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Repertory Dance Theatre records, 1965-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Repertory Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Title
- Repertory Dance Theatre records
- Dates
- 1965-2004 (inclusive)19652004
- Quantity
- 26.75 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0725
- Summary
- The Repertory Dance Theatre records (1965-2004) consist mainly of the financial and business papers of this Salt Lake City-based modern dance company. Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) was founded in 1966 with the help of Virginia Tanner (1915-1979). It has become a well-known touring company, performing internationally, and displays its dedication to the arts through various community programs. Included in the collection are correspondence, notes, invoices, receipts, requisitions, purchase orders, applications, programs, reports, and other materials.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Utah's Repertory Dance Theatre was founded in 1966 as a fully-professional modern dance company through a cooperative effort involving the Salt Lake City community, the University of Utah and a major grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This partnership was created to establish a company which would keep alive that unique, artistic achievement which is American Modern Dance.
Noted educator and Children's Dance Theatre director Virginia Tanner's dream of establishing a professional company of dancers dedicated to the performance, creation and preservation of modern dance led to the development of RDT. As a professional group of artists in residence at a university, RDT began as a bold attempt at artistic democracy which gradually evolved as the company selected artistic leadership within its own ranks. A founding member, Linda C. Smith has guided the artistic mission since 1983 and kept the thread of continuity and the "dream" of Virginia Tanner alive.
Today, RDT continues to fulfill its high initial expectations. It is the oldest and most successful company of its kind, a living museum representing one hundred years of dance history, preserving the largest and most significant collection of American dance in the world. RDT acquires classic works by significant twentieth century choreographers and also commissions new works for its prestigious repertory. From the legendary Isadora Duncan and Doris Humphrey to the revolutionary Merce Cunningham and Michio Ito, RDT is both a museum and a contemporary gallery representing the scope and diversity of modern dance past and present.
RDT's mission, to aid in the decentralization of the arts and to reach audiences outside the metropolitan centers, resulted in the creation of a versatile and flexible national touring company which has been seen in more than 300 cities throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. RDT has performed for diverse audiences from Bicknell, Utah to Vienna, Austria, in school rooms and opera houses, from gymnasiums to the Kennedy Center. As ambassadors for Utah, RDT proudly represents its community and its art form throughout the world.
The company has a long standing commitment to arts-in-education. In the early 1970's RDT was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to develop multi-faceted arts residency programs for public schools. RDT has created activities which educate audience of all ages through classes, workshops, lectures and performances which reach over 30,000 school students each year in Utah alone. Projects have focused on ecology, literature, history and cultural diversity which give students and teachers tools to increase communication and develop self esteem as they increase their understanding and appreciation of world culture.
RDT strives to broaden the public's understanding of the art of modern dance through a variety of community based programs and acts as a resource center and laboratory for dancers, choreographers, visual artists, writers and composers. The company offers annual summer workshops and year-round classes to train aspiring professionals as well as inspire the creative potential in people of all ages.
In the early 1990's, RDT played a pivotal role in helping to revitalize downtown by embarking on a project to build a new performing arts center in the heart of Salt Lake City. The Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, RDT's home, enables the company to expand its potential and better serve the community. RDT is committed to increasing the public's awareness and deepen their understanding of the arts through a variety of activities, free lectures, informal performances and open rehearsals bringing alive an area of cultural and social activity.
(Historical Note taken from Repertory Dance Theatre's website at http://rdtutah.org/about.html)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Repertory Dance Theatre records (1965-2004) consist mainly of the financial and business papers of this Salt Lake City-based modern dance company. Included in the collection are correspondence, notes, invoices, receipts, requisitions, purchase orders, applications, programs, reports, and other materials.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Boxes 1-45 were donated by Repertory Dance Theatre in 1982 (26.25 linear feet).
Box 46 was donated in 2005 (0.5 linear feet).
Map case folder 1 was purchased from Tschanz Rare Books in 2020.
Processing Note
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2005.
Map case folder 1, processed by Betsey Welland in 2020.
