Dance and performance studies

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Interview over Zoom with Ann Sanders conducted by Sandra Minton.

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This folder contains event programs, promotional brochures, and press releases from the first three years under Fiorino's leadership. Popular programs include The Nutcracker and Peter and the Wolf.

Abstract Ballet Arts Theatre's documents from 1996-1998 include educacational workshops on broadening access to arts and dance, multicultural performances for holidays such as Cinco de Mayo, Easter, and Christmas, and performances for deaf and hard of hearing dancers, such as Deafinite Motion Repertoire. 1996 marked the release of the Denver Civic Theatre, so this folder includes brochures from this organization. This folder also features performance rosters, revealing increased interest in...

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This folder includes playbills from Don Quixote at Comacho's Wedding, Dido and Aeneas, Peter and the Wolf, and Nutcracker, among others. Performance roster lists shows and attendance records from October 2000-August 2021. 1999-2000 annual report addresses changes to organizational structure.

Abstract This includes programs from Peter and the Wolf, DancEvent, and Nutcracker. New Dance, International Dance on Stage, and Stations of the Cross playbills show a partnership between Ballet Arts Theatre and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Newspaper articles include feature stories of Fiorino's work with dancers in wheelchairs. This folder also includes 2 obituaries of Larry Boyette, original founder and teacher of the Ballet Arts Center in Denver. In addition, many thank you notes, handwritten and...

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First established in 1959, the nonprofit Ballet Arts Theatre was first led by Larry Boyette and later reorganized by Paul Noel Fiorino in 1993. Both dancers, this organization trained, educated, and entertained the greater Denver, CO community, often through performances directed by Fiorino. The box contains promotional, photographical, and historical items of Ballet Arts Theatre from 1993-2008.

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This box contains playbills, annual reports, newspaper clippings, and event flyers (such as dance showcases and master classes) from Ballet Arts Center, Denver Civic Theater, and Ballet Arts Theater. Many performances are from artistic director Paul Noel Fiorino. Dance performances include Nutcracker and Dance Plus!!, some featuring music from Peter, Paul, & Mary, among others.

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Various photos of Lillian Cushing's ballet studio in Denver.

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This folder contains mixed materials, such as promotional flyers and photos, from Paul Noel Fiorino's small dance company, Dance in Flight. As dancer and founder, Fiorino performed classical ballet, modern, jazz, character work, and as a mime for Dance in Flight, as well as business administration. Photos include performances from Dance in Flight acts.

Abstract This collection contains Janet Slota's materials from The Dance Notation Bureau labanotation course and features correspondence to Slota from tutor Gretchen Schumacher. It includes notations via graph paper and completed homework with answers from both Slota and Schumacher. The second folder includes Slota's notebook, with handwritten lecture notes, movement sequences and diagrams, and quizzes. Dances include Waltz patterns and ballet. Another folder includes copies of a movement workbook,...