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BOX 1-17, 142, 202, 228-305 Journals and Notebooks, 1922-2000
General diaries as well as choreographic and compositional notebooks that document the creative process of Hawkins and Dlugoszewski.
Arranged in two subseries by creator.
BOX 1-17, 142, 202, 228-229 Hawkins, 1922-1994
General diaries and choreographic notebooks by Erick Hawkins that document the creation of many of his dances.
Arranged in two sub-subseries.
BOX 1-2, 4, 228 General Content, 1922-1993
Diaries and journals documenting Hawkins's everyday life, including spiritual activities and financial records.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1922-1928
Six diaries
BOX-FOLDER 2/1-6 1922-1935
Seven diaries
BOX-FOLDER 4/3-7 1967-1976
Five notebooks
BOX-FOLDER 4/9 1991-1992
One notebook
BOX 228 1992-1993
One notebook
Includes: Notes on Good Samaritan and Prodigal Son
BOX 2-17, 142, 202, 228-229 Choreographic Notebooks, 1937-1994
Notebooks that include movement sketches and motifs, scenarios, and choreography recorded in Hawkins's own dance notation system. Hawkins developed his own system of dance notation, which is evident in the notebooks for dance of his company. Separate choreographic notes and sketches not part of bound notebooks are also included. Where notes or choreography for a dance is found within a notebook with the title of another dance, a cross-reference has been included.
Arranged alphabetically by dance title.
BOX-FOLDER 3/8, 4/1, 228 8 Clear Places, 1952-1961
Two notebooks and portions of two notebooks
Includes: Essay writings on other topics and stage diagrams
BOX-FOLDER 5/1-2, 142/1, 228 Agathlon, 1979 and undated
see also Hurrah! notebooks
Two notebooks, portion of one notebook, and one folder containing notes and script
BOX-FOLDER 5/3-4, 228 Ahab, 1986? and undated
Three notebooks containing notes and script
BOX-FOLDER 5/5-6 Angels of the Inmost Heaven, 1971-1972, 1984
Two notebooks containing notes and script
Includes: Drafts of performance programs and program notes for Cantilever
BOX-FOLDER 142/2 Apollo, undated
One folder containing movement sketches
BOX-FOLDER 5/7-8 Avanti, 1980
Two notebooks containing writing and movement notes
BOX 228 Bartók, 1972
One notebook
Note: Choreographic ideas for Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin
BOX-FOLDER 6/1-7 Black Lake, 1966-1970
Seven notebooks containing rough notes, movement sketches, and notation
Laid in: Note on instruments
BOX-FOLDER 6/8 Bridegroom of the Moon, 1952?
One notebook containing movement notation
Note: Solo for Hawkins at 92nd Street Y
BOX-FOLDER 7/1-4 Cantilever, 1964-1971, 1979-1981, 1988, and undated
Four notebooks containing notes and notation for original and revised versions
Note: Pasted in, laid in, and loose pages
BOX-FOLDER 4/6, 8/1 Dawn Dazzled Door, 1966-1972 and undated
Two notebooks containing movement sketches or motifs
BOX-FOLDER 4/2, 7/5-7, 142/3, 228 Dazzle on a Knife's Edge, 1959, 1966-1971, and undated
Five notebooks, portion of one notebook, and one folder containing notes, movement sketches or motifs, and notation
BOX-FOLDER 8/2-3 Death Is the Hunter, 1955 and undated
Two notebooks containing notes and script
BOX-FOLDER 8/4 Each Time You Carry Me This Way, undated
One notebook
Note: Movement no. 1
BOX-FOLDER 8/5-7, 202/2 Early Floating, 1961 and undated
Three notebooks and one folder containing first notes, choreographic notes, unrevised original notation for three and for four dancers, and final version
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Gallows Dance, 1966-1971
Portions of one notebook
Note: Possibly part of God's Angry Man
BOX-FOLDER 228 Gawain Yes, 1956-1957
One notebook