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0039 and A0619). A CD version of the Archives Index in box 46 is located in the Manuscripts Division's CD case.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Business FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1-2 | Correspondence |
1965-1977 |
1 | 3 | Accounting |
1971-1972 |
1 | 4 | Advisory Council Meetings |
1966-1970 |
1 | 5 | Accounts Receivable |
1973-1978 |
1 | 6 | Audit |
1975 |
1 | 7 | Bad Checks |
1973-1978 |
1 | 8-9 | Banking |
1972-1977 |
2 | 1-2 | Binder Contents |
1976-1977 |
2 | 3 | Bingham High School |
1970 |
2 | 4-7 | Budget |
1960s-1970s |
3 | 1 | Budget |
1960s-1970s |
3 | 2 | By-laws |
|
3 | 3 | Celebration 5 |
1970 |
3 | 4 | Company Information |
|
3 | 5 | Contracts and Agreements |
1967-1968 |
3 | 6 | Deposits |
1976-1977 |
Folder | |||
7 | Federal Grant Application |
1969 | |
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 8 | Film Seminar |
1971 |
3 | 9 | Henry Holth |
1969-1970 |
3 | 10-11 | Income |
1960s-1970s |
3 | 12 | Inventory |
1968 |
3 | 13 | Job Analysis |
1968-1970 |
3 | 14 | Journal Entries |
1977 |
3 | 15 | Name Lists |
|
4 | 1 | National Endowment for the Arts |
1975-1978 |
4 | 2 | News Articles |
1960s-1980s |
4 | 3 | Omaha Residency |
1969-1970 |
4 | 4-6 | Payroll |
1967-1975 |
4 | 7 | Per Diem |
1975-1976 |
4 | 8 | Personnel Forms |
1976-1977 |
5 | 1-2 | Petty Cash |
1968-1978 |
5 | 3 | Progress Reports |
1969-1970 |
5 | 4-5 | Receipt Books |
1974-1975 |
6 | 1-2 | Receipts |
1966-1975 |
6 | 3 | Repertoire |
1969 |
6 | 4 | Rockefeller Grants |
1966-1967 |
6 | 5 | Schedules |
1971 |
6 | 6 | Season Incomes |
1975-1976 |
6 | 7 | Select Program |
|
6 | 8 | Statistics |
1969-1971 |
6 | 9 | Taxes |
1973-1975 |
6 | 10 | Time Cards |
1972-1973 |
6 | 11 | Tours |
1970 |
6 | 12 | Travel Vouchers |
1966-1967 |
6 | 13 | Workshop Accounts |
1972-1973 |
6 | 14 | Miscellaneous |
WorkshopsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
7 | 1-2 | Correspondence |
1973-1978 |
7 | 3-4 | Accompanists |
|
7 | 5 | Accounts Payable |
1976 |
7 | 6 | Addresses |
1971 |
7 | 7 | Advanced Composition Applications |
1977 |
7 | 8-9 | Applicants |
1973-1978 |
8 | 1 | Auditions |
1978 |
8 | 2 | Rebecca Bobele |
1978 |
8 | 3 | Brochures |
1972-1977 |
8 | 4 | Budget |
1973-1978 |
8 | 5 | Childhood Education Center |
|
8 | 6 | Choreography |
1976-1978 |
8 | 7-10 | Class Lists |
|
9 | 1 | Class Requests |
|
9 | 2 | Ze'eva Cohen |
1978 |
9 | 3 | Community Classes |
1977-1978 |
9 | 4-7 | Evaluations |
1971-1977 |
10 | 1 | Evening Class |
1973 |
10 | 2 | Forms |
1976-1978 |
10 | 3 | Fort Collins |
1973-1978 |
10 | 4-6 | Full Time People |
1978 |
10 | 7 | Housing |
1971-1978 |
10 | 8 | Judging |
|
11 | 1-4 | Judging |
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11 | 5 | David Kranes |
|
11 | 6 | John Lahr, "The Theater of Sports" |
|
11 | 7 | Late Payments |
1978 |
11 | 8 | Liability Forms |
1978 |
11 | 9 | Management Class |
1971-1973 |
11 | 10 | Mini Workshop |
1973-1975 |
11 | 11 | Money Due |
1977 |
12 | 1 | Name Lists |
1970s |
12 | 2-3 | No Shows |
1976-1978 |
12 | 4 | Notes |
1975 |
12 | 5 | Partial Applicants |
1971-1976 |
12 | 6 | Payment Records |
1978 |
12 | 7 | Payroll |
|
12 | 8 | Picnics |
1972-1976 |
12 | 9 | Production Emphasis |
1971 |
12 | 10 | Proposals |
1970-1975 |
12 | 11 | Publicists |
1972-1977 |
12 | 12 | Questionnaires |
|
13 | 1-2 | Receipts |
1974-1978 |
13 | 3 | Recommendations |
1973-1974 |
13 | 4 | Record Book |
|
13 | 5 | Regional Workshops |
1972-1973 |
13 | 6-7 | Registration |
1973-1978 |
