondence, 2004
Folder 9: Dance Magazine Articles, 2005
Folder 10: Marketing Materials, 2005
Folder 11: Faculty Technology Committee Notes, 2006
Folder 12: Responsibilities of Department Head; Correspondence, 2006
Folder 13: Vision, 2006
Folder 14: Dance and Architecture Studio Proposal, 2007
Folder 15: Statistics, 2007
Folder 16: Space Renovation Proposal, 2008
Folder 17: Dance Curriculum Discussion: Book and Notes, 2008-2009
Folder 18: Dual Dance Degree Final Report, 2008-2009
Folder 19: Fall Teaching Loads, 2009
Folder 20: Annex Project with Architecture Class: Correspondence, Designs, Proposal, 2010
Folder 21: Annex Grants, 2010
Folder 22: GEO, 2010
Folder 23: Teacher Scholar Certificate Materials, 2010
Folder 24: Risk Management, 2010-2012
Folder 25: Space Charts, 2010-2022
Folder 26: Pipkin Doyle, 2011: Restricted until 2032; contents in control file.
Folder 27: Department of Dance Marketing Materials, 2012
Folder 28: FAA Minor: Proposal, 2012
Folder 29: Leave Policies, ca. 2012
Folder 30: Teacher Certification: Correspondence, Materials, and Proposal, 2012
Folder 31: BFA Curriculum Changes, 2012-2013
Folder 33: Faculty Meetings: Notes and Materials, 2013
Folder 34: Guest Artist Committee: Correspondence, 2013
Folder 35: Integrated Research Proposal, 2013
Folder 36: Susan Becker, 2013
Folder 37: Tapes, Taiwan Student Exchange Program, 2013
Folder 38: Coventry, UK Student Exchange Program, 2013-2014
Folder 39: BA In Dance Proposal, 2014
Folder 40: Budget Plan, 2014
Folder 41: Committee on Institutional Cooperation Application, 2014
Folder 42: Dance Film Festival, 2014
Folder 43: Dean Meeting: Correspondence, 2014
Folder 44: Diversity Workshop: Correspondence and Notes, 2014
Folder 45: Faculty Meeting: Notes and Materials, 2014
Folder 46: School of Music grievance, 2014: Restricted until 2032; contents in control file.
Folder 47: Website Design and Printouts, 2014
Folder 48: Beverly Blossom Memorial Gala, 2015
Folder 49: Jan Eckert Trip of Belgrade: Docments, 2015
Folder 50: Budget Plan, 2015
Folder 51: Budget Plan and Presentation Slide, 2015
Folder 52: Katherine Long, 2015: Restricted until 2032; contents in control file.
Folder 53: Council of Dance Administrators (CODA): Minutes, 2015-2017
Folder 54: Budget Plan, 2016
Folder 55: Life in Dance, A: Program, 2016
Folder 56: Kinesiology and Dance Program: Correspondence and Proposal, 2016
Folder 57: MFA: Notes, 2016
Folder 58: Budget Plan, 2017
Folder 59: Budget Plan, 2018
Folder 60: 50th Birthday Event, 2018-2019
Folder 61: COVID Social Distance Plan, 2020
Folder 62: FAA 402 Syllabus, undated
Folder 63: International Exchange Memorandums, undated
Folder 64: Kinesiology and Dance Dual Degree Draft, undated
Folder 65: Notes on Diversity, unfsyrf
Folder 66: Proposal for Faculty Upgrades, undated
Folder 67: Space Renovations: Schematics, undated
Folder 68: Teacher Certification Documents, undated