Guide to the Records of the Human Veins Dance Theatre

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Collection Summary

Creator
Human Veins Dance Theatre
Title
Records of the Human Veins Dance Theatre
Date Range
1979 - 1988
Collection Number
MS 7629
Extent
11.75 metres (58 boxes + 12 folio items + 6 elephant folio items + 41 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The Human Veins Dance Theatre records encompass the full range of dance company activities - administrative and financial papers including details of government grants, general and production files, publicity and reviews, a collection of photograph albums, programmes, some art work, and videos and cassettes. The collection provides a comprehensive record of the life of a contemporary dance company.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2702015).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Human Veins Dance Theatre, National Library of Australia, MS 7629, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Existence and location of copies

Selected online copies from the collection are available:

Gould, Ross, 1946- Members of the Human Veins Dance Theatre, photographed in a tree at Gorman House, Canberra, 1988 [picture]

Gould, Ross, 1946- Don Asker, centre, with unidentified dancers of the Human Veins Dance Theatre, 1987 [picture]

Gould, Ross, 1946- Jane Mortiss and Wendy Wallace of the Human Veins Dance Theatre, in rehearsal for Les noces, 1982 [picture]

Scope and Contents

Human Veins Dance Theatre was a small contemporary dance company formed by Don Asker in November 1979. Asker had already made a name for himself as a dancer and choreographer both in Australia and abroad, where he worked for some years with the Nederlands Dans Theatre and as a freelance.

After touring for some months, the Human Veins Dance Theatre company settled in Canberra, where Asker was a Creative Arts Fellow at A.N.U. for a period in 1980. A home for the company and a studio were found in Gorman House, Braddon.

Over the next eight years, Asker choreographed many works for Human Veins, which performed regularly in Canberra as well as touring extensively in NSW, Victoria and elsewhere and appearing at many festivals such as Expo '88. Artists, musicians, composers and other dance companies collaborated with Human Veins on several projects, and Asker gained a reputation for his innovative approach to contemporary dance theatre. The company was regularly supported by grants from the Australia Council and other government bodies.

At the end of 1988, when Don Asker took up a Churchill Fellowship for study overseas, the Human Veins Dance Theatre was disbanded.

Item Descriptions

Class 1. Original consignment

Series 1. Administrative Records

This series comprises the following categories: Board, personnel (including dancers), classes, studio bookings and Gorman House. Within these categories, arrangement is chronological. Files on performers' contracts are also found in Series 5, Production Files.

Agenda and records of Board meetings, 1981-1982 (File 1) - Box 1
Board meetings, 1981-1983 (File 2) - Box 1
Board meetings, 1983 (File 3) - Box 1
Board meetings, 1984 (File 4) - Box 1
Board meetings, 1984 (File 5_6) - Box 1
Board meetings, 1985 (File 7) - Box 1
Board meetings, 1985-1987 (File 8) - Box 1
List of Board members, July 1988; List of members, undated; Annual reports (printed) 1984-1987 (Note: 1984 and 1985 reports include details of repertoire, 1979-) (File 9) - Box 2
Personnel applications, 1980-1983 (filed dated 1981-1983) (File 10) - Box 2
Contracts, 1981-1983 (File 11) - Box 2
Applications for position of Administrator, 1982 (File 12) - Box 2
1983 NSW Tour Contracts (Originals) (File 13) - Box 2
Applications for contracts, 1983-1987 (File 14) - Box 2
Contracts for personnel, 1983-1986 (file dated 1984-) (File 15) - Box 2
Applications - Dancers, 1983-1987 (File 16) - Box 2
Dancers contracts, 1984-1986 (filed dated 1985) (File 17) - Box 3
Auditioning - Dancers, 1984-1986 (file dated 1984-1985) (File 18) - Box 3
Classes, 1980-1982 (4 files in 1 folder) (File 19) - Box 3
Classes, 1983 (File 20) - Box 3
Class roll, 1983 (File 21) - Box 3
Class roll, 1984 (File 22) - Box 3
Class roll, May-June 1984 (File 23) - Box 3
Classes, July-November 1984 (File 24) - Box 3
Tai Chi enrolments, undated (File 25) - Box 3
Studio bookings, Guest teachers (1984 diary) (File 26) - Box 3
Studio bookings (1885 diary) (File 27) - Box 3
Telephone and address book, undated (File 28) - Box 3
Gorman House, 1980-1981 (File 29) - Box 4
Gorman House, September 1981-1983 (File 30) - Box 4
Gorman House, Open Day, 1983-1984 (File 31) - Box 4
Gorman House, December 1983-1985 (File 32) - Box 4
Gorman House, 1985-1986 (File 33) - Box 4
Gorman House, 1985-1986 (File 34) - Box 4
Gorman House Manager, 1986 (File 35) - Box 4

Series 2. Letters

These files contain copies of letters from HVDT to other people and organisations. The letter files were sometimes used to keep copies of other company written work, so Board minutes, brief reports etc. may also be found here.