13 | 8 | Salt Lake Workshop |
1978 |
13 | 9 | Schedules |
1970s |
14 | 1 | Scholarships |
1974-1975 |
14 | 2 | Seminars and Films |
1974 |
14 | 3 | Spaces |
1974-1978 |
14 | 4 | Special Students |
1973 |
14 | 5 | Staff |
1974-1975 |
14 | 6 | Student Addresses |
1973-1977 |
14 | 7 | Student Choreographers |
1972 |
14 | 8 | Summer Workshop |
1975 |
14 | 9 | Summerdance |
1975-1976 |
14 | 10 | Teachers |
1973-1976 |
14 | 11 | Teacher's Course |
1972 |
14 | 12 | Tickets |
1970-1976 |
14 | 13 | To Do |
|
14 | 14 | Waiting Lists |
1973-1975 |
14 | 15 | Miscellaneous |
Workshops, Applicants and ParticipantsReturn to Top
Boxes 15-22 contain files pertaining to workshop applicants and participants. The files are arranged alphabetically according to the workshop year(s) they are associated with.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
15 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, Al-Ni |
1973 |
16 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, No-Yo |
1973 |
17 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, Ac-Ly |
1975 |
18 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, Ma-Zy |
1975 |
19 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, Ad-Lo |
1975-1976 |
20 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, Ma-Zl |
1975-1976 |
21 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, Ac-Zw |
1976-1977 |
22 | Workshops, Applicants and Participants, Ad-Za |
1976-1977 |
Financial RecordsReturn to Top
Boxes 23-35 contain account and financial records, mainly in the form of receipts, invoices, requisitions, and purchase orders.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
23 | 1 | Accounting |
1969-1971 |
23 | 2-3 | Advertising |
1971-1977 |
23 | 4 | Alaska |
1974-1975 |
23 | 5 | Art Floral |
1976 |
23 | 6 | Avis |
1972-1973 |
23 | 7 | Bernina Sewing Center |
1976-1977 |
23 | 8 | Doug Bernstein |
1972-1976 |
23 | 9 | Blanket Orders |
1969-1970 |
23 | 10 | Butler Dance Supply |
1971-1976 |
23 | 11 | C. W. Silver and Co. |
1975-1976 |
23 | 12 | College Cleaners |
1971-1976 |
23 | 13 | Computer Services |
1971-1976 |
24 | 1-2 | Computer Services |
1972-1977 |
24 | 3 | Consultants |
1975 |
24 | 4 | Costumes |
1971-1977 |
24 | 5 | Credit Cards |
1971-1977 |
24 | 6 |
Daily Utah Chronicle
|
1972-1974 |
24 | 7 | Dance Royalties |
1975-1976 |
24 | 8 | Division of Continuing Education |
1975 |
24 | 9 | Eastern Tour |
1973 |
24 | 10 | Ed Williams Photography |
1974 |
24 | 11 | Equipment |
1971-1976 |
25 | 1-2 | Expenses |
1975-1977 |
25 | 3 | Facilities Rental |
1971-1972 |
25 | 4 | Film/Video |
1971-1974 |
25 | 5 | H. I. Enterprises |
1974 |
25 | 6 | Hall Rentals |
1976-1977 |
25 | 7 | Hertz Truck Rental |
1970-1976 |
25 | 8-9 | Honoraria |
1972-1976 |
26 | 1-5 | Income |
1970-1977 |
26 | 6 | Jensen Reproduction Co. |
1971-1977 |
27 | 1 | KALL Radio |
1973-1974 |
27 | 2 | KCPX Television |
1972-1976 |
27 | 3 | Kingsbury Hall |
1972-1975 |
27 | 4 | KLUB Broadcasting |
1974 |
27 | 5 | KRSP Radio |
1973-1975 |
27 | 6 | KSL Radio |
1974-1975 |
27 | 7 | KUTV |
1972-1973 |
27 | 8 | KWHO Radio |
1974-1976 |
27 | 9 | KWMS |
1977 |
27 | 10 | Lighting |
1971-1974 |
27 | 11 | Living Expenses |
1973 |
27 | 12 | Lodging |
1975-1977 |
27 | 13 | Lorraine Press |
1975-1976 |
27 | 14 | Mason-Relkin Co. |
1976 |
27 | 15 | Midwest Tour |
1974-1976 |
27 | 16 | Motels |
1971-1972 |
28 | 1 | Motels |
1976 |
28 | 2 | Motor Pool |
1971-1974 |
28 | 3 | Mt. Olympus Water |
1975-1977 |
28 | 4 | Music/Sound |
1971-1975 |
28 | 5 | Newspaper Agency Corp. |
1972-1977 |
28 | 6 | Office Supplies |
1971-1972 |
