Papers of Meryl Tankard, 1975-2002 [manuscript]. 1975-2002.

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Papers of Meryl Tankard, 1975-2002 [manuscript]. 1975-2002.

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This collection documents Meryl Tankard's career from her early engagement with The Australian Ballet and her work with the Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal to her later independent and collaborative freelance projects up until 2002. It includes programs, press clippings, photographs and conceptual and production notes for works created by Tankard, particularly Echo Point (1984), Travelling Light (1986), Two Feet (1988), The Deep End (1996) and Deep Sea Dreaming (2000) for the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony. A significant component of the collection is business documents and correspondence relating to the activities of the Meryl Tankard Company and Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre.

6.72 m. (21 boxes , 11 folio boxes)+ 2 items in map cabinet.

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7044437

Libraries Australia

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Tankard, Meryl

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Meryl Tankard is a choreographer, dancer and performer. She has choreographed and performed in a diverse range of works with Australian and international companies since the 1970s. From the description of Papers of Meryl Tankard, 1975-2002 [manuscript]. 1975-2002. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224316365 "Nuti" is an Egyptian term for 'life force'. The dance was inspired by a British Museum touring exhibition entitled 'Civilization: ancient treasures'. ...

Australian Dance Theatre

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Meryl Tankard Company

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Meryl Tankard, dancer and choreographer, took over the role of artisitic director of the Human Veins Dance Theatre in Canberra in 1989. Between 1989 and 1992 the renamed Meryl Tankard Company created a range of works that reflected Tankard's highly individualistic style. Tankard remained with the Company until late 1992. In 1993 she became artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre in South Australia and renamed it the Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre. From the descripti...