Guide to the Papers of Cheryl Stock

MS 8354

National Library of Australia


Date completed: May 2003
Last updated: May 2003


Collection Summary

Creator: Stock, Cheryl (1948-)
Title: Papers of Cheryl Stock
Date range: 1973-2000
Collection number: MS 8354
Extent: 98cm (7 boxes)
Repository: National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Content

This collection comprises papers and material relating to Cheryl Stock's career as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. The collection is divided into two sections. The first comprises papers relating to Stock's career in general and the second to her work as founding Artistic Director of the northern Queensland contemporary dance company Dance North (1984-1995). There are working notes, research notes, programs, scripts, publicity material, press cuttings and photographs relating to the various productions with which Stock has been involved. The small amount of correspondence included in the collection relates only to specific productions on which Stock was working. There are also copies of journal articles, keynote addresses and seminar papers by Stock.

Arrangement

Folders 1-24 (boxes 1-4) contain material relating to Stock's career in general

Folders 25-46 (boxes 4-7) contain material relating to Stock's work as Artistic Director of the northern Queensland contemporary dance company Dance North.

Access

The collection is available for reference.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the National Library by Cheryl Stock in 2000, as part of the Keep Dancing! project. Keep Dancing! (1997-2001) was a joint project between ScreenSound Australia, the National Library and Ausdance.

Copying and Publishing

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Other Forms Available

Selected online copies from the collection are available.

Related Material

Manuscript Section

Records of the Green Mill Dance Project (MS 9370)

Copy of Stock's PhD thesis entitled 'Making intercultural dance in Vietnam: issues of context and process from the perspective of an Australian choreographer and her colleagues from Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre (Nha Hat Nhac Vu Kich Viet Nam) 1995-1999', Queensland University of Technology, 1999 (MSD 299)

Oral History Section

Interview with Cheryl Stock by Shirley McKechnie, 1990 (ORAL TRC 2578)

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Cheryl Stock, National Library of Australia, MS 8354, [series and/or folder number]'.

Biographical Note

Cheryl Frances Stock is a dancer, teacher and choreographer. She was born in Adelaide on 29 October 1948.

Stock joined the Australian Dance Theatre in 1969, after completing a BA Hons in Spanish and French languages at Flinders University. In 1974, Stock was awarded a Federal Government grant to study modern dance in New York. She has danced with a number of Australian companies including the Australian Dance Theatre, Human Veins Dance Theatre and the One Extra Company.

In 1984, Stock was founding Artistic Director of Dance North, a contemporary dance company based in northern Queensland. She choreographed a number of works, many in conjunction with theatre companies or theatre directors, often using the designs and music of Australian artists. In 1995, Stock resigned as Artistic Director to pursue a career as a freelance choreographer and artist.

In 1993 Stock was awarded a three-year Australian Artists' Creative Fellowship for her outstanding artistic contribution to the nation, which she undertook in 1995-1997.

Between 1988 and 1995 Stock worked extensively on cultural exchange programs in Asia, especially in Vietnam where she worked with the Vietnam Opera Ballet, the National Dance School and the National Mime Company. In 1995 she was honoured by the Vietnamese government for services to dance in Vietnam and for services to the women's movement.

Stock is Vice-President (Pacific region) of the World Dance Alliance - Asia Pacific Centre. Other positions she has held include:

1996-2000 National President of Ausdance, the Australian Dance Council

1997-1999 Chair of the Emerging Choreographer's Fund for the Australia Council

1990-1992 Member of the Arts Advisory Committee of the Queensland government

1987-1989 Chair of the Australia Council's Dance Fund

In 1999, Stock completed a PhD at the Centre for Innovation in the Arts, Academy of the Arts, Queensland University of Technology. Her thesis was entitled 'Making intercultural dance in Vietnam: issues of context and process from the perspective of an Australian choreographer and her colleagues from Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre (Nha Hat Nhac Vu Kich Viet Nam) 1995-1999.'

In 2000, Stock was appointed Associate Professor, Head of Dance, Academy of the Arts, Queensland University of Technology.

