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Collection Overview

Title: Kathleen Hermesdorf Papers, 1986-2020

ID: 26/20/237

Primary Creator: Hermesdorf, Kathleen (1967-2020)

Extent: 9.75 cubic feet

Arrangement: Organized in two series, Series 1: Professional Records (1993- 2019), Series 2: Personal Papers (1986-2020). Series 1 is divided into three subseries. Subseries 1: Administrative Documents, Dance Performances, Workshops and Festivals is organized alphabetically by ensemble or event name, then chronologically within each folder. Subseries 2: Notebooks and Journals, is organized chronologically. Subseries 3: Hard Drives, Audio-visual and Digital Recordings is organized chronologically. Series 2: Personal Papers is organized chronologically.

Date Acquired: 04/01/2022

Subjects: Dance Curriculum, Dance Education, Dance Recitals, Dance Tours

Languages: English, German, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of promotional materials and reviews of festivals, workshops, and performances spanning the career of modern dancer, Kathleen Hermesdorf. Among the promotional materials are programs, flyers, posters, postcards, tote bags, and T-shirts. The dance festivals, workshops and performances occurred primarily in San Francisco, but also in Europe, Africa, and other U.S. locations. There are photographs and audio-visual recordings of performances, classes, and rehearsals, as well as journals, notebooks, and calendars containing Hermesdorf’s choreography, schedules, and festival planning notes. Other personal materials consist of letters and get-well cards, college schoolwork, poetry, and awards.

Biographical Note

Kathleen Margaret Hermesdorf was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1967. She spent much of her childhood in suburban Chicago where she began to study jazz dance. In her teenage years, her family moved to the Netherlands and Belgium where Hermesdorf learned to speak Dutch and developed a love for travel that continued throughout her career. After finishing high school in the U.S., Hermesdorf attended Western Michigan University and the University of Illinois, earning a BFA in Dance and MFA in Dance Performance and Pedagogy, respectively.

In 1991, Hermesdorf moved to San Francisco to start a dance company, The Hermesdorf and Wells Dance company with her partner, Scott Wells. Hermesdorf went on to train and perform with Margaret Jenkins’ Dance Company which led to a collaboration with Stephanie Maher between 1993 and 1997, called Collusion. After Maher moved to Germany, she and Hermesdorf continued to collaborate in both Bay Area and Europe with festivals like K77, Tanz Fabrik, and Potsdam International TanzTage Festival. Other artists that collaborated with Hermesdorf during the 1990s include Sara Shelton Mann and Kim Epifano, in a performance project called Contraband.

In 1995, Hermesdorf met Albert Mathias, a percussion-based musician working in electronics. Together they formed the group, Sister Hermes Dance Machine, which later evolved to MOTIONLAB and then la Alternativa. Some of their notable performances are BLUE 2001, “Bodies of Evidence”, and “As Above So Below”, 2003. They also co-taught improvisational workshops in places like the Bates Dance Festival, and founded the FRESH festival in San Francisco and P.O.R.C.H in Germany.

Subject/Index Terms

Dance Curriculum
Dance Education
Dance Recitals
Dance Tours

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Marintha Tewksbury

Acquisition Method: Gift

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Series 1: Professional Records, 1993-2019

Sub-Series 1: Administrative Documents, Dance Performances, Workshops and Festivals

Box 1

Folder 1: Alter Ego: Duality Dances, 1993-1999: Performances with Dominique Zeltzmann
Folder 2: Alternativa, 2009-2011
Folder 3: Alternativa's Fresh Festival, 2012-2018
Folder 4: Alternativa's Fresh Festival, calendar and administrative documents, 2018-2019
Folder 5: Alternativa's Fresh Festival Photos, 1 of 5, undated
Folder 6: Alternativa's Fresh Festival Photos, 2 of 5, undated
Folder 7: Alternativa's Fresh Festival Photos, 3 of 5, undated
Folder 8: Alternativa's Fresh Festival Photos, 4 of 5, undated
Folder 9: Alternativa's Fresh Festival Photos, 5 of 5, undated
Folder 10: Bates Dance Festival, 1996-2011
Folder 11: Bebe Miller Company, 2002-2008
Folder 12: CHIME: Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange, 2005
Folder 13: Collaborations of Kathleen Hermesdorf and Stephanie Maher, 1993-2009
Folder 14: Colorado Dance Festival, July 12-15, 1997
Folder 15: Contact Improvisation, 1997-2008: Workshops with Stephanie Maher, Kim Epifano, and Scott Wells
Folder 16: Contraband, 1996: Adminsitrative documents, thank you cards, and reviews
Folder 17: Crossing Terrains, Ohio State University Department of Dance residence, December 1-2, 2006
Folder 18: Dakar, Senegal Residency, 2012
Folder 19: Dancers' Group Studio Theater Workshop, 1999-2002
Folder 20: Danspace Project, 2007

