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Paul James Dwyer fonds

  • F0142
  • Fonds
  • 1955-2013

The fonds documents Paul James Dwyer's activities as a dancer, choreographer, and writer. Records consist mainly of correspondence and subject files relating to various dance companies such as Dance Oremus Danse and the Isadora Duncan School of Modern Dance. There is some documentation on grant applications. Also included are dance programmes, Dwyer's published articles and photographs of colleagues such as Jeanne Bresciani, Lori Belliveau, Nadia Chilkovsky, and Anita Zhan. There are video and audio recordings of interviews and dance performances. Accession 2007-059 includes correspondence with Madeleine Lytton regarding her dance career in the tradition of Isadora Duncan, correspondence and other documentation regarding the collections of books, photographs, and other material pertaining to Duncan owned by Leo and Lillian Loewenthal and Howard Holtzman, Ella Bobrow's book on Irina Odoevtseva, a program for the memorial dance performance for Hortense Kooluris, and promotional material for a wide variety of performers involved in dance, opera, and baroque music.

Dwyer, Paul James

Cultural events : seasonal programmes 2011-2012. - File consists of seasonal programmes for: Academy concert series, Array Networks, The Musicians in Ordinary, New Music Concerts, Pax Christi Chorale, St. Olave's Church, Scaramella, The Toronto Consort, Toronto Recorder Players Society, University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, Windermere String Quartet, Jorgen Ballet Canada, and West Queen West neighbourhood guide.

Accession 2011-015

Accession consist sof the records of P.J. Dwyer and Dance Oremus Danse, including correspondence, notes, and other documents relating to Dwyer's trip to Japan in November 2010 to give a performance and master class on Isadora Duncan for the Tokyo Dance Association of Advanced Professional Training Colleges, and programmes, newsletters, brochures, and other ephemera for cultural events held in Ontario.

Correspondence

File consists of letters and cards from Paul James Dwyer's network of friends involved with the artistic legacy of Isadora Duncan.

Accession 2010-027

Accession consists of programmes for events held by cultural organizations, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, dance and theatre companies, and photography exhibitions sent to or collected by Paul James Dwyer in connection with his work as founder of Dance Oremus Danse.

Accession 2009-033

Accession consists of records created by Paul James Dwyer during his work with Dance Oremus Danse, including programmes from performances of dance, theatre, and classical music, notes and reference material on fundraising in the arts sector, and operating files for his dance company.

Isadora Duncan related material

File consists of correspondence re. Isadora Duncan 35mm slide (1999) and correspondence with Kirby Kooluris re. "Carrying on the Duncan Dance" (2009).

Accession 2007-059

Accession consists of correspondence with several individuals involved in the international dance community on topics that include research on teh career of Isadora Duncan, the purchase of Lillian Loewenthal's collection by York University Libraries, the Howard Holtzman collection, and the memorial performance for Hortense Kooluris in October 2007. Accession also includes performance programmes and other promotional literature from a wide range of organizations involved with dance, baroque music, and opera.

Correspondence : general

File consists of letters and notecards from several individuals involved with the interpretation of Isadora Duncan's dancing, as well as the memorial tribute for Hortense Kooluris.

Correspondence : Finchcocks Musical Museum

File consists of letters, promotional material, a contract for Dwyer's performance at the Finchcocks Festival in 2007, a digital video disc of Dwyer's dancing in 2007, and reviews of baroque music recordings written by Dwyer for the magazine, "Opus."

Correspondence : Lytton, Madeleine

File consists of letters from Lytton regarding her work in the tradition of Isadora Duncan, her relationship with Dwyer, and illustrations from her career in dance.

Accession 2012-050

Accession consists of financial records from Dance Oremus Danse including donation receipt books, dance programmes, as well as related ephemera, including a mounted poster.

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