References

Biographical note on the Australiadancing website at www.australiadancing.org

Biographical note on the Queensland University of Technology website at www.creativeindustries.qut.com/people

Biographical note on the Ausdance website at http://www.ausdance.org.au/community/forum/artists.html



Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 1973-1978

Miscellaneous news cuttings, 1973-1978

University of New England, Armidale: choreography workshop, 1976

Adelaide Festival: performance notes and cuttings, 1976

Early work in Adelaide: notes, cuttings and program for performances choreographed by Stock, 1976-1978

Folder 2 Australian Dance Theatre: performance of En passant - choreography notes and program, 1977
Folder 3 Selection of class notes on various dance styles, 1970s-1987
Folder 4 Notes for a three-year contemporary dance course devised for the Australian Ballet School, based on the Graham technique, 1978
Folder 5 Program and notes for a Canberra Dance Ensemble presentation, which included Shards, choreographed by Stock, 1980
Folder 6 Human Veins Dance Theatre: programs and cuttings of performances, 1980-1982
Folder 7 1982-1983

The One Extra Company (Dance Theatre): notes, program and cuttings for performances and dance classes, 1982-1983

Program and cuttings of a performance of New steps at the Sydney Festival, 1983

Box 2

Folder 8-9 Correspondence, minutes of production meetings, notes and cuttings relating to a performance of Suspense, Sydney, 1983
Folder 10 Historical background notes, production notes, schedules and casting for the production Backtracks, 1983
Folder 11 Script notes, touring schedule and poster relating to the New Moon Theatre Company's production of Beach blanket tempest, 1984
Folder 12 Correspondence, notes and publicity material for a production by Kinetikos Dance of Beach Street, Perth, 1984
Folder 13 Correspondence, notes, photographs (2) and cuttings relating to the North Queensland Ballet Company production of Blues on white, Townsville, 1984
Folder 14-15 Notes, cuttings, program, stage plans, photocopies of costume designs and an annotated photocopy of the musical score for a production of The little mermaid, choreographed by Stock for the Australian Opera, Sydney, 1985

Box 3

Folder 16-18 Research notes, working notes, script, photocopies of costume sketches, publicity material and cuttings relating to the Royal Queensland Theatre Company's production of the 17th century Spanish classic Fuente ovejuna. Stock and Aubrey Mellor were the directors of the production, 1992
Folder 19 Green Mill Dance Project: 1993 program and final report
Folder 20 Correspondence, working notes, publicity material and cuttings for Fieldworks production of Dancing lives, Perth, 1995
Folder 21 Script, set photographs and publicity material for the Queensland Theatre Company's production of Summer rain, choreographed by Stock, 1997
Folder 22 Journal articles and papers by Stock on dance and education, 1975-1987

Box 4

Folder 23 Published articles, keynote addresses and seminar papers by Stock, 1993-1999
Folder 24 1995-2000

Newspaper cuttings about Stock, 1996-2000

Curriculum vitae, 2000

Curriculum vitae, 1995, with full list of choreographic works

Folder 25 Dance North: press cuttings, 1985 and publicity material for the production Mangoes, 1985
Folder 26 Dance North: annual report, schools program and newsletters, together with a poster for the production Sun sea & sandwiches, 1986
Folder 27 Dance North: newsletters, lists of school programs and workshops together with press cuttings and publicity material for the production Dancing up a storm, 1987
Folder 28 Dance North: choreographic notes and press cuttings for the production Ochre dusk, 1987-1990
Folder 29 Dance North: annual report, newsletters, reports on a tour of South-east Asia and publicity material and press cuttings for the production Sun hunters, 1988

Box 5

Folder 30 Dance North: newsletters, tour reports, annual report together with publicity material and press cuttings for the production On the line and publicity material for the productions Intuitions and Wind in the willows, 1989
Folder 31 Dance North: general press cuttings, programs and newsletters, 1990
Folder 32 Dance North: press cuttings of the production A moon of our own, 1991
Folder 33 Dance North: newsletters and annual report, 1991
Folder 34 Dance North: general press cuttings, programs and newsletters, 1992
Folder 35 Dance North: scenario and sequence list, press cuttings and publicity material for the production Women's war too, 1992
Folder 36 Dance North: annual report (1992), artistic reports, newsletters and general press cuttings, 1993

Box 6

Folder 37 Dance North: correspondence, research notes and choreographic notes for the production Broken places, 1993
Folder 38 1993-1996

Dance North: press cuttings (1993) for the productions Broken places and Speed of light and the transcript of an interview with Stock by Ralph Buck regarding Broken places for the Dance North video kit, produced by the Queensland Department of Education, 1996

Folder 39 Dance North: newsletters, 1994
Folder 40 Dance North: programs and general press cuttings, 1994
Folder 41-42 Dance North: correspondence, working notes, research notes production notes, contact lists, photographs and publicity material for the production Meet me at Kissing Point, 1994

Box 7

Folder 43 Dance North: newsletters and general press cuttings, 1995
Folder 44 Dance North: working notes, program and press cuttings for the production Please, no more palms, 1995
Folder 45-46 Dance North: miscellaneous choreographic photographs, 1985-1995