Correspondence, 1961-1997

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Series 1

Content Summary:

Marie Cuckson and Emmy Towsey corresponded with various dance centres, museums and archives, as well as researchers, former dancers and others associated with or interested in Bodenwieser. They donated copies of material from the Gertrud Bodenwieser Archives to various museums including the Lincoln Center (New York), the Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (Vienna), Dansmuseet (Stockholm) and the Australian Ballet Dance Archives (Melbourne).

Cuckson and Towsey also collected memoirs, photographs and other material relating to Bodenwieser from various people associated with her life and work, including Shona Dunlop MacTavish, Hede Juer, Eileen Cramer and Margaret Chapple.

Other correspondents include Marcel Lorber, Johanna Exiner, Hilde Holger, Joel Crotty, Colin Peasley, Robyn Rawson, Giora Manor, Lysbeth Cohen, Clem Gorman, Lyn Collingwood, Karl Bittman, Dr Agnes Bleir Brody of the Hilverding Society, Meg Abbie Denton of the South Australian College for Advanced Education, Claire Robilant of the London School of Contemporary Dance, Paul Bentley of the Sydney Opera House Trust, Genevieve Oswald of the Lincoln Center, Bengt Häger of Dansmuseet, Edward Pask of the Australian Ballet Dance Archives and Ann Butt of the Australian Association for Dance Education.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Following Gertrud Bodenwieser's death in 1959, papers documenting her extensive career as a dancer, choreographer and teacher were left in the custody of Marie Cuckson. Together with Emmy Towsey, Cuckson arranged and added to the collection, through donations of memoirs, costume designs and other material from Bodenwieser's friends and associates. In August 1998 the collection was donated to the Library by Cuckson and her daughter Barbara Cuckson. Part of this collection was also sent to the National Film and Sound Archive.

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Performing arts

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