Letters, May 1981-July 1983 (File 1_8) - Box 5
Letters, August 1983-December 1984 (File 9_12) - Box 6
Letter, January 1985-December 1985 (File 13_18) - Box 7
Letters, June-December 1986, July 1987-February 1988 (File 19_21) - Box 8

Series 3. Financial Records

All financial records are arranged in one chronological sequence except for the files dealing with government grants, which have their own chronological arrangement at the end of the series (Boxes 22-25).

Receipts, 1979-1980 (File 1) - Box 9
Income expenditure, completed months, 1980 (File 2) - Box 9
Receipts and cash book, 1980 (File 3) - Box 9
Miscellaneous invoices and financial notes, 1980 (File 4) - Box 9
Time and wages book, 1980 (File 5) - Box 9
Cash book, 1980-1981 (File 6) - Box 9
Miscellaneous letters and invoices, mainly financial, 1980-January 1981 (File 7) - Box 9
Budget, 1980-1981 (File 8) - Box 9
Banking, 1980-January 1981 (File 9) - Box 9
Salary sheets and rates of pay, 1980-1983 (File 10) - Box 9
Bank books, 1980-1984 (in bag) (File 11) - Box 9
18 Payment vouchers and invoices, 1981 (File 12) - Box 10
Cash book extracts, 1981 (File 19) - Box 11
Projected activities reports, 1981 (File 20) - Box 11
Invoices (cash), 1981-1982 (File 21) - Box 11
Payroll sheets, 1981-1983 (in bag) (File 22) - Box 11
Payment vouchers and invoices, January-August 1982 (File 23_26) - Box 11
Payment vouchers and invoices, June-July 1982 (File 27) - Box 12
Payment vouchers and invoices, August-September 1982 (File 28) - Box 12
Income and expenditure. Ledger book, 1982 (File 29) - Box 12
Cash book, 1982 (File 30) - Box 12
Bank books, 1982-1983 (in bag) (File 31) - Box 12
Management reports, 1982-1983 (file dated 1981-1983), including monthly reports on income and expenditure 1982-1983, mainly 1983 (File 32) - Box 12
Journal, 1982-1984 (File 33) - Box 12
Payment vouchers and invoices, cash, March 1982-1984 (File 34) - Box 12
Bank statements, 1982-1986 (File 35) - Box 13
BBC Hardware account, invoices, 1982-1984 (File 36_37) - Box 13
Production account, Payment vouchers and invoices, 1982-1984 (file dated 1983) (File 38_40) - Box 13
Payment vouchers and invoices, January-March 1983 (File 41) - Box 13
Payment vouchers and invoices, 1983 (File 42_44) - Box 14
Cash book, 1983 (File 45) - Box 14
Ledger, 1983 (File 46) - Box 14
'1983 Account' (envelope containing several accounts, Bank books 1981-1983, Bank statements, 1980-1983) (File 47) - Box 14
'Accounts paid 20 October 1983', 1983-May 1984 (File 48) - Box 15
Payment voucher and invoices, 1984 (File 49_54) - Box 15
Vouchers - Income, 1984 (File 55) - Box 15
Budget, 1984 (File 56) - Box 16
Petty cash - Production, 1984 (File 57) - Box 16
Payroll sheets and tax calculations, 1984 (File 58) - Box 16
Bank books, 1984 (including several 1981-1983) (in bag) (File 59) - Box 16
Incoming fees/Income - account book, 1984 (File 60) - Box 16
Cash book, 1984 (File 61) - Folio-Box 1
Ledger, 1984-1985 (File 62) - Box 17
Journal, 1984-1987 (File 63) - Box 17
Car mileage book, 1984-1987 (File 64) - Box 17
Payment vouchers and invoices, January-June 1985 (File 65_68) - Box 17
Payment vouchers and invoices, July-December 1985 (File 69_70) - Box 18
Vouchers - Income, 1985 (File 71) - Box 18
Budget, 1985 (File 72) - Box 18
Submissions and budget, 1985 (File 73) - Box 18
Wages - payroll sheets and tax calculations, 1985 (File 74) - Box 18
Cash book, 1985 (File 75) - Box 19
Bank books, 1985 (including December 1984) (in bag) (File 76) - Folio-Box 1
Payment vouchers and invoices, 1986 (File 77_82) - Box 19
Income vouchers and attendance records, 1986 (File 83) - Box 20
