Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute

Dance, Mime, Movement

Many Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute collections have materials in dance, mime, and movement. The Dance, Mime, Movement Collection holds the records of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators which promotes the highest possible standards for theatre movement training and the application of those standards to educational and professional theatre; materials relating to the Dalcroze School of Music and the Dalcroze Society of America; the papers of John Colman a strong proponent of Dalcroze methods; the Dance Notation Bureau Collection including original Labanotated scores, teaching materials, moving and still images, newsletters, and collections of Helen Priest Rogers, Carl Wolz, Richard Holden, and Albrecht Knust; Sandra L. Hughes' collection documenting her work as director, choreographer, performer, and playwright; the McCaghy collection of exotic dance from burlesque to clubs; the Marcel Marceau Collection containing videotape of teaching sessions, interviews, performances, and motion capture data of signature pieces; the Bebe Miller collection documenting her career as a modern dance choreographer; performance photographs taken by Robert Slusser during the 1950s of Kurt Jooss' The Green Table (Frankfurt, 1950-1952), Martha Graham's Antigone and other dance works.