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Daniel Nagrin collection, circa 1920-2006

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BOX 33, 45 The Workgroup, 1969-1988, undated
Choreographic notes, class exercises, improvisational notes, publicity materials, correspondence, and essays.
BOX-FOLDER 33/11 Appearances
BOX-FOLDER 45/8 Background
BOX-FOLDER 45/6 Classes, 1973
BOX-FOLDER 33/9 Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 33/10 Donna Joseph notes
BOX-FOLDER 45/2 Essay by Robin Lakes, Performance Studies Department, New York University, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 33/8 Exercises
BOX-FOLDER 33/7 Improvisation book
BOX-FOLDER 33/6 Improvisation notes
BOX-FOLDER 45/10 Miscellaneous notes, exercises, production requirements, and writings
BOX-FOLDER 33/12 Notes (pre-Workgroup, day timer, proto notes, Clyde Morgan, Fraser, miscellaneous notes), 1969
BOX-FOLDER 45/1 Notes, 1969-1970
BOX-FOLDER 45/7 Notes, 1972
BOX-FOLDER 45/5 Notes and exercises - Vermont, 1972
BOX-FOLDER 45/3 Printing
BOX-FOLDER 45/10 Production requirements
BOX-FOLDER 45/9 Publicity
BOX-FOLDER 45/4 Sample programs
BOX 34-38 Published and Unpublished Writings
Organized into three subseries and arranged alphabetically by author or title.
BOX 34-35 Articles and Notes by Daniel Nagrin
BOX-FOLDER 34/1 "The art of videotaping dance"
BOX-FOLDER 34/2 "Art to science to art"
BOX-FOLDER 34/3 "An attempt to examine what actually takes place in my mind when I look at a dance"
BOX-FOLDER 34/4 "A brief manual for vocal projection"
BOX-FOLDER 34/6 "Chronologies"
BOX-FOLDER 34/5 "The creative method of Tamiris"
BOX-FOLDER 34/7 "The curses of Lincoln Kirstein"
BOX-FOLDER 34/8 "Dancing down the years"
BOX-FOLDER 35/1 "The dichotomies which mark out the limits of movement and imply the possible points between"
Written by Daniel von Labanagrin [pseudonym].
BOX-FOLDER 34/8-10 "The Fall"
BOX-FOLDER 34/11 "Four films"
BOX-FOLDER 34/12 "Goes back to Buffalo"
BOX-FOLDER 34/13 "Ground rules for presenting choreography and the giving and receiving of criticism in Daniel Nagrin's choreography classes"
BOX-FOLDER 34/14 "Hazards facing students of choreography"
BOX-FOLDER 34/15 "Improvising jazz workshop"
BOX-FOLDER 34/16 "Introduction to open ritual"
BOX-FOLDER 35/2 "Man finds ..."
BOX-FOLDER 35/3 "Movie adventure in Fiji: adapting native dances"
BOX-FOLDER 35/4 "A proposal: an experiment. The subjects? You, the dancers"
BOX-FOLDER 35/5 "Preamble to belief"
BOX-FOLDER 35/6 "The six questions: acting technique for dance performance"
BOX-FOLDER 35/7 "Staring at the computer"
BOX-FOLDER 35/8 "A suggestion for dealing with the third person singular"
BOX-FOLDER 35/9 "Thoughts on present day teaching of technique"
BOX-FOLDER 35/10 "Twelve essays: eleven by Nagrin"
BOX-FOLDER 35/11 "Videotaped choreography critiques"
BOX-FOLDER 35/12 "Videotaping dance is now necessary and difficult"
BOX-FOLDER 35/13 Lectures and lecture notes
BOX-FOLDER 35/14 Writing projects
BOX-FOLDER 35/15 Essay catalogue
BOX-FOLDER 35/16 Lexicon (Permutations) camera x dances
BOX-FOLDER 35/17 Notes and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 35/18 "Avoid perfection"
Co-written with Phyllis Steele.