Budget, 1986 (File 84) - Box 20
Financial - monthly, 1986 (File 85) - Box 20
Ledger, 1986 (File 86) - Box 20
Depreciation schedule, 1986? (File 87) - Box 20
Wages - payroll sheets and tax caculations, 1986 (File 88) - Box 20
Bank books, 1986 (including November 1985 and January 1987) (in bag) (File 89) - Box 20
Cash book, 1986 (File 90) - Folio-Box 2
Payment vouchers and invoices, 1987 (File 91_96) - Box 21
Income vouchers and attendance records, 1987 (File 97) - Box 21
Accounts-working papers and data listings, 1987 (includes material on grants, 1986-1988) (File 98) - Box 22
Bank books, 1987 (including November 1986) (in bag) (File 99) - Box 22
Wages - payroll sheets and tax calculations, 1987 (File 100) - Box 22
Cash books, 1987 and 1988 (in bag) (File 101) - Box 22
Grants - Australia Council. General grant 1980 (File 102) - Box 22
Grants. Department of the Arts, Adelaide, 1980 (File 103) - Box 22
Victoria, Ministry for the Arts, grant application 1980; Victoria, Ministry for the Arts, grant application 1981 (2 files in 1 folder) (File 104) - Box 22
Department of the Capital Territory. Grants (application) 1980 (File 105) - Box 23
Australia Council. General grant 1981 (File 106) - Box 23
Australia Council. Special projects 1981 (File 107) - Box 23
Grant application. Adelaide 1981 (File 108) - Box 23
Department of the Capital Territory. Grants 1981 (includes letter re Australia Council grant 1980) (File 109) - Box 23
Department of the Capital Territory Grants application 1982 (File 109) - Box 23
Australia Council. Grant 1982 (File 110) - Box 23
Australia Council. Special projects 1982 (File 111) - Box 23
Department of the Capital Territory. Capital equipment grant 1982 (includes A.C.T. House of Assembly. Report on Community Development Fund grants 1983/84. (1983) (File 112) - Box 23
Australia Council. General grant 1983 (File 113) - Box 23
Australia Council. Special projects 1983 (File 114) - Box 23
Department of the Capital Territory. Capital equipment grant 1983 (File 115) - Box 23
Department of Territories and Local Government. Community arts grant 1983 (File 116) - Box 23
Australia Council. General grant 1984 (File 117_118) - Box 24
Australia Council. Special projects 1984 (File 119) - Box 24
Department of Territories and Local Government. General grant 1984 (File 120) - Box 24
NSW 1984 grant (File 121) - Box 24
Australia Council. Grant 1985 - submissions (File 122) - Box 24
Australia Council. Special projects 1985 (File 123) - Box 24
Australia Council. Grant 1986 - application (File 124) - Box 25
Application for Government Assistance by an Arts Organization 1988 (file includes Australia Council 1988 submission, etc) (File 125_126) - Box 25

Series 4. Alphabetical Subject Files

These files are arranged alphabetically using their original titles. This means that there are many inconsistencies - for example some files under Melbourne and some under Victoria, Melbourne - so it may be necessary to scan all the file titles to ensure that all papers on a given topic have been discovered. There is also considerable overlap with other series - for example publicity and reviews within or attached to subject files might more properly appear in Series 6. In some cases, the dates on the file title do not correspond with the contents, and this is noted in the list. At the end of the series (Box 41) there are several unnamed/unidentified items. Many of the files no longer in use by HVDT were wrapped in brown paper parcels with the contents listed on the outside, and these original wrappings are also in a folder at the end of the series.