Box 2

Folder 1: Earth Dance, 2004-2007
Folder 2: Emma Willard Dance Concert, "Moments Mingled", 2002
Folder 3: European Workshops, 2005-2009
Folder 4: Glenwood Springs Dance Festival, June 15-July4, 1998
Folder 5: Groucher College Dance, 2001
Folder 6: Henny Foundation Amsterdam Summer Workshops, 2010-2013
Folder 7: Hong Kong: School of Dance Academy, 2004
Folder 8: Impulstanz: Vienna International Dance Festival, 2003-2010
Folder 9: Kathleen Hermesdorf solo performances, workshops, poetry, 1993-2010
Folder 10: Kunst-stoff Arts, 2009-2013
Folder 11: Links Hall, Chicago Contemporary Dance workshops, 1998-2003
Folder 12: Margret Jenkins Dance Company, 1992-2006
Folder 13: Movement Research-MELT, 200-2002
Folder 14: Motion Lab, 2000-2004
Folder 15: Motion Lab, 2005-2008
Folder 16: Motion Lab: As Above So Below, digital photos, 2002-2003
Folder 17: Motion Lab: As Above So Below, photographs and negatives
Folder 18: Motion Lab: Bodies of Evidence, photographs, slides, contact sheets, 2001
Folder 19: Motion Lab: Free the Birds, photographs, 2004-2005
Folder 20: Motion Lab: Photos and Slides of Kathleen and Albert, 1 of 3, undated
Folder 21: Motion Lab: Photos and Slides of Kathleen and Albert, 2 of 3, undated
Folder 22: Motion Lab: Photos and Slides of Kathleen and Albert, 3 of 3, undated
Folder 23: Mt. Holyoke, photos, 2003
Folder 24: Open Field: Improvisation Swap/Meet, 1998
Folder 25: Ponderosa Tanz-land Festival and P.O.R.C.H, 2003-2015
Folder 26: RDQ (Regroupement Quebecois de la Danse), 2002

Box 3

Folder 1: Reviews, 1993-2000
Folder 2: Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance, August 10-15, 2000
Folder 3: Scott Wells, Labor In Trees, photos, 2000
Folder 4: SF Summer Dance Festival, 2002-2003
Folder 5: Sister Hermes Dance Machine, 1998-2000
Folder 6: Sister Hermes Dance Machine, negatives and contact sheets, 1999
Folder 7: Sister Hermes Dance Machine, notebooks, 1999
Folder 8: Sister Hermes Dance Machine, notebook, 2000
Folder 9: Space Gallery calendar and brochure, 2014
Folder 10: Tanztage, 2003
Folder 11: University of California-Berkeley, #142B syllabus, 2005
Folder 12: West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, 1997-2001
Folder 13: Velocity, 2002-2004
Folder 14: Western Michigan Department of Dance, 1998-1999
Folder 15: Solo Shots, B&W, photos by Elizabeth Gorelik, 2000
Folder 16: Solo Shots, Blue, photos by Elizabeth Gorelik, 2000
Folder 17: Solo Shots, Red, photos by Elizabeth Gorelik, 2000
Folder 18: Solo Shots, contact sheets, 2000
Folder 19: Solo shots, 2002
Folder 20: Head Shots, 2001
Folder 21: Photos of Kathleen Hermesdorf and Albert Mathias, 2001
Folder 22: Photos of event, May 7, 2012
Folder 23: Photos of New Year's Eve performance, December 31, 2018
Folder 24: Photo discs, April 25, 2007
Folder 25: Photos by Elizabeth Gorelik (Dominique Z, Kathleen, Albert), undated

Box 6

Folder 1: Alternativa and Fresh Festival Oversize Posters, 2013-2019
Folder 2: Motionlab and Sister Hermes Dance Machine oversize posters, 2000-2007
Folder 3: Posters and Newspaper, 2002-2014
Folder 4: Fresh Festival photos-oversized, undated

