Consignment received 2003, 1975-2002

Containers:

Box 1-8; 10; 13; 15-21 (MS 9940), Box 9; 11; 14 (MS 9940), Folio-Box 12 (MS 9940), Map-Folio (2 pieces) (MS 9940), Folio-Box 1,4-6 (MS 9940), Folio-Box 2,3,7 (MS 9940)

Component identifier:

Class MS 9940

Content Summary:

This consignment documents Meryl Tankard's career as a dancer, performer, choreographer and artistic director from her early engagement with The Australian Ballet and her work with the Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal to her later independent and collaborative freelance projects up until 2002.

There are programs, press clippings, photographs and conceptual and production notes for works created by Tankard, particularly Echo Point (1984), Travelling Light (1986), Two Feet (1988), The Deep End (1996) and Deep Sea Dreaming (2000) for the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony.

A significant component of the collection is business documents and correspondence relating to the activities of the Meryl Tankard Company and Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre.

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

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