Actors Equity. 1980-1985 (File 1) - Box 26
Adelaide season 1980 (File 2) - Box 26
Adelaide 1981 (File 3) - Box 26
Adelaide season 1981 (includes press clippings and reviews) (File 4) - Box 26
Adelaide 1982-1985 (File 5) - Box 26
Approaches to private enterprise. 1981-1986 (File 6) - Box 26
Arts Centre, A.N.U. 1982 (File 7) - Box 26
Arts-Health Foundation. 1982-1984 (File 8) - Box 26
Arts policy and administration - miscellaneous papers 1979-1982 and undated (File 9) - Box 26

Includes ALP Arts Workshop 1981; "Strengthening the governance of arts organisations" 1979; NSW Premier's Department Initiatives and policy objectives for the arts 1982; article entitled 'Audience engineering and psychology" (undated); E. Sweeting "Some observations on Boards with particular reference to subsidized non-profit organisations'

Audience survey 1985 (File 10) - Box 26
Australia Council dance debate. 1983-1984 (File 11) - Box 26
Australia Council - General correspondence 1982-1984 (file dated 1982-1983) (File 12) - Box 26
Australia Council - General correspondence 1984 (File 13) - Box 27
Australia Council - General correspondence 1984-1987. [Note: Other Australia Council files are in Series 3, Boxes 22-25] (File 14) - Box 27
Australia Day - 1982-1983 (File 15) - Box 27
A.C.T. Playhouse June 1981 (File 16) - Box 27
A.C.T. Playhouse November 1981 (File 17) - Box 27
A.C.T. schools activities 1981-1983 (file dated 1983) (File 18) - Box 27
A.C.T. schools - activities offered 1984 (File 19) - Box 27
Bach project - Donald Hollier. undated (File 20) - Box 27
Badges - Originals. undated (File 21) - Box 27
Balcony Theatre, Adelaide. 1979-1980 (includes Universal Theatre, Fitzroy, Hire Agreement) (File 22) - Box 27
Belgium - information on festivals, etc. Includes material on Holland, Paris, U.S.A. undated (in bag) (File 23) - Box 28
Brisbane. 1980-1983 (3 files in 1 folder) (File 24) - Box 28
Campbells Cash and Carry Wholesalers. 1984 (File 25) - Box 28
Canberra Celebrations Board. 1984 (File 26) - Box 28
Canberra Festival 1979-1982 (File 27) - Box 28
Canberra Festival 1983 (File 28) - Box 28
Canberra Festival 1984-1985 and Canberra Australia Day Council 1985 (File 28) - Box 28
CAPPA (Confereation of Australian Professional Performing Arts Ltd) 1981-1985 (File 29) - Box 28
CAPPA. 1985-1986 (File 30) - Box 29
Casting - Season 1982 (-1984?) (File 31) - Box 29
Castlemaine Festival 1982 (File 32) - Box 29
Classical and Contemporary Dance Co. 1984 (File 33) - Box 29
Collaboration - Absence of Sunshine. 1982 (File 34) - Box 29
Collaborations. 1983-1985 (File 35) - Box 29
Commonwealth Games Conference and Festival 1982 (File 36) - Box 29
C.E.P. (Community Employment Program) General correspondence. 1983-1986 (file dated 1984/85) (File 37) - Box 29
Contacts. 1979-1980 (File 38) - Box 30
Contacts and addresses. 1980- (File 39) - Box 30
Cootamundra 1983 (File 40) - Box 30
Costumes - From the South Seas Museum and Year of the Monkey - general (2 files in 1 folder) (File 41) - Box 30
Crisis campaign 1982 (File 42) - Box 30
Dance Company Directors. 1984 (File 43) - Box 30
Dance magazines, etc - articles and correspondence. 1981-1986 (File 44) - Box 30
Department of Territories and Local Government. 1983-1986 (file dated 1985-1986. Includes correspondence and reports re funding and grants) (File 45_46) - Box 30
Department of the Capital Territory - Administration. 1980-1981 (File 47) - Box 31
Designers. 1982-1984 (File 48) - Box 31
Designers. 1982-1983 (File 49) - Box 31
Erindale Centre Theatre. undated (File 50) - Box 31
Expo '88 HVDT Tour (File 51) - Box 31
Federal arts policy. 1981-1983 (File 52) - Box 31
Films, etc. 1981 (File 53) - Box 31
43 Hopegood Place, Garran, A.C.T (File 54) - Box 31
Forum of Performing Arts, 1984 (File 55) - Box 31