Box 11

Disc 45: Alternativa press photos, undated
Disc 46: Apparition, photos Yvonne M. Portra, May 19, 2013
Disc 47: Delfos photos, undated
Disc 48: Fresh, photos by Yvonne M. Portra, January 3-14, 2014
Disc 49: Fresh, photos by Yvonne M. Portra, January 12-18, 2014
Disc 50: Fresh, photos by Yvonne M. Portra, January 17, 2014
Disc 51: HHS qam, January 8, 2007
Disc 52: Kathleen class photos, undated
Disc 53: Motion Lab, promo photos, undated
Disc 54: Motion Lab, Mathias photos, undated
Disc 55: Motion Lab, "String Theory" Photos, October 2007
Disc 56: NB photos by Julieta Cervantes, undated
Disc 57: San Fransisco, Terry and Jo pictures, August 2003

Box 13

Item 1: Fresh Festival, 2018: tote bag, black with white letters "ANTIDOTE" and "Fresh Festival 2018"
Item 2: Tote bag, black with gold design, undated
Item 3: School for Contemproary Dance & Thought, undated: tote bag, black with white letters
Item 4: Fresh Festival, 2019: cut-out fabrics of larger items, pink, red, and grey

Oversize Portfolio Case 1

Folder 1: Oversize Photo Prints and Festival Posters, 2013-2015

Sub-Series 2: Notebooks and Journals

Box 3

Folder 26: Notebook, "Monk at the Met", 2000-2001
Folder 27: Notebook, "Motion Techniques", 2001
Folder 28: Notebook, "Tongue + Throat", 2001
Folder 29: Notebooks, "OCD", 2001
Folder 30: Journal, 2002
Folder 31: Journal, "As Above So Below", 2002
Folder 32: Journals, "Motion Lab", 2003
Folder 33: Notebook, 2003
Folder 34: Journals, 2005
Folder 35: Journal. "Free the Birds", 2005
Folder 36: Journal, 2006
Folder 37: Notebook, 2006
Folder 38: Journals, 2003-2005
Folder 39: Notebook, "A/B/C/ and The Morae", 2006-2007
Folder 40: Notebook, 2007

Box 4

Folder 1: Journal and Notes, 2007
Folder 2: Notebook, 2008
Folder 3: Journal and Notes, 2009
Folder 4: Journals, 2010-2011
Folder 5: Journal and Notebooks, 2012
Folder 6: Journal and Notebooks, 2014
Folder 7: Journal and Notebook, 2015
Folder 8: Notebook, 2016
Folder 9: Journal and Notebook, 2017-2018
Folder 10: Notes and Notebooks, 2017-2019
Folder 11: Journal and Notebook, 2018
Folder 12: Journals, 1 of 2, undated
Folder 13: Journals, 2 of 2, undated
Folder 14: Notebook, undated