28 | 7 | Olympus High School |
1970 |
28 | 8 | Paragon Press |
1972-1975 |
28 | 9 | Patrick Dry Goods Co. |
1970-1977 |
28 | 10 | Performance Hall |
1972-1977 |
28 | 11 | Photography |
1973-1976 |
29 | 1-2 | Physical Plant Operations |
1969-1976 |
29 | 3-4 | Postage |
1971-1977 |
29 | 5 | Printing |
1975-1977 |
29 | 6 | Public Relations |
1971-1972 |
30 | 1 | Public Relations |
1973-1975 |
30 | 2 | Publicity |
1975 |
30 | 3 | Reagan Outdoor Advertising |
1976 |
30 | 4 | Leon Reese |
1976 |
30 | 5 | Reimbursements |
1969 |
30 | 6 | Roger Merrill Graphic Arts |
1976 |
30 | 7 | Royalties |
1974-1975 |
30 | 8 | Ryder Truck Rental |
1973-1977 |
30 | 9 | Seagull Printing Services |
1976-1977 |
30 | 10-12 | Sets/Props |
1970-1975 |
30 | 13 | Silver State Suppliers |
1975-1976 |
30 | 14 | Smith's Printing |
1972-1974 |
30 | 15 | Space Rental |
1975 |
30 | 16 | Spring Tour |
1977 |
31 | 1 | Stockdale and Co. |
1971-1976 |
31 | 2 | Stores and Receiving Dept. |
1969-1970 |
31 | 3 | Summerdance |
1976 |
31 | 4-8 | Supplies |
1972-1977 |
31 | 9 | Taffy's |
1971-1976 |
32 | 1 | Technical Design and Management |
1976-1977 |
32 | 2-4 | Telephone |
1971-1977 |
32 | 5 | A. R. Terry |
1972-1974 |
32 | 6 | Tickets and Seating |
1968-1970 |
32 | 7 | Tom Kerrigan, Inc. |
1976 |
32 | 8-9 | Tour Expenses |
1970-1975 |
33 | 1-2 | Tour Income |
1971-1976 |
33 | 3 | Touring |
1974-1975 |
33 | 4-6 | Travel |
1968-1977 |
34 | 1-4 | Travel |
1969-1976 |
34 | 5 | Tuition |
1972 |
34 | 6 | Twin Typographers |
1973-1974 |
34 | 7 | Universal Theater Supply |
1976-1977 |
34 | 8 | University Bookstore |
1969-1970 |
35 | 1 |
Utah Holiday Magazine
|
1972-1976 |
35 | 2 | Utah State Division of Fine Arts |
1976 |
35 | 3 | Utah Symphony |
1972-1976 |
35 | 4 | Wages |
1968-1977 |
35 | 5 | Western Alliance |
1972-1973 |
35 | 6 | Western States Arts Foundation |
1976 |
35 | 7 | Work Study |
1976 |
35 | 8-9 | Workshops |
1971-1973 |
35 | 10 | Xerox |
1977-1979 |
35 | 11 | The Yardstick |
1971-1977 |
35 | 12 | Miscellaneous |
|
36 | Campus Orders
Boxes 36-40 contain financial records that were not originally kept with any specific name file. Although each box is labeled according to the bulk format present, other materials may also be included. For example, purchase orders may be grouped with sister requisitions. Some correspondence and other papers can be found in the boxes as well.
|
1970s | |
37 | Purchase Orders and Requisitions |
1960s-1970s | |
38 | Requisitions |
1960s-1970s | |
39 | Requisitions |
1960s-1970s |
General Materials and Oversize RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
40 | Programs and Announcements |
1970s-1980s | |
41 | Batch Reports |
1968-1976 | |
42 | Batch Reports |
1971-1975 | |
43 | Batch Reports |
1975-1977 | |
Folder | |||
44 | 1 | Hourly and Work-study Records |
1969-1975 |
44 | 2-3 | Payroll Process |
1975-1977 |
45 | 1-2 | Personnel Action Forms |
1975-1976 |
45 | 3 | Salaried Records |
1969-1975 |
46 | Archive Index |
1966-2004 |
Map CaseReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Folder | |
1 | Promotional posters
Contains posters for the 10th year anniversary, "Now...An Evening of Contemporaty Dance," "Backstage Jitters," "Alice in Wonderland," and "Firestorm."
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dance companies--Utah--History--Sources
- Dance--Utah--Sources
- Modern dance--Utah--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- Repertory Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Applications
- Financial records
- Grant proposals
- Minutes (Records)
- Programs (Publications)