Jan Erkert Papers

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Performance Materials, Recordings, and Photographs

Jan Erkert & Dancers Company Records and Personal Papers

Teaching Materials



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Finding Aid for Jan Erkert Papers, 1972-2022 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

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ID: 12/13/21

Primary Creator: Erkert, Jan

Extent: 12.05 cubic feet

Arrangement:

The Jan Erkert Papers are organized in trhee series: Series 1: Performance Materials, Recordings, and Photographs; Series 2: Jan Erkert & Dancers Company Records and Personal Papers; and Series 3: Teaching Materials..

Series 1: Performance Materials, Recordings and Photographs is organized in six sub-series: Subseries 1: Video Recordings, Subseries 2: Soundtracks, Subseries 3: Photographs, Subseries 4: Programs and Flyers, and Subseries 5: Reviews. Sub-series 1 and 2 are arranged first by format, then chronologically within each format. Sub-series 3, 4, and 5 are arranged chronologically.

Series 2: Jan Erkert & Dancers Company Records and Personal Papers is organized in four sub-series, Subseries 1: Jan Erkert & Dancers Company Records, Subseries 2: Correspondence and Stationary; and Subseries 3: Publications and Workshops. Sub-series 1 is arranged alphabetically, and Sub-series 2 and 3 are arranged chronologically.

Series 3: Teaching Materials is arranged chronologically.

Date Acquired: 01/21/2022

Subjects: Dance, Dance Department, Dance Education, Fine and Applied Arts, College of, University of Illinois

Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish;Castilian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Jan Erkert Papers consists of videos and photographs of Jan Erkert's performances and choreography, as well as audio tracks used for her choreography, reviews of her work, publicity and marketing materials, and business records for Erkert's dance company, Jan Erkert & Dancers.

Biographical Note

Jan Erkert is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, and author. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1969 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, and taught at Columbia College in Chicago as a professor of dance from 1990 to 2006. In 2006, she joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a professor and as head of the Department of Dance.

In 1979 she moved to Chicago to join the Shirley Mordine & Company dance company, then founded and headed the Jan Erkert and Dancers (JE&D) dance company, where as Artistic Director, she choreographed over 70 works. The JE&D company closed in 2000, but Erkert returned to the stage in 2003 with solo performances and collaborations with other groups, including the Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture.

Erkert's book, Harnessing the Wind: the Art of Teaching Modern Dance, was published in 2003 by Human Kinetics. Erkert has recieved numerous awards, including two Fulbright awards, multiple fellowships, and other recognitions.

Subject/Index Terms

Dance
Dance Department
Dance Education
Fine and Applied Arts, College of
University of Illinois

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Jan Erkert

Acquisition Method: Gift


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Series 3: Teaching MaterialsAdd to your cart.
Consists of course materials, awards, correspondence, and contracts relating to Erkert's teaching at Columbia College and the University of Illinois. Arranged chronologically.
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Folder 1: References and Recommendations for Jan Erkert, 1979-1998Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Columbia College Contracts and related correspondence, 1990-2005Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Teaching Excellence Award, 1999Add to your cart.
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Folder 6: U.S. Professor of the Year Award, 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Composition notebooks with calss and lecture notes, 2003-2006Add to your cart.
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Folder 9: Kineseology, 2005Add to your cart.
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Folder 13: Committee on Institutional Cooperation Certificate, 2014-2015Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Cards and notes of appeciation, 2016-2020Add to your cart.

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