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Video tapes of the Maryland Dance Theater are available from Nonprint Media Services located in Hornbake Library.

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Maryland Dance Theater Archives

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Maryland Dance Theater, founded on the University of Maryland campus in 1971 by Dorothy Madden, performed contemporary dance in the DC and Baltimore metro areas until ending in 1988. Its repertory embraced a wide variety of movement, styles, and theatrical concepts. This company also provided dance education through lecture demonstrations and master classes. The Maryland Dance Theater Archives consists of programs, photographs, correspondence, press clippings, publicity materials, various records of performance, and other organizational documents outlining its history. The Media formats in the MDT Archives are located in Nonprint Media Services. Paper documents, including photographs, are in Special Collections in Performing Arts.



Box/Folder


Box 1

1983-84 SEASON
1/1 Archive label
1/2 Clippings
1/3 Newsletters
1/4 Correspondence
1/5 Programs
1/6 Publicity

1984-85 SEASON
1/7 Archive label
1/8 Clippings
1/9 Newsletters
1/10 Correspondence
1/11 Programs
1/12 Publicity

1985-86 SEASON
1/13 Clippings
1/14 Correspondence
1/15 Programs
1/16 Publicity

1987-88 SEASON
1/17 Clippings
1/18 Correspondence
1/19 Programs
1/20 Publicity


Box 2

1973-74 SEASON
2/1 Archive Label
2/2 Clippings
2/3 Newsletters
2/4 Correspondence
2/5 Programs
2/6 Publicity
2/7 Records of performance

1975-77 Season
2/8 Archive Label
2/9 Clippings
2/10 Newsletters
2/11 Correspondence
2/12 Programs
2/13 Publicity
2/14 Financial
2/15 Criticism

1978-79 Season
2/16 Archive Label
2/17 Clippings
2/18 Newsletters
2/19 Correspondence
2/20 Programs
2/21 Publicity
2/22 Criticism


Box 3

1980-81 Season
3/1 Archive Label
3/2 Clippings
3/3 Newsletters
3/4 Correspondence
3/5 Programs
3/6 Publicity

1982-83 Season
3/7 Archive Label
3/8 Clippings
3/9 Newsletters
3/10 Correspondence
3/11 Programs
3/12 Publicity
3/13 Photographs
3/14 Journal of performance


Materials from this collection must be used in the the Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Special Collections Room, 10 to 5, Monday through Friday. Please make an appointment with the curator.

Or for a specific question about the collection feel free to ask the curator.


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