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1968-1997 (Creation)
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10.37 m of textual material ca. 1160 photographs 29 posters
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The Toronto Dance Theatre was founded in 1968 by Patricia Beatty, founder of The New Dance Group of Canada, Peter Randazzo, principal dancer with the Martha Graham Company, and David Earle, former artistic director of London Contemporary Dance Theatre. Beattie, Randazzo and Earle stepped down as artistic directors in the spring of 1983 and were replaced by Kenny Pearl. The present artistic director of the Toronto Dance Theatre is Christopher House. Since their first performance in 1968, the Toronto Dance Theatre has performed in every province across Canada and has toured in the United States, Europe and Asia. The majority of the company's repertoire consists of the choreography of the three founders including "Against Sleep" (Beatty 1968), "Court of Miracles" (Earle 1982), and "A Simple Melody" (Randazzo 1977). House, who choreographed "Glass Houses" (1983), won a Jean A. Chalmers award for his achievements. The School of Toronto Dance Theatre was also founded in 1968, at the same time as the Toronto Dance Theatre. The dance school, the first of its kind in Canada, offers a comprehensive training program in modern dance. Both the Company and the School are administered by the Toronto Dance Foundation.
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Fonds consists of selected administrative and operational records of the Toronto Dance Theatre. Fonds consists of the following series: Photographs Programmes Personnel and Company History Publicity files Minutes Financial records Clippings Canada Council Grant Application files Ontario Arts Council Grant Application files General Grant Application files Fundraising files General Manager's files Engagements files Posters School of Toronto Dance Theatre files
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Received from the Toronto Dance Theatre in 1997 and 1998.
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All financial records are restricted. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the Toronto Dance Theatre or the School of Toronto Dance Theatre to view them. All photographs are restricted to use within the Archives. Researchers who wish to reproduce an image require the permission of the Toronto Dance Theatre. All permission requests must be directed via the University Archivist.
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archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/submissions/fonds/ON00370-f0000146.htm
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The fonds comprises the following accessions: 1997-025, 1998-049. Further accruals are expected.