Grand Union records, 1972-1978.

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Grand Union records, 1972-1978.

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The collection includes press information, photographs, programs, and correspondence concerning engagements of the Grand Union, ca. 1970-1976. It also includes correspondence, financial records, and photocopies of photographs borrowed by Margaret Hupp Ramsay for her 1986 thesis entitled The Grand Union (1970-1976): an improvisational performance group, publshed in 1991. The majority of the correspondence is between Performing Artservices and the members of the Grand Union about upcoming engagements and other administrative issues. Included in the press materials are program notes, mission statements, reviews, programs, flyers and observations from Grand Union members, in particular are materials from Grand Union talks to critics, an Oct. 1974 meeting between press representatives and other dancers with members of the group. The bulk of the collection is concerned with the performers and performances of the Grand Union members, especially Yvonne Rainer.

.75 linear feet (54 folders)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6816173

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Grand Union (Performance group)

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The Grand Union, also know as the Rio Grand Union, came into being in the fall of 1970. A collective of friends, choreographers, and performers, its early members included Trisha Brown, Douglas Dunn, Nancy Green, Yvonne Rainer, Steve Paxton, David Gordon and Barbara Lloyd. The collective dissolved in May 1976 and became the New Grand Union. The members of the New Grand Union were Barbara Dilley, Douglas Dunn, David Gordon, Nancy Lewis and Steve Paxton. The New Grand Union stopped soliciting date...

Performing Artservices, Inc.

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Rainer, Yvonne, 1934-

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Choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and writer, Yvonne Rainer is celebrated as a pioneer of postmodern dance. Her often experimental and challenging work has been widely influential throughout her long career. From the description of Yvonne Rainer papers, 1933-2006, bulk 1959-2001. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 669289563 Biographical / Historical Note Choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and writer, Yvonne Rain...