This collection is arranged into 2 series:
Series 1: Professional Activities Series 2: Courses and Productions
Accession No. TRI.2018.0106: Vera Maletić, 2015 December
[identification of item], Vera Maletić Papers, SPEC.TRI.0047, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Courtney Bishop, 2018 December; finding aid written by: Courtney Bishop, 2018 December.
Vera Maletić (1928-2015) grew up in Croatia, where she studied in her mother's modern dance school in Zagreb and trained in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Laban Movement, and Choreography. She also performed folk dances of her country. Maletić received her undergraduate degree in Art history and then pursued advanced Laban training in England. She served on the faculty of the Laban Art of Movement Studio, now the Laban Centre of Movement and Dance. She earned her doctorate degree from Ohio State University (OSU) and then joined the faculty in the Department of Dance in 1977 until she retired in 2000. Maletić wrote a book,
The Vera Maletić Papers contains contains materials related to Vera Maletić's professional work as a dancer and working in the Department of Dance at ohio State University as well as other material she collected. This includes a program for a performance she was in, an information packet for the Laban Art of Movement Centre, correspondence with Lisa Ullmann, a Laban Guild memberships packet, and an advertisement for a compact disc she helped develop. Also included are information about different dance courses as well as event programs. Materials are dated 1963-2009.
The Professional Activities series contains materials related to Vera Maletić's professional work. This includes a program for a performance she was in, an information packet for The Laban Art of Movement Centre, correspondence with Lisa Ullmann, a Laban Guild memberships packet, and an advertisement for a compact disc she helped develop. Materials are dated 1964-circa 2000.
The Courses and Productions contains material that Vera Maletić was not a part of, or her connection to it cannot be verified. This includes event programs for festivals, an award ceremony, an exposition, the Platform of Young Choreographers 10th anniversary program. Also included is a Laban Centre for Movement and Dance full-time course catalog, a Laban Guild Stage I Community Dance Teachers Course information handout, a Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies brochure for different certificate programs, and a printout for the Jean Newlove Centre for Laban Studies summer school. Materials are dated 1963-2009.