Sub-Series 3: Hard Drives, Audio-visual and Digital Recordings

Box 7

Item 1: Alter Ego, March 20, 1999: Kathleen Hermesdorf and Dominique Zeltzman. Betacam recording.
Item 2: Alter Ego, March 19, 1999: Kathleen Hermesdorf and Dominique Zeltzman. Betacam recording. 1 of 2.
Item 3: Alter Ego, March 19, 1999: Kathleen Hermesdorf and Dominique Zeltzman. Betacam recording. 2 of 2
Item 4: Alter Ego duality dances, March 21, 1999: Kathleen Hermesdorf and Dominique Zeltzman. VHS recording.
Item 5: Alternativa: Songs of Innocence & Experience, May, 2011
Item 6: Alternativa: Songs of Innocence & Experience, May 10-12, 2012
Item 7: Alternativa: TYGER, Stranger than Parade, February 11, 2011: 1 of 2
Item 8: Alternativa: TYGER, Stranger than Parade, February 11, 2011: 2 of 2
Item 9: Artists In Exile: A Story of Dance in San Francisco, undated
Item 10: Artists In Exile, undated: Rapt Productions, 1 of 2
Item 11: Artists In Exile, undated: Rapt Productions, 2 of 2
Item 12: Bates Dance Festival, August 1996
Item 13: Bates Dance Festival, Moving in the Moment, August 13, 1996
Item 14: Bates class, 2001
Item 15: Bates Dance Festival, Faculty Gala, August 9-10, 2002
Item 16: Bates Dance Festival, Musicians' Concert, August 6, 2002
Item 17: Bebe Miller Company: The Landing Place/Place Project, June 2003: The Landing Place/Place Project; Motion Capture/Animation Example, work-in-progress
Item 18: Bebe Miller Company, Landing/Place, undated: Performance DVD
Item 19: Bebe Miller Co., Landing/Place, September 2, 2004: VHS, 2 of 2.
Item 20: Bebe Miller Co., Landing/Place, September 2, 2004
Item 21: Blue I, February 6, 1999
Item 22: Blue 2000, undated
Item 23: Blue 2000, 1st night, undated: VHS, 1 of 2
Item 24: Blue 2000, 1st night, undated: VHS, 2 of 2
Item 25: Blue 2000, 2nd night, December 1999
Item 26: Blue 2000, Close-ups, undated
Item 27: Bodies of Evidence, December 2001
Item 28: Le Code, undated
Item 29: College of San Mateo, CSM Performance Dance Ensemble, May 2, 2003
Item 30: Community Extravaganza, Dance Mission, May 2000
Item 31: Company Mecanique, Rules & Lures, undated
Item 32: Contraband, Mira, Cycle 1, June 1991
Item 33: Contraband, Return to Ordinary Life, March 3, 1996
Item 34: Contraband, Rep. Piece, August 17, 1996
Item 35: Dance 498, SD II/Six Women, undated
Item 36: Emma Willard Dance Company, Moments Mingled, May 10, 2002

Box 8

Item 1: Fall Concert of Dance, "Solo for Supergirl", 1999
Item 2: "Fault", Yerba Buena, 1998
Item 3: Footwork, May 1993
Item 4: "Forget-Me-Knots", "Nostalgia Sea", undated
Item 5: "From the Horses Mouth", July 14, 2000
Item 6: FW, May 16
Item 7: "The Gates", Zellerbach, undated
Item 8: "Girl Under the Table", undated
Item 9: Group Six at ODC Performance Gallery, January 17-18, 1997
Item 10: GSDF 1998, Faculty Concert, 1998
Item 11: "Island", May 1998: Sister Hermes Dance Machine, 1 of 2
Item 12: "Island", May 1998: Sister Hermes Dance Machine, 2 of 2
Item 13: "Jacob's Pillow Dress", undated
Item 14: Jess Curtis, undated
Item 15: Kathleen Hermesdorf Choreography, undated
Item 16: Kathleen Hermesdorf, Graduating, "Jazz Bene", undated
Item 17: "Labor", undated
Item 18: "Labor Intensive", undated
Item 19: "Longing Cylces", June 6, 2006
Item 20: Margret Jenkins Dance Company, "3 Decades of Dance", August 24-30, 2003
Item 21: Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, "Fault", 1996
Item 22: "Mesmerized", September 5, 1998
Item 23: "Mira Cycle III", undated
Item 24: Motion Lab, 1 of 3, undated
Item 25: Motion Lab, 2 of 3, undated
Item 26: Motion Lab, 3 of 3, undated
Item 27: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 2003
Item 28: Motion Lab 3, 4, 5, undated
Item 29: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", October 18, 2003
Item 30: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 2003
Item 31: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", blur, 2003
Item 32: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", center, 2003
Item 33: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", house left, 2003
Item 34: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", house right, 2003
Item 35: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", rough cuts, 2003
Item 36: Motion Lab, "Blue 2000", "Bodies of Evidence", 2001
Item 37: Motion Lab, "Bonk the Head", undated
Item 38: Motion Lab, "Bonk the Head #1", undated

