Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0709
Scope and Contents
The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company records (1950s-2010) consist of various materials reflecting the conception, business, and artistic aspects of this Salt Lake City based company. Included are correspondence, reports, minutes and agendas, handbooks, announcements, news articles, pamphlets, programs, brochures, financial documents, resumes, applications, notes, receipts, and other documents.
Dates
- 1950s-2010
Creator
- Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical / Historical
The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company was founded by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury in 1964. Both professors at the University of Utah, Ririe and Woodbury joined forces to create a professional dance company, conducting several residencies every year. They have toured the United States and are internationally known as well. The company's activities include formal and informal performances, lecture-demonstrations, workshops, and classes in dance for actors, stage production, and theater lighting. These activities are for all age groups with special attention to educating children about the dance world.
Extent
111.5 Linear Feet (231 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company records (1950s-2010) consist of various materials reflecting the conception, business, and artistic aspects of this company, founded in 1964 by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 1-121) in 2001.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 122-131) in 2002.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 132-165) in 2004.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 166-178) in 2006.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 179-212) in 2010.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 213-233) in 2011.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 122-131) in 2002.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 132-165) in 2004.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 166-178) in 2006.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 179-212) in 2010.
Donated by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury (boxes 213-233) in 2011.
Separated Materials
See also the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company photograph collection (P1029) and the Joan Woodbury dance audio-visual collection (A0763) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2002.
Addendum processed by Lisa DeMille in 2004-2006.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland, Grant Herron, and Anna Hansen in 2011.
Addendum processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.
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Addendum processed by Lisa DeMille in 2004-2006.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland, Grant Herron, and Anna Hansen in 2011.
Addendum processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.
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- Administrative records
- Biographies
- Business correspondence
- Checkbooks
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Conference materials
- Contracts
- Dance -- Auditions -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Records and correspondence
- Dance -- Production and direction -- Sources
- Dance -- Stage-setting and scenary -- Sources
- Dance -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Records and correspondence
- Dance companies -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Records and correspondence
- Dance in education -- Utah -- Records and correspondence
- Dance notation -- Archives
- Dance teachers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Records and correspondence
- Dancers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Records and correspondence
- Financial records
- Floppy disks
- Government aid to dance education -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Records and correspondence
- Grant proposals
- Instructional and educational works
- Job applications
- Job descriptions
- Membership lists
- Minutes (Records)
- Modern dance -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Records and correspondence
- Performance specifications
- Playbills
- Programs (publications)
- Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company -- Records and correspondence
- Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company -- Travel -- Records and correspondence
- Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company -- Performances -- Records and correpondences
- Tax bills
- Theater programs
- Tickets
- Women dancers -- Utah -- Records and correspondence
- Workshops (seminars)
Creator
- Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company records
- Author
- Finding aid written by Lisa DeMille, Betsey Welland and Emma McFarland.
- Date
- 2002 (last modified: 2011, 2018 and 2024)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The finding aid was written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu