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Brigham Young University. Dancers' Company

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1975 - 2011

Administrative History

The Dancers' Company (1975-2011) was a performing arts group at Brigham Young University. The group was renamed Contemporary Dance Theatre in 2011.

Citation:
Dance in concert, 2009: title frame (Brigham Young University's Department of Dance presents; featuring The Dancers' Company)

dance.byu.edu, via WWW, 21 November 2019 (Contemporary performing groups; Contemporary Dance Theatre (CDT); since 1975; formerly known as The Dancers' Company)

Email from BYU Dance department chair, Pam Musil, Dec 13, 2019 (The Dancers' Company (TDC), official organization date 1975, organized by Kathie Debenham; name changed to Contemporary Dance Theatre (CDT) in 2011)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dee Winterton papers on Brigham Young University performing groups, 1973-1981

 Series — Box 10: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197232482882]
Identifier: MSS 2378 Series 6
Scope and Contents Contains newspaper clippings, posters, articles, financial documents, memos from Brigham Young University faculty, tickets, itineraries and other schedules for the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, correspondence, programs, show scripts for shows including "Motorcycles, Fishing Poles, and Twelve Hundred Boxes of Apples," tour and residency notes, playbills for musicals including "The Wiz" and "A Chorus Line," and other material associated with performances of Dance in Concert, the Ririe-Woodbury...
Dates: 1973-1981

Dee Winterton papers on teaching at Brigham Young University, 1973-1982

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2378 Series 10
Scope and Contents Contains show scripts, financial files, campus memos, notes, course syllabi and packets, lecture outlines, articles and programs from professional journals, student papers, warm-up exercises, poetry, clippings, exams, faculty schedules, rolls, correspondence, meeting minutes, teaching notes and lesson plans, photographs, brochures, resumes, Masters' theses, conference notes, and other materials. Topics discussed in these materials include a typed copy of the musical "The Ballad of Brigham...
Dates: 1973-1982

Performing Arts Management records on the Dancers' Company, 1987-2004

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1136 Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs, correspondence, schedules, itineraries, financial records, contracts, and other materials concerning tours in North America, the Philippines, Korea, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, 1987-2004.

Dates: 1987-2004