Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre, 1992-1999

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Component identifier:
Series 5
Content Summary:

In 1992 Tankard became artistic director of Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide, subsequently renamed Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre. This series consists of correspondence and documents relating to the business activities of the company, including agendas, minutes, budgets and director's reports. Major correspondents include Sylvie Guillam, Didier Le Besque, Melsine Grevesmühl, Christian Haag, Justice Margaret Nyland and Anthony Steel.

The 1998 dispute between Tankard and the company's Board is documented through Tankard's personal notes and correspondence with her management company, Board members, company staff and the South Australian Minister for the Arts, Diana Laidlaw, as well as letters of support, copies of debate in South Australian Legislative Council and the 1998 deed of termination between Australian Dance Theatre and Tankard.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The Meryl Tankard Papers were acquired by the Library from Meryl Tankard through the Cultural Gifts Program in 2003 and 2016.
Subjects:
Performing arts

Contents

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
The collection is partly restricted and partly closed.MS 9940 Series 4 (Files 1-3) and MS 9940 Series 5 (Files 4-9, 23-29) are closed for 50 years after Tankard's death. Access to the remainder of the collection is restricted, and written permission is required to use this material.
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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