Box 9

Item 1: Motion Lab, "Free the Birds", December 12-22, 2005
Item 2: Motion Lab, "Free the Birds", DVD, December 12-22, 2005
Item 3: Motion Lab, "Matryoshka", 2001
Item 4: Motion Lab, "Waeghtless", "Sushi Sandies", April 10, 2005
Item 5: Open Field 1, undated
Item 6: Open Field 2, undated
Item 7: Open Field 3, 4, 5, undated
Item 8: Open Field 6, 7, 8, undated
Item 9: Open Field 9, 10, undated
Item 10: Proyecto Al Margen, undated
Item 11: Radient Benevolent Beings, undated
Item 12: Remy Charlie's "Moveable Feast", 1 of 2, July 1, 2001
Item 13: Remy Charlie's "Moveable Feast", 2 of 2, July 1, 2001
Item 14: Rhythm & Motion Dance Center, Student Showcase, May 31, 2002
Item 15: Schwebezustand, "Suspended in Time", DVD, undated
Item 16: Schwebezustand, "Suspended in Time and Space", October 8, 2004
Item 17: SCUBA National Touring Project, April 2006
Item 18: SF Festival of Improvisation: Galaxy Girl & 4 Eyes Go to the 24 HR, June 9, 1996
Item 19: "Shh", 1993
Item 20: Sister Hermes Dance Machine, "Blue", undated
Item 21: "Stendal Syndrom", March 30, 2005
Item 22: "Stranger", February 21, 2010
Item 23: "Stranger", "VC/Boulder", February 26, 2010
Item 24: "Survival", December 2000
Item 25: "The Swooning Room", January 27, 2003
Item 26: "The Swooning Room", San Mateo College, May 2003
Item 27: "The Swooning Room", April 19, 2003
Item 28: "The Swooning Room", October 6-8
Item 29: "The Swooning Room", undated
Item 30: "The Swooning Room", October 11, 2003
Item 31: Thurs, May 13
Item 32: "TRINE", November 17, 2001
Item 33: U of I, 1989-1991
Item 34: Verbatim, undated
Item 35: "Wanderlust", May 2, 2005
Item 36: "When I was", "Daylight Passes Ships", 2003
Item 37: MIM & KATH, "Wanderlust", undated
Item 38: "Window", February 2002
Item 39: Yoann Trellu, Dance/Stage Video Works, 2004-2007
Item 40: Zeltman & Colburn, "The Stomach Never Lies", 2002
Item 41: "The 20 cent Diaries", 1999
Item 42: untitled VHS, undated
Item 43: untitled VHS, undated
Item 44: untitled VHS, undated
Item 45: untitled VHS, undated

Box 10

Disc 1: "Alter Ego", March 19, 1999
Disc 2: "Alter Ego", March 20, 1999
Disc 3: La Alternativa, "Tyger", February 11, 2011
Disc 4: La Alternativa, "Tyger", "37N x 122W", May 15, 2011
Disc 5: "Anyone you want me to be", 2010
Disc 6: Bates Dance Festival, Bebe Miller Company, "Landing/Place", July 29, 2005
Disc 7: Bates Dance Festival, Bebe Miller Dance Company, Schaffer Theater, July 31, 2009
Disc 8: Bates Dance Festival, "Different Voices", August 2, 2007
Disc 9: Bates Dance Festival, "Different Voices", 1 of 2, August 8, 2013
Disc 10: Bates Dance Festival, "Different Voices", 2 of 2, August 8, 2013
Disc 11: Bates Dance Festival, "An Evening of Improvisation", July 29, 2007
Disc 12: Bates Dance Festival, "w(a)(e(i)gh(t))less", 1 of 2, 2005
Disc 13: Bates Dance Festival, "w(a)(e(i)gh(t))less", 2 of 2, 2005
Disc 14: Bates Dance Festival, Kathleen Hermesdorf, "Contemporary Technique", 1 of 2, August 1-12, 2011: Interviews with Kathleen and Albert and Contemporary Technique
Disc 15: Bates Dance Festival, Kathleen Hermesdorf, "Contemporary Technique", 2 of 2, August 1-12, 2011
Disc 16: Bebe Miller Company, "Landing/Place", 2005: Selected visuals and music
Disc 17: Bebe Miller Company, "Landing Place", work-in-progress, 2004
Disc 18: Bebe Miller Company, "Necessary Beauty", 2008
Disc 19: "The Beginning of the End of the Road", undated
Disc 20: "Birds", undated
Disc 21: "Blue Romp", Kim Epifano, 2010
Disc 22: "CHIME 2006", 2007
Disc 23: "CHIME 2006", undated
Disc 24: "CHIME 2010", 2010
Disc 25: Crossing Terrains, "Fractal", 2006
Disc 26: Dance Downtown, "I Am Are: The Vernon Road Project", 2007
Disc 27: "Delfos Video", undated
Disc 28: Dominique Zeltzmen, 2013
Disc 29: Elaine Buckholtz, "Documentation", 1 of 2, 2006
Disc 30: Elaine Buckholtz, "Documentation", 2 of 2, 2006
Disc 31: "Etranger Pondi", 2009
Disc 32: "Free the Birds", undated
Disc 33: Fresh, 2013
Disc 34: Fresh, 1st week, 2013
Disc 35: Fresh, 2nd week, 2013
Disc 36: Fresh, class and show, January 3, 2015
Disc 37: "Greenhouse", undated
Disc 38: Hendrix, undated
Disc 39: Hermesdorf, November 4, 2012
Disc 40: Hermesdorf -17, 2017
Disc 41: "Home", undated
Disc 42: "Hover", 2005
Disc 43: Improv Comp Documentation, August 2010
Disc 44: Kathleen, undated
Disc 45: Kathleen H solo, undated
Disc 46: Kathleen & co. in rehearsal, undated
Disc 47: KK version, undated
Disc 48: KyK Hermes Forg, undated
Disc 49: "Landing Place", undated
Disc 50: "L/P" live audio, October 13, 2005
Disc 51: "Leaping in Limbo", July 8, 2015
Disc 52: Live @ Wexner Center, September 2, 2004
Disc 53: "Longing Cycles", 2007
Disc 54: "Longing Cycles", choreo, 2007
Disc 55: "Metasolism St", Berlin I, undated
Disc 56: "Metasolism St", Berlin II, undated
Disc 57: Motion Lab, 2007
Disc 58: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 1 of 6, 2003
Disc 59: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 2 of 6, 2003
Disc 60: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 3 of 6, 2003
Disc 61: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 4 of 6, 2003
Disc 62: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 5 of 6, 2003
Disc 63: Motion Lab, "As Above So Below", 6 of 6, 2003

