Research Catalog

Title

Muriel Topaz collection of materials on Antony Tudor, 1940-1999.

Author

Topaz, Muriel.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

2.25 linear ft. (5 boxes)

Summary

Materials collected by Muriel Topaz for her biography of Antony Tudor entitled Undimmed lustre: the life of Antony Tudor. Includes corrrespondence, interviews, professional papers, and varied information on Tudor's choreography, including reviews, articles, programs, and correspondence. Also includes a small series of photographs, some of which were published in the biography.

Subject

• Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
• American Ballet Theatre
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet
• Juilliard School. Dance Division
• Ballet > Great Britain > History > 20th century
• Choreography > United States
• Choreography > Great Britain

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Clippings.
• Interviews.
• Photographs.

Note

• Titles of folders in Series I are those of the donor's original binders. Includes information on Tudor's working relations with American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, his professional involvement in Philadelphia, Australia, Sweden, and the Juilliard School of New York. and personal correspondence with the Palmer family of New Zealand.

Source (note)

• Muriel Topaz

Biography (note)

• Antony Tudor, British dancer, choreographer, and teacher, was born William Cook in London, April 4, 1909. His training began in 1928 with Marie Rambert and continued with Pearl Argyle, Harold Turner, and Margaret Craske. His career included: dancer and choreographer for Ballet Club (later Ballet Rambert) from 1930-1937; founder and choreographer of London Ballet, 1937-1940; resident choreographer of Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), New York, 1939-1950; artistic director, Royal Swedish Ballet, 1952-1964; associate director, American Ballet Theatre, from 1974; and, as teacher for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School and Juilliard School. His works include Jardin aux lilas (Ballet Rambert, 1936), Dark elegies (Ballet Rambert, 1937), The Judgement of Paris (Westminster Theatre, London, 1938), Gala performance (London Ballet, 1938), Pillar of fire (Ballet Theatre, 1942) Dim lustre (Ballet Theatre, 1943), Undertow (Ballet Theatre, 1945), Lady of the camellias (New York City Ballet, 1951), Offenbach in the underworld (Philadelphia Ballet Company, 1954), Hail and farewell (Metropolitan Opera Ballet, 1959), Echoing of trumpets (Royal Swedish Ballet, 1963), Shadowplay (Royal Ballet, London, 1967), and The leaves are fading (American Ballet Theatre, 1975). Tudor is the recipient of the Carina Ari Gold Medal, 1973, Dance Magazine Award, 1974, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award, Royal Academy of Dancing, 1985, Handel Medaillion of the City of New York, 1986, Capezio Dance Award, 1987, Kennedy Center Honors List, and honorary doctorate, Oxford University. He died in New York, April 19, 1987.
• Muriel Topaz was a dancer, teacher, choreographer, reconstuctor, and author. Born in Philadelphia where she studied ballet and modern dance, she was a student at New York University School of Education and the Juilliard School of Music in the early 1950's. She had a long association with the Dance Notation Bureau and was its director from 1978 to 1985. She notated works by twenty-five different choreographers including George Balanchine, Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Paul Taylor and others. She was also the rehearsal director of the Juilliard Dance Ensemble, 1966-1970, and then director of the Dance Division, 1985-1992. In 1998, she received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship to pursue research for her Tudor biography, published by The Scarecrow Press in 2002. She died, at age 70, in 2003.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 131

OCLC

156977027

Author

Topaz, Muriel.

Title

Muriel Topaz collection of materials on Antony Tudor, 1940-1999.

Biography

Antony Tudor, British dancer, choreographer, and teacher, was born William Cook in London, April 4, 1909. His training began in 1928 with Marie Rambert and continued with Pearl Argyle, Harold Turner, and Margaret Craske. His career included: dancer and choreographer for Ballet Club (later Ballet Rambert) from 1930-1937; founder and choreographer of London Ballet, 1937-1940; resident choreographer of Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), New York, 1939-1950; artistic director, Royal Swedish Ballet, 1952-1964; associate director, American Ballet Theatre, from 1974; and, as teacher for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School and Juilliard School. His works include Jardin aux lilas (Ballet Rambert, 1936), Dark elegies (Ballet Rambert, 1937), The Judgement of Paris (Westminster Theatre, London, 1938), Gala performance (London Ballet, 1938), Pillar of fire (Ballet Theatre, 1942) Dim lustre (Ballet Theatre, 1943), Undertow (Ballet Theatre, 1945), Lady of the camellias (New York City Ballet, 1951), Offenbach in the underworld (Philadelphia Ballet Company, 1954), Hail and farewell (Metropolitan Opera Ballet, 1959), Echoing of trumpets (Royal Swedish Ballet, 1963), Shadowplay (Royal Ballet, London, 1967), and The leaves are fading (American Ballet Theatre, 1975). Tudor is the recipient of the Carina Ari Gold Medal, 1973, Dance Magazine Award, 1974, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award, Royal Academy of Dancing, 1985, Handel Medaillion of the City of New York, 1986, Capezio Dance Award, 1987, Kennedy Center Honors List, and honorary doctorate, Oxford University. He died in New York, April 19, 1987.

Muriel Topaz was a dancer, teacher, choreographer, reconstuctor, and author. Born in Philadelphia where she studied ballet and modern dance, she was a student at New York University School of Education and the Juilliard School of Music in the early 1950's. She had a long association with the Dance Notation Bureau and was its director from 1978 to 1985. She notated works by twenty-five different choreographers including George Balanchine, Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Paul Taylor and others. She was also the rehearsal director of the Juilliard Dance Ensemble, 1966-1970, and then director of the Dance Division, 1985-1992. In 1998, she received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship to pursue research for her Tudor biography, published by The Scarecrow Press in 2002. She died, at age 70, in 2003.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Local Note

Stored offsite; advance notice recommended.

Source

Muriel Topaz Gift

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Occupation

Choreographers.

Added Author

Topaz, Muriel. Donor

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 131