BOX 36 Articles by Others
BOX-FOLDER 36/1 Cochran, Diane Wawrejko. "Getting to the core of X"
BOX-FOLDER 36/2 Hecht, Ben. "Labor pageant"
BOX-FOLDER 36/3 Millhollon, Mary. "Dancing to a creative beat"
BOX-FOLDER 36/4 Schlundt, Christena. Miscellaneous writings
BOX-FOLDER 36/5 Wade, Kathleen. "Is it a poem or a polemic"
BOX-FOLDER 36/6 Wolfe, Winifred. "Three stories high"
BOX 36-39 Books Published by Daniel Nagrin
Correspondence, research, permissions, illustrations, and drafts of his books.
BOX-FOLDER 38/3-8 Choreography and the Specific Image: Nineteen Essays and a Workbook. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.
BOX-FOLDER 37/1-10, 38/1-2 Dance and the Specific Image: Improvisation. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994.
BOX-FOLDER 36/7-14 How to Dance Forever: Surviving the Odds. New York: William Morrow, 1988.
BOX-FOLDER 38/9-13, 39/1-4 The Six Questions: Acting Technique for Dance Performers. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.
BOX 39, 43-44 Business and Personal Papers, 1943-1995, undated
Bylaws, legal papers, contracts, touring information, tax forms, board of directors minutes, agendas, correspondence, Nagrin's military service papers, his calendars and personal notebooks, and extensive biographical information.
BOX-FOLDER 43/6 Actors' Equity Association
BOX-FOLDER 43/1-4 Biographical information
BOX-FOLDER 44/1-2 Board of directors minutes, agendas, correspondence, IRS communications, undated
BOX-FOLDER 44/3 Business correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 44/11 Business papers - Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Workshop, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 44/4 Calendars, 1973-1977
BOX-FOLDER 43/7 Contracts
BOX-FOLDER 39/5 Correspondence related to Nagrin's book publications
BOX-FOLDER 43/5 Daniel Nagrin Theatre, Film and Dance Foundation: business papers
BOX-FOLDER 44/9 IRS 990 forms and official reports
BOX-FOLDER 44/6 London trip, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 44/7 Military service papers
BOX-FOLDER 44/5 Personal notebooks, 1943-1995
BOX-FOLDER 39/6 Research, undated
BOX-FOLDER 44/10 State of New York. Department of Labor
BOX-FOLDER 44/8 Telephone message pads, 1971
BOX-FOLDER 43/8 Touring information
BOX 46-49 Fundraising, 1966-1990, undated
Includes National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts applications and awards, and other foundation, grant, and fundraising materials.
BOX-FOLDER 49/1 Arizona State University grants, undated
BOX-FOLDER 48/10 Brockport (NY) State Council, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 49/2 Daniel Nagrin Theatre, Film and Dance Foundation correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 49/8 Daniel Nagrin Theatre, Film and Dance Foundation gala, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 49/9 Daniel Nagrin Theatre, Film and Dance Foundation: general fundraising correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 49/3-7 Guggenheim Foundation, 1969-1985
BOX-FOLDER 47/4 National Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1966-1972
BOX-FOLDER 46/1 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1972-1973
BOX-FOLDER 46/2-3 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1973-1974
BOX-FOLDER 46/4 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1974-1975
BOX-FOLDER 46/5 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1974-1977
BOX-FOLDER 46/6 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1977
BOX-FOLDER 46/7 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1979-1983
BOX-FOLDER 46/8 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1980
BOX-FOLDER 46/9 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1980-1981
BOX-FOLDER 46/10 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1981
BOX-FOLDER 46/11 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1981-1982
BOX-FOLDER 46/12 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1982
BOX-FOLDER 46/13 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1982-1983
BOX-FOLDER 47/1-2 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Arizona State University Video Project, 1982-1985
BOX-FOLDER 46/14-15 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1983
BOX-FOLDER 47/3 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1990
BOX-FOLDER 47/5 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1966
BOX-FOLDER 47/6 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1970
BOX-FOLDER 47/7 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1971-1972
BOX-FOLDER 47/8-9 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1972-1973
BOX-FOLDER 47/10-11 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1973-1974
BOX-FOLDER 48/1-2 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1974-1975
BOX-FOLDER 48/3 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1976-1977
BOX-FOLDER 48/4 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1978-1979
BOX-FOLDER 48/5 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1979-1980
BOX-FOLDER 48/6 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1980-1981
BOX-FOLDER 48/7 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1981-1982
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