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4150 – sonnet class

Item consists of a photocopied poem captioned “manuscript of poem no. 5 with self-portrait (TC no.174r).”

Course description format

File consists of documents related to a new course proposals pertaining to choreography, Canadian dance history, and Indian dance, and a proposed joint programme with the National Ballet School for teacher training.

Writing and research files

Series consists of recordings pertaining to Doob’s research and scholarship interest in medieval studies, dance, and medicine. Series contains interview transcripts and notes, manuscripts, notes, drafts and publications, lectures, grant applications, research-related photographs, and reference material including dance programmes.

A significant portion of the series pertains to the National Ballet of Canada including research material for over thirty repertoires; interview material with Rudolf Nureyev, Celia Franca, Karen Kain, Erik Bruhn, James Kudelka, Rex Harrington, Dominique Dumais, and Glen Tetley; and the manuscripts of Karen Kain and Rex Harrington’s autobiography drafts.

Series also includes the draft manuscript of ‘Nebauchadnezzar’s Children: Conventions of Madness in Middle English Literature,’ and research material related to labyrinths in the middle ages and Chaucer.

NBC : gala performance program

Item pertains to gala with artists of the National Ballet and guest artists: Ib Andersen, Erik Bruhn, Carla Fracci, Evelyn Hart, Sylvie Kinal-Chevalier, and David Peregrine.

NBC : Arabesque

File contains articles written by Doob in the company magazine: “Balanchine: the alchemy of geniis” (Feb. 11-15, 1987); “Balanchine: the alchemy of genius” with handwritten notes (Feb. 18-22, 1987); Historical note for Giselle (Nov. 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 1986); and typescript for 1986 performance of the Merry Widow.

NBC : performance magazine

File contains magazine titled “Performance: Canada's Leading Theatre Magazine” (November/December 1979 and 10-28 February 1982).

NBC : programs

File consists of programs for the National Ballet of Canada performances of: Cafe Dance, Frames of Mind, Split House Geometric, the Strangeness of a Kiss, and Orale (4-8, 10-15 May 1994); The Sleeping Beauty (27 April-1, 10-15 May 1994); Paquita, the Forgotten Land, and the Actress (16-20 February 1994); Coppelia (9-13 February 1994); and Onegin (23-27 Feb. 1994).

NBC : programs

File consists of programs for the National Ballet of Canada performances of: Swan Lake (November 1994); The Dream, Monotones, A Month in the Country (3-7 May 1995); The Nutcracker (December 1995 and January 1996) with handwritten notes; Don Quixote (February 1996); and the Four Seasons, the Fall, Tides of Mind, and A Month in the Country (February 1997).

NBC : programs

File consists of programs for the National Ballet of Canada performances of: Tales of the Arabian Nights: the Story of Abdallah (April-May 1997); Les Sylphides, the Four Temperaments, Elite Syncopations (May 1997); Manon (November 1998); Inspired by Gould (November 1999); Giselle (March/May 2000); and The Four Seasons, Firebird (Sept./Nov. 2000).

NBC : programs

File consists of programs for the National Ballet of Canada performances of: Madame Butterfly (March/May 2001); Theme and Variations, Septet, A Delicate Battle (March/May 2001); The Contract (March/May 2002); and Apollo, Intermezzo, and Voluntaries (March/May 2002).

NBC : programs

File consists of programs for the National Ballet of Canada performances of: the Nutcracker (Dec./Feb. 2003); Tristan and Isolde (March/May 2003) with handwritten notes; The Four Seasons, Cruel World, Theme and Variations (March/May 2004); Cinderella (March/May 2004); and The Nutcracker (2006-2007).

NBC : programs

File consists of programs for the National Ballet of Canada performances of: the Taming of the Shrew (Spring 2007) with h andwritten notes; A Footsteep of Air & Opus19/The Dreamer & Voluntaries (Spring 2007); 24 Preludes by Chopin & Soldiers' Mass & Rooster (Spring 2008); The Seagull (Autumn 2008);The Nutcracker (Winter 2008-2009); Skin Divers & Carmen (Summer 2009); The Sleeping Beauty (Autumn 2009); The Four Temperaments & WATCH HER & Glass Pieces *Autumn 2009); Cinderella (Autumn 2010); and Don Quixote (Winter 2010-2011)

NBC : Performer newsletter

File consists of company newsletters: Spring 1998 (vol. 7, No. 3), Winter 1997 (vol. 6, no. 2), Fall 1995 (vol. 5, no. 1), Winter 1994 (vol. 3, no. 2)Winter 1998 (vol. 7, no. 2), and Spring (vol. 10, no. 1).

Dance in Canada : reviews and articles

File contains photocopies of the articles written by Doob: “Feminist Dance” (Fall 1975, no. 6, p.15-18), “the Male Image” (Spring 1976, no. 8, p.14-19), “A Dancer Prepares” (Spring 1976, no. 8, p.6-10), “From Hand-me-downs to Haut Couture” (Fall 1976, no. 10, p.18-21), and “Profile: Jennifer Penney” (Spring 1982, no. 32, p.10-12).

Ballet News

File consists of several issues of the magazine: May 1979 (vol. 1, no. 1); May 1980 (no. 1, vol. 11); August 1980 (vol. 2, no. 2); January 1981 (vol. 2, no. 7); March 1981 (vol. 2, no. 9); March 1982 (vol. 3, no. 9); June 1983 (vol. 4, no. 12); February 1983 (vol. 4, no. 8); and March 1986 (vol. 6, no. 9).

Ballet News

File consists of several issues of the magazine: September 1983 (vol. 5, no. 3); March 1981 (vol. 5, no. 9); June 1984 (vol. 5, no. 12); October 1984 (vol. 6, no. 4); March 1985 (vol. 6, no. 9); August 1985 (vol. 7, no. 2); and November 1985 (vol. 7, no. 5).

Toronto report

File pertains to Premier Dance Theatre's Harbourfront program, O Vertigo Danse, and NBC choreographic workshop.

Doob : dance

File primarily consists of dance reviews, but also includes speech written by Doob for Karen Kain for her honorary doctorate reception.

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