Friends of Human Veins. Membership book and letter. 1983-1984 Friends of Human Veins. undated [1988?] (File 56) - Box 31
General correspondence 1979-1980 (includes Equity, dance magazines, interviews, etc.) (File 57) - Box 32
General correspondence. 1988 (unnamed file including papers on 1988 season, Churchill Fellowship, Victorian College of the Arts, etc.) (File 58) - Box 32
General promotion. 1984 (File 59) - Box 32
Goulburn Spring Workshops. 1983-1984 (File 60) - Box 32
Greek Festival 1983 (File 61) - Box 32
Greenwood: "Hell for Leather" and "Windform". undated (File 62) - Box 32
Human Veins - General (file containing various papers 1977-1982, including copies of general articles in HVDT, papers and correspondence on New Zealand tour 1981, 1982 company schedule, etc.) (File 63) - Box 32
Indonesian overseas tour. (mainly photographs. undated. 1984/1985?) (File 64) - Box 32
International Youth Year 1985 International Youth Year 1985 (2 files in 1 folder) (File 65) - Box 32
Invitations 1980 (File 66) - Box 32
Kelvin Grove C.A.E. - Drama Studio. 1980-1981 (File 67) - Box 32
Leeton. 1983 (File 68) - Box 33
Lithgow. 1982-1983 (File 69) - Box 33
McKenzie, Graham. CV (File 70) - Box 33
Madge development (Geoffrey Madge) 1982-1984 (File 71) - Box 33
Mailing list. 1981 (File 72) - Box 33
Melbourne. 1984-1987 (file dated 1984, 1985, 1986) (File 73) - Box 33
Melbourne season 1986 (includes album of publicity and reviews) (File 74_75) - Box 33
Melbourne Universal. 1982 [Note: Other Melbourne files are under Victoria. Melbourne in Boxes 39 and 40] (File 76) - Box 33
Merimbula. 1983 (File 77) - Box 33
Modelling function ("That's Me Boutique", Kingston, A.C.T.) 1984 (File 78) - Box 34
Myer Foundation. 1983 (File 79) - Box 34
National Dance Working Party. 1984 (File 80) - Box 34
New dancer award. 1984-1986 (File 81) - Box 34
Dance award 1987. 1987-1988 (continuation of New dancer award file) (File 82) - Box 34
NSW country tour 1981 (File 83) - Box 34
NSW regional centres. 1980 (File 84) - Box 34
NSW tour 1983. 1982-1983 (File 85) - Box 34
NSW tour 1984. 1984-1985 (File 86) - Box 34
New Zealand tour 1981. 1980-1981 (File 87) - Box 35
New Zealand tour. Finances. 1981 (File 88) - Box 35
New Zealand press and publicity. 1981-1982 (File 89) - Box 35
New Zealand 1983. 1982 (File 90) - Box 35
North coast (NSW) Area Association 1983 (File 91) - Box 35
North-east coast (NSW) tour 1984. 1983-1984 (File 92) - Box 35
Orange. 1982-1983 (File 93) - Box 35
Other companies (Limbs Dance Co. only. ca 1979) (File 94) - Box 35
Overseas tours. 1981-1983 (File 95) - Box 35
Overseas tours and communications. 1984-1988 (File 96) - Box 35
Pascoe debate 1985 (File 97_98) - Box 36
Pascoe report on the arts 1985 (File 99) - Box 36
P.P.P. (Personal Pricing Plan) 1983 (File 100) - Box 36
Playwrites (sic) Conference. 1984 (File 101) - Box 36
Printing. Green Apple - bills. 1982-1983 (File 102) - Box 36
Program notes (works) 1984? (Includes list of HVDT works and details of premiers 1980-1984) (File 103) - Box 36
Quarry. undated (File 104) - Box 36
Queensland (not Brisbane). 1980-1981 (File 105) - Box 36
Queensland Regional Tour 1984 (general correspondence) (File 106) - Box 36
Repertoire to 1984. '83 works (to October) 1983-1984 (File 107) - Box 36
Requests for assistance 1980 (File 108) - Box 36
Requests for performances. 1981 (File 109) - Box 36
Rotherwood (Australia Council). 1983-1986 (File 110) - Box 36
Rotherwood, 1985-1986 (File 111) - Box 36

Includes Report of the Residential Workshop for Australian dance administrators, Rotherwood, 1985; Report of the Residential Conference of Artistic Directors and Administrators in receipt of general grants from the Theatre Board, Australia Council, 1986; also correspondence, notes, minutes, etc.)