Box 11

Disc 1: Motion Lab, Audio Sampler, undated
Disc 2: Motion Lab, Audio Sampler, 1 of 2, 2004
Disc 3: Motion Lab, Audio Sampler, 2 of 2, 2004
Disc 4: Motion Lab, "Blue 2000" image logo, 2000
Disc 5: Motion Lab, "For Albert", October 14, 2007
Disc 6: Motion Lab, "Fate + Longing", undated
Disc 7: Motion Lab, "Fate + Longing", 1 of 2, 2007
Disc 8: Motion Lab, "Fate + Longing", 2 of 2, 2007
Disc 9: Motion Lab, "Fate + Longing=", 1, October 10-14, 2007
Disc 10: Motion Lab, "Fate + Longing=", 53, October 10-14, 2007
Disc 11: Motion Lab, "Images", undated
Disc 12: Motion Lab, "Truck Video", undated
Disc 13: Music for Match 2.1, undated
Disc 14: "Neccessary Beauty", November 2006
Disc 15: Ponderosa, 2016
Disc 16: Ponderosa Performance & Kunst-Stoff, July 10, 2011
Disc 17: Ponderosa & Tunnel, 2006
Disc 18: P.O.R.C.H., 2010
Disc 19: Proyecto al Margen, undated
Disc 20: Stolzenhogen, rehearsal tape, March 1st
Disc 21: San Francisco Trolley Dance, 2009: Kim Epifano
Disc 22: Sara Shelton Mann, "Inspirare Trilogy", May 2, 2008
Disc 23: Sara Shelton Mann, "Inspirare" rehearsal, April 16, 2008
Disc 24: S.S.M, "Inspirare", undated
Disc 25: Sara Shelton Mann, "Telios", undated
Disc 26: Schwebezeutand, undated
Disc 27: Schwelk 7, "Fractal", undated
Disc 28: "Shared Legacies", October 3, 2009
Disc 29: Steph & Kath, 2008
Disc 30: "Stranger", University of Colorado, February 17, 2010
Disc 31: "Strange Attractions" & "Pictures", undated
Disc 32: "Telios" rehearsal, April 16, 2008
Disc 33: ""Tiempos", playable DVD, undated
Disc 34: "Tiempos", movie files, undated
Disc 35: Velocity, Amy O'Neal & Kathleen Hermesdorf, DVD 1, Fall 2011
Disc 36: Velocity, Amy O'Neal & Kathleen Hermesdorf, DVD 2, Fall 2011
Disc 37: "VIV" rehearsal, December 15, 2013
Disc 38: "Wanderlust", undated
Disc 39: "Yia Yia" by Yannis Adoniou, 2002
Disc 40: "Yia Yia", Kunst-Stoff, undated
Disc 41: "Yia Yia", duests and solo, undated
Disc 42: Untitled, December 11, 2007
Disc 43: Untitled, December 15, 2007
Disc 44: Untitled, December 20, 2007
Cassette 1: Bates Dance Festival, Faculty Gala, "Waeight", August 10, 2002
Cassette 2: "Brittle", full show, June 6, 1999
Cassette 3: "Is that all there is?"
Cassette 4: Kathleen saturday, undated
Cassette 5: Motion Lab, October 2003
Cassette 6: ODC Theater #1, May 21, 2005
Cassette 7: ODC Theater #2, May 21, 2005
Cassette 8: ODC Theater #1, May 22, 2005
Cassette 9: ODC Theater, #2, May 22, 2005
Cassette 10: ODC Theater #3, May 22, 2005
Cassette 11: ODC, K. Hermesdorf, Raw CU, October 3, 2009
Cassette 12: ODC, K. Hermesdorf, Raw WS, October 3, 2009

