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Antony Tudor, British dancer, choreographer, and teacher, was born William Cook in London, April 4, 1909. His training began in 1928 with Marie Rambert and continued with Pearl Argyle, Harold Turner, and Margaret Craske. His career included: dancer and choreographer for Ballet Club (later Ballet Rambert) from 1930-1937; founder and choreographer of London Ballet, 1937-1940; resident choreographer of Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), New York, 1939-1950; artistic director, Royal Swedish Ballet, 1952-1964; associate director, American Ballet Theatre, from 1974; and, as teacher for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School and Juilliard School. His works include Jardin aux lilas (Ballet Rambert, 1936), Dark elegies (Ballet Rambert, 1937), The Judgement of Paris (Westminster Theatre, London, 1938), Gala performance (London Ballet, 1938), Pillar of fire (Ballet Theatre, 1942) Dim lustre (Ballet Theatre, 1943), Undertow (Ballet Theatre, 1945), Lady of the camellias (New York City Ballet, 1951), Offenbach in the underworld (Philadelphia Ballet Company, 1954), Hail and farewell (Metropolitan Opera Ballet, 1959), Echoing of trumpets (Royal Swedish Ballet, 1963), Shadowplay (Royal Ballet, London, 1967), and The leaves are fading (American Ballet Theatre, 1975). Tudor is the recipient of the Carina Ari Gold Medal, 1973, Dance Magazine Award, 1974, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award, Royal Academy of Dancing, 1985, Handel Medaillion of the City of New York, 1986, Capezio Dance Award, 1987, Kennedy Center Honors List, and honorary doctorate, Oxford University. He died in New York, April 19, 1987.

Muriel Topaz was a dancer, teacher, choreographer, reconstuctor, and author. Born in Philadelphia where she studied ballet and modern dance, she was a student at New York University School of Education and the Juilliard School of Music in the early 1950's. She had a long association with the Dance Notation Bureau and was its director from 1978 to 1985. She notated works by twenty-five different choreographers including George Balanchine, Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Paul Taylor and others. She was also the rehearsal director of the Juilliard Dance Ensemble, 1966-1970, and then director of the Dance Division, 1985-1992. In 1998, she received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship to pursue research for her Tudor biography, published by The Scarecrow Press in 2002. She died, at age 70, in 2003.

From the description of Muriel Topaz collection of materials on Antony Tudor, 1940-1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 156977027

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creatorOf Balanchine, George. Agon / [choreographed by George Balanchine ; music by Igor Stravinsky ; notated by Allan Miles, Muriel Topaz, Myrna Shedlin and Margaret Abbie]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958. With my red fires / [choreography Doris Humphrey ; music Wallingford Riegger ; notators: Eva Desca Garnet, Rena Gluck, Els Grelinger, Muriel Topaz, Lucy Venable]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Druckman, Jacob, 1928-1996. Jacob Druckman papers, 1928-1999. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Carnaval : Chiarina / music, Schumann, op. 9, Carnaval, Chiarina ; choreography: Lazowsky and Tudor after Fokine, Juilliard 1962 ; notation, Raymond Cook under the supervision of Muriel Topaz. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Guide to the Muriel Topaz Collection of Materials on Antony Tudor The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn Dance Notation Bureau Collection, 1930- The Ohio State University. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Insitute.
creatorOf Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958. Dawn in New York / [choreographed by Doris Humphrey ; music: Hunter Johnson ; notation by Muriel Topaz]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Balanchine, George. Episodes / choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Anton Webern ; [notated by Muriel Topaz, Els Grelinger, Michael Lland, Juliette Waung, Lucy Venable]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Limón, José. A Time of hate, time of war / choreography - José Limón ; music - Norman Dello Joio ; notated by Carla Maxwell ; as taught by Betty Jones - 1966 ; checked by Muriel Topaz. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Topaz, Muriel,. Session for six : excerpt from What's new / [Music by] Teo Macero ; choreography by Anna Sokolow ; notated by Muriel Topaz 1965 at Juilliard. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Jacob Druckman papers, 1928-1999 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Balanchine, George. Agon / [choreography by George Balanchine ; notated by Muriel Topaz ; music by Igor Stravinsky]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958. Day on earth / Choreography Doris Humphrey ; Music Aaron Copland (Piano sonata) ; Notated by Muriel Topaz at Connecticut College, Aug. 1959. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Topaz, Muriel. Muriel Topaz collection of materials on Antony Tudor, 1940-1999. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Champion, Gower, 1919-1980. Bye bye Birdie : [Broadway musical] / choreography by Gower Champion ; music by Charles Strouse. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Aveu from Caranaval [sic] / music Schumann, op. 9, Carnaval - Aveu ; choreography Lazowsky after Fokine, Juilliard, 1962 ; notation, Raymond Cook under the supervision of Muriel Topaz. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Carnaval : Reconnaissance / music, Schumann, op. 9, Carnaval, Reconnaissance ; choreography, Danton, Tudor, Lazowski after Fokine, Juilliard 1962 ; notation, Raymond Cook under the supervision of Muriel Topaz. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Carnaval : Valse allemande / music, Schumann, op. 9, Carnaval, Valse allenmande [sic] ; choreography, Danton, Tudor, Lazowski after Fokine ; notation, Raymond Cook under the supervision of Muriel Topaz. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Balanchine, George. Dance Notation Bureau Scores series, [192-?]- Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Le Carnaval : Coquette / notated by Carl Wolz under the supervision of Muriel Topaz. Ohio State University Libraries
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Birth 1932-05-07

Death 2003-04-28

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