BOX-FOLDER 9/1-3 Geography of Noon, 1963-1966 and undated
Three notebooks containing work notes, script of first version, and 1966 revision
Laid in: Page of choreography in revision notebook
BOX-FOLDER 9/4-7 God the Reveller, 1958?, 1982-1987, and undated
Four notebooks containing outline, notes, and script
Includes: Note on Killer-of-Enemies and 1987 program list
BOX-FOLDER 10/1-3 Greek Dreams, with Flute, 1973, 1977, and undated
Three notebooks containing script, notation, and costume sketches
Includes: Programs for Hurrah! and Meditation on Orpheus
BOX 11, 228 Here and Now, with Watchers, 1953-1956
Nine notebooks containing rough notes, sketches, choreographic notes, and "finished notes"
BOX-FOLDER 10/4-6 Heyoka, 1981 and undated
Three notebooks containing notes, sketches, and script
Includes: Note for Plains Daybreak
BOX-FOLDER 12/1-6 Hurrah!, 1971-1975 and undated
Six notebooks containing notes, sketches, and script, including costume and staging notes, movement notation, and rhythm counts
Includes: Notation for Agathlon group and duets
BOX-FOLDER 202/3 Introduction to the Snowing, 1961
One folder containing notes for movements
BOX-FOLDER 3/3-4, 10/7 John Brown, 1942-1943 and undated
Three notebooks containing early notes and movement notation
Note: Undated notebook is labeled God's Angry Man
BOX-FOLDER 12/7-9 The Joshua Tree, 1980 and undated
Three notebooks containing script, action description and spoken word, and movement notation
BOX-FOLDER 3/2, 3/6, 13/1-2, 228 Killer-of-Enemies, 1941-1942?, 1991
Five notebooks containing notes for original version and later movement ideas and notation for 1991 version
Laid in: One page titled "Cindy"
BOX-FOLDER 13/3-4, 17/1, 142/4 Lords of Persia, 1965, 1970, 1994
Three notebooks and one folder
Note: 1965 notebook is labeled as unrevised; 1970 notebook is later version
BOX-FOLDER 3/10 Magic (Floor Solo), 1953-1956, 1963
Portions of one notebook
Includes: Class preparation notes
BOX-FOLDER 13/5-6 Meditation on Orpheus, 1974
Two notebooks containing sketches and script
BOX-FOLDER 2/7-8, 2/10, 3/2 Minotaur, 1937-1942?
One notebook and one loose page containing notes for original version, as well as notes, lists, laid-in loose pages, and script for revision of 1942 version
BOX-FOLDER 2/8, 3/9 Miscellaneous writings, 1947-1951
Portions of one notebook
BOX-FOLDER 13/7-8, 228 Naked Leopard, 1947-1951
Three notebooks
Note: Notebook labeled Part III includes one page of Dazzle on a Knife's Edge
BOX-FOLDER 14/1-4 New Moon, 1973, 1989
Four notebooks containing sketches and movement notation; lists, program notes (including notes on other dances), and other notes at back of the notebooks
Note: Sketches notebook includes part of Primer for Action
Laid in: Loose pages in Box 14, Folder 1
BOX-FOLDER 15/1-2, 142/5 Of Love, 1971 and undated
Two notebooks and one folder containing choreographic notes
Laid in: Notes in Dlugoszewski's hand on music dynamic structure
BOX-FOLDER 3/9, 229 openings of the (eye), 1937-1942?
Four notebooks and portions of one notebook
BOX-FOLDER 3/5, 3/9, 14/5-7 Parson Weems and the Cherry Tree, 1944, 1966, 1974-1976, and undated
Four notebooks containing notes, script, and notations
Includes: Notes laid in and program notes for Black Lake and Tightrope
Note: 1944 notebook also has notes for Song of the Earth and Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 Pilgrim's Progress, 1942-1943
Portions of one notebook
BOX-FOLDER 15/3-6 Plains Daybreak, 1979 and undated
Four notebooks containing notes, script, costume sketches, music timing, and choreographic notes
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Primer for Action, 1941-1942?
see also New Moon
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