Box 12

Item 1: Bates, 2002
Item 2: Bates, 1 of 2, 2004
Item 3: Bates, 2 of 2, 2004
Item 4: Bates, 1 of 4, 2005
Item 5: Bates, 2 of 4, 2005
Item 6: Bates, 3 of 4, 2005
Item 7: Bates, 4 of 4, 2005
Item 8: Bodies of Evidence, 1 of 2, December 2001
Item 9: Bodies of Evidence, 2 of 2, December 2001
Item 10: CD Release/26 mix, 1 of 2, May 2003
Item 11: CD Release/26 mix, 2 of 2, May 2003
Item 12: Fate, April 24
Item 13: Fate + Longing, May 2006
Item 14: Fortunata, October-November 2004
Item 15: Fortunata, Stendhal Syndrome, November 2004, February 2005
Item 16: Fortunata, February 2005
Item 17: Fortunata, March 2005
Item 18: Gravitate, Spring 2002
Item 19: Gravitate, Fall 2002
Item 20: Gravitate, 2003
Item 21: "Heaven" Bennefit, 1st half, undated
Item 22: KK, 40th Birthday, 1 of 2, February 3, 2007
Item 23: KK, 40th Birthday, 2 of 2, February 3, 2007
Item 24: Longing Cycles, April 24
Item 25: Longing Cycles, May 17, 2006
Item 26: Longing Cycles, June 6, 2006
Item 27: Longing Cycles, September 5, 2007
Item 28: Longing Cycles, The Morae, 2006-2007, 2004
Item 29: REMY, undated
Item 30: Santa Cruz, 1 of 2, May 2001
Item 31: Santa Cruz, 2 of 2, May 2001
Item 32: Sara, Fate + Longing, May 17, 2006, 2007
Item 33: Sara, undated
Item 34: Longing Cycles, Morae, 2006-2007
Item 35: MIM, undated
Item 36: NPG, 1 of 2, June 1994
Item 37: NPG, 2 of 2, June 1994
Item 38: Quartet, 2001
Item 39: SRI + Patricia, undated
Item 40: SRI + Patricia, undated
Item 41: Stendhal Syndrome, 2005
Item 42: Stendhal Syndrome, February 25, 2005
Item 43: Stendhal Syndrome, April 21, 2005
Item 44: Strange Birds, Sheldor, February 2005
Item 45: String + Run, undated
Item 46: Swooning Room, October 8
Item 47: Trine, 2001
Item 48: Wanderlust rehearsal, March 14, 2006
Item 49: "Waeighft" New York, July 2002
Item 50: Untitled, undated

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1986-2020

Box 4

Folder 15: Calendar, 2003
Folder 16: Calendar, 2005
Folder 17: Calendar, 2007
Folder 18: Calendars, 2008-2009
Folder 19: Calendar, 2012
Folder 20: Calendar, 2013

Box 5

Folder 1: College writings, 1986
Folder 2: School Notebook, 1986
Folder 3: School Notebook, 1988
Folder 4: School Notebook, 1989
Folder 5: 498 Evaluation/Rehearsal Journal, April 30, 1991

Box 14

Folder 1: Western Michigan University Alumi Academy Award, 2006-2007
Folder 2: Letters and Cards, 1 of 2, 2020
Folder 3: Letters and Cards, 2 of 2, 2020
Folder 4: Poetry Journal, undated
Folder 5: Fabulous at 50 photo, undated
Folder 6: Party Photos, undated
Folder 7: Personal Photos, undated

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