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Clark Center records

Title: Clark Center records, 1960-1995.
Author: Clark Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.)
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 7	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 9	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 10	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 12	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 13	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 14	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 14	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 15	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 15	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 16	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 17	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 17	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 18	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 18	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 19	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 19	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 20	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 176 Box 20	Offsite

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Description

18.5 linear feet (38 boxes)

Summary

The Clark Center records document the activities of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts, an arts organization which focused on dance training and the presentation of new talent and emerging dance companies.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Brochures.
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Grant proposals.
Photographs.
Press releases.

Source (note)

Roberts, Louise

Biography (note)

The Clark Center for Performing Arts was established in 1959 by Alvin Ailey as a studio and performance space in the building of the Westside YWCA in New York City.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 176

OCLC

123237508

Author

Clark Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.)

Title

Clark Center records, 1960-1995.

Biography

The Clark Center for Performing Arts was established in 1959 by Alvin Ailey as a studio and performance space in the building of the Westside YWCA in New York City. Originally conceived as a multi-arts center, by 1970 it had developed into a center for the performing arts, specializing in dance. The programs offered focused on two areas: dance instruction, and the support and presentation of young choreographers and small, developing dance companies of multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and particularly African-American origins. The Clark Center's dance curriculum offered classes in jazz, ballet, tap and modern dance, as well as dance techniques of African and other ethnic traditions. Faculty at various points included Alvin Ailey, Fred Benjamin, Pepsi Bethel, Thelma Hill, Mary Hinkson, Carmen de Lavallade, Anna Sokolow and Bertram Ross. A notable exception to the Center's overall focus on dance was the establishment of Playwrights Horizons in 1972 under the direction of Robert Moss, which remained affiliated with the Clark Center until 1974. During the 1970s, the Clark Center also entered the most active phase of its presentations program, establishing a well-regarded Summer Dance Festival series in 1975, which was staged on the mall of the City University of New York Graduate Center campus on 42nd Street for several years. Among the many dance professionals who can trace their early steps to the Clark Center are Margie Beals, George Faison, Meredith Monk, and Kei Takei. In 1970, Louise Roberts became the Clark Center director, remaining for sixteen years and becoming a central figure in the shaping of the Center's development. In 1974, a serious challenge Roberts and the Clark Center had to face was the search for a suitable space to house both its teaching and presenting programs when the YWCA building, in which the Center had been housed, was sold. Ambitious plans were developed to create a theater and studios on West 42nd Street's Theater Row. After many years of effort, however, by the end of 1985 the project had failed, leaving the Clark Center in serious financial difficulties. Roberts resigned as director of the Clark Center in August 1986, while the Center continued its operations amid considerable financial struggles until 1989.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Ailey, Alvin.

Beals, Margaret.

Bethel, Pepsi, 1918-2002.

Faison, George, 1945-

Roberts, Louise.

Playwrights Horizons (Theater : New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 176

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