Records of the Meryl Tankard Company, 1984-1992 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2047475
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Meryl Tankard Company
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1984-1992
- 1.96 m. (14 boxes) + fol. items.
- Summary:
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The collection largely consists of production files created by the Canberra based Meryl Tankard Company, 1989-1992. It includes media releases, programs, production agreements, budgets and schedules, operational correspondence, cast notes, handbills, cuttings and other material associated with productions staged by the Company, or its participation in events, festivals and tours in Australia and overseas. The Company's repertoire: VX18504, Two feet, Banshee, Echo Point, Nuti, Kikimora, Court of Flora, Circo, Chants de Mariage and others, were performed locally and around Australia including the Adelaide Festival of Arts, the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, Canberra's Floriade, and other Australian arts festivals. The Company made notable appearances at festivals in Japan, Indonesia, China and Italy.
- Biography/History:
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Meryl Tankard, dancer and choreographer, took over the role of artisitic director of the Human Veins Dance Theatre in Canberra in 1989. Between 1989 and 1992 the renamed Meryl Tankard Company created a range of works that reflected Tankard's highly individualistic style. Tankard remained with the Company until late 1992. In 1993 she became artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre in South Australia and renamed it the Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 9264.
- Some photocopies and facsimiles.
- Related Material:
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- Associated materials: Material relating to Human Veins Dance Theatre is held in National Library of Australia, Manuscript Section MS 7629.
- Associated materials: Papers of Meryl Tankard are held in National Library of Australia, Manuscript Section MS 9940.
- Associated materials: Oral history interviews with Meryl Tankard are held in National Library of Australia Oral History Section ORAL TRC 2560, TRC 2602, TRC 3477.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available online.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1984-1992
- Other authors/contributors:
- Tankard, Meryl 1955-
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