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Penelope Doob fonds
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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 : 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 : performance magazine

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

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).

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: 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: 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 : 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).

Old interviews/NBC

File includes interview transcripts with James Kudelka, Karen Kain, Bruhn, Terry Westmoreland, and Kenneth McMillan.

Penelope Doob fonds

  • F0729
  • Fonds
  • 1940-2013, 1970-2000 predominant

Fonds consists of records documenting Doob’s activities as a professor at York University and scholar of medieval studies, dance, and medicine. A small amount of personal memorabilia and ephemera of her early life related to her education are included.

Penelope Reed Doob

Plates

File consists of photocopies and a photograph of labyrinths.

PPF : final report

Item consists of report titled “Past, present, future : a conference on the future of ballet.”

PPF : interviews

File contains annotated transcripts of interviews with Kevin McKenzie, John Neumeier, Arthur Mitchell, Peter Martins, Francia Russell, Reid Anderson, and correspondence.

PRD : Ashton

Item consists of photocopied article “A Conversation with Sir Frederick Ashton” in 'York Dance Review.'

PRD : Changeling

File includes offprint of “A Reading of 'the Changeling'” by Doob in the 'English Literary Renaissance' (1973, vol. 3, no. 1).

PRD : Character Dance

Item consists of The National Ballet of Canada newsletter 'National Ballet News' (Summer 1982, vol. 7, no. 3).

PRD : Coppelia

Item consists of The National Ballet of Canada newsletter 'National Ballet News' (Summer 1984, vol. 9, no. 3).

PRD : Corones Tweyne

File contains “Chaucer's 'Corones Tweyne' and the Lapidaries” article written by Doob and published in 'The Chaucer Review' (vol. 7, no. 2).

PRD : d in C Can. Women 75

File contains 'Dance in Canada' magazine (Fall 1975) and photocopied article titled “Review: Feminist Dance in England” by Doob.

PRD : Desrosier BN

Item consists of photocopied article “Garden of Unearthly Delights” in 'Ballet News' (November 1985, vol. 7, no. 5).

PRD : Earle

Item consists of photocopied article “David Earle: 'myths that connect the natural world with human life are gone from our culture” by Doob.

PRD : Educating dancers

Item consists of photocopied article “How to educate a dancer: the National Ballet School's 20th anniversary conference” in 'Dance Magazine' (June 1979).

PRD : Hand-me-downs

Item consists of photocopied article “From Hand-Me-Downs to Haute Couture” in 'Dance in Canada' magazine (Fall 1976).

PRD : Kudelka 76

File contains published and draft of article titled “Spotlight on: James Kudelka” in 'Dance Magazine.'

PRD : Lab uOttawa

Item consists of journal article print of “The Labyrinth in Medieval Culture: Explorations of an Image” in 'the University of Ottawa Quarterly' (vol. 52, no. 2).

PRD : Maguire, Terril

Item consists of photocopied review in 'Dance in Canada' (Winter 1983) of Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens at the O'Keefe Centre in October 1983.

PRD : NBS histories

File contains historical notes for Coppelia, Giselle, Don Juan, the Rite of Spring, Romeo and Juliet, and Swan Lake.

PRD : Patsalas

File contains “Constantin Patsala: 'everything is done kinetically... it's a question of inspiration, not imitation'” article, “National Ballet choreographic workshop” review, and correspondence pertaining to the 1979 Chalmer Award in choreography.

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