St Martins (Theatre), Melbourne 1983. 1982-1983 (File 112) - Box 37
Schedules and budgets 1983 (File 113) - Box 37
Schedules 1983-1984 (File 114) - Box 37
Schedules 1985 (File 115) - Box 37
S.A.G.A. (Screen Actors Guild of Australia) 1983 (File 116) - Box 37
Shera, G.P. "The tears of an excavator", a scenario for dance. 1984 (File 117) - Box 37
South Australia and Northern Territory tour 1985 (File 118_121) - Box 37
South Coast (NSW) tour 1984 (File 122) - Box 38
Subscription season 1985 (File 123) - Box 38
Sunday in the Park 1982 (includes Canberra Festival correspondence 1982) (File 124) - Box 38
Sydney Biennial (correspondence with Sydney Theatre Company) 1982 (File 125) - Box 38
Sydney (Everest) 1983 (includes some general NSW correspondence, 1982-1983) (File 126) - Box 38
Sydney Festival 1981 (File 127) - Box 38
Sydney Festival 1983 (File 128) - Box 38
Sydney Festival 1984 (File 129) - Box 38
Sydney season 1980. 1980-1981 (File 130) - Box 38
Sydney season January 1982. 1981-1982 (File 131) - Box 38
Temora. 1982-1983 (File 132) - Box 39
Theatre plans and details, various states and A.C.T., 1980-1981 (includes Union Theatre, Melbourne) (in bag) (File 133) - Box 39
Touring Weekly Package 1983 (File 134) - Box 39
Touring package 1984 - correspondence (2 files in 1 folder) (File 134) - Box 39
Travel. 1980 (File 135) - Box 39
T-shirts. Inventory. 1981 and undated (File 136) - Box 39
Union Theatre, University of Sydney. 1980 (File 137) - Box 39
Universal Theatre, Fitzroy - The Choir-plan. undated (File 138) - Box 39
University of New England. Arts Theatre. undated (File 139) - Box 39
Victoria. Echuca. Echuca Arts Workshop. undated Victoria. Kyneton. Shire Hall. undated (2 files in 1 folder) (File 140) - Box 39
Victoria. Melbourne 1980-1981 (File 141) - Box 39
Victoria. Melbourne - Grant Street Theatre, Victorian College of the Arts; Guild Theatre, University of Melbourne; Universal Theatre; Memorial Theatre, Victoria University (sic); National Theatre. (ca 1981. 5 files in 1 folder) (File 142) - Box 39
Victoria. Melbourne. Concert Hall, Victorian Arts Centre -1983 (in bag) (File 143) - Box 40
Victoria. Regional Tour 1983 [general file] 1982-1983 (File 144) - Box 40
Victoria. Regional Tour 1983 Ararat (File 145) - Box 40
Victoria. Regional Tour 1983 Ballarat (File 146) - Box 40
Victoria. Regional Tour 1983 Bendigo (File 147) - Box 40
Victoria. Regional Tour 1983 Warrnambool (File 148) - Box 40
Victoria - Regional 1984-1985 (General) (File 149) - Box 40
Victoria tours 1984 - Ararat, Ballarat, Bendigo, Warrnambool, Geelong (File 150) - Box 40
Victorian tour 1984 (File 151) - Box 41
Wagga 1982-1983 (File 152) - Box 41
Warana and Commonwealth Festival, Brisbane, 1982 (File 153) - Box 41
Unnamed file containing information on and programmes of many other companies (File 154) - Box 41

Includes Circus Oz (with photographs), 1981 Melbourne production of 'Mary Barnes', and 1980 season by European company Silk (Kiss) including programme and reviews of their production of "Oresteia".

Unidentified - 2pp of notes found with 1985 bundle of files; appendices re Type of Assistance Required, etc. to unidentified budget or tour report. 2pp (File 155) - Box 41
Brown paper wrappings listing files originally in parcels (File 156) - Box 41

Series 5. Production Files

The files on Les Noces/Oresteia are grouped together at the beginning of this series. They are followed by an alphabetical arrangement for other productions (these files are often undated) then a few general technical and production files. There is some overlap between this series and Series 4 (subject files) and also Series 5 for example publicity files for individual productions are here rather than there.

"Les Noces/Oresteia". Designs, etc (File 1) - Box 41
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Contracts sent. June-August 1982 (File 2) - Box 41
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Musicians' biographies and photos (File 3) - Box 41
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Canberra. Musicians (File 4) - Box 41
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Canberra. Budgets Funding (2 files in 1 folder) (File 5) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". School of Music (File 6) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Invitations (includes another invitation, 1984) Correspondence. (2 files in 1 folder) (File 7) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Publicity (File 8) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Canberra Theatre statements (File 9) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Melbourne. Contracts sent and contracts returned. 1982-1983 (File 10) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Melbourne. Musicians' contracts 1982-1983 (File 11) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Melbourne. Musicians 1982-1983 (File 12) - Box 42
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Melbourne. Biographies/photos (File 13) - Box 43
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Melbourne. Budgets. Results (2 files in 1 folder) (File 14) - Box 43
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Venue and Technical (File 15) - Box 43
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Melbourne Correspondence (File 16) - Box 43
"Les Noces/Oresteia". Melbourne. Publicity (File 17_18) - Box 43
Alice Underground - props (File 19) - Box 43
Biographies. 1987 (File 20) - Box 43
"Cabbages and Kings". 1983 Canberra (File 21) - Box 44
"Chain Reaction". 1987; "A Change of Heart". 1985 (2 files in 1 folder) (File 22) - Box 44
"Double Shuffle". Set, props, drawings (File 23) - Box 44
"Double Shuffle". Acccounts (includes production schedule, props, etc.) (File 24) - Box 44
"Double Shuffle". Publicity report. 1988 (File 25) - Box 44
"Eclipse '86" (cue sheets); "End of a Dream". Running sheets and technical information; "First Light". Script and set (3 files in 1 folder) (File 26) - Box 44
"From the South Seas Museum". General file. Costumes. (2 files in 1 folder) (File 27) - Box 44
"Giggles". Studio cue sheets (File 28) - Box 44
"Land of Eh". Props list. Set. (2 files in bag (File 29) - Box 44
"Myself My Stranger". Rehearsal Room, Canberra, November 1985; "Pound of Flesh" (2 files in 1 folder) (File 30) - Box 44
"Private Viewing". Production schedule June-July 1984 (File 31) - Box 44
"Raising Dust". General file (File 32) - Box 44
"Raising Dust". Basic lighting - plans; Lighting plans and cue sheets (2 files in 1 folder) (File 33) - Box 45
"Raising Dust". Technical file (includes photographs of the set. Also includes lighting details far From the South Seas Museum, Canberra, 1983) (File 34) - Box 45
"Raising Dust". NSW 1988 tour (File 35) - Box 45
"Ring Around Rosy Room". Production file June 1984 (File 36) - Box 45
"Slices". Lunchtime theatre November 1988 (File 37) - Box 45
Spring Release, "Illusions" - lighting cue sheets [1984] (File 38) - Box 45
"Strangers" and "Windform" - props list; "Strangers" - lighting; "Windform" - lighting (3 files in 1 folder) (File 39) - Box 45
Triple Vision, Gorman House, July 1986. [general file]; Lighting cue sheets (w files in 1 folder) (File 40) - Box 45
"True Blue". A.N.U., July 1985 - lighting and set; "True Blue". Studio Theatre, Melbourne, October 1986 - lighting cue sheets (includes "Ebony", "Calcium II" and "Les Illuminations") (2 files in 1 folder) (File 41) - Box 45
"Under the Skin". Preview, Erindale Centre, December 1980 Canberra Playhouse, February 1981 (2 files in 1 folder) (File 42) - Box 45
Production includes notes on new productions and production meetings, 1984-1985) (File 43) - Box 45
Studio performances including Opening. 1984? (File 44) - Box 45
Technical - Lighting cue sheets 1984 (includes True Blue computer disk, 28-30 October 1986) (File 45) - Box 45
Technical - Production - Advertising Brochures - Lighting (versions theatres 1987-1988) (File 46) - Box 45

Series 6. Publicity and Reviews, Including Art Work

This series includes newspaper cuttings (many in albums), press releases, company newsletters, art work for brochures and programmes, and posters. Folio size theatre and set designs are here too. Arrangement is chronological, with undated or mixed date items together with elephant folio material at the end of the series. Some files dealing with publicity and reviews may also be found in Series 4, with alphabetical subject files, and in Series 5, if they refer exclusively to a particular production.

"The concept, the repertoire, the artists" - springback folder of press releases, etc. 1984 (File 1) - Box 46
Correspondence and early publicity and reviews, December 1979-June 1980 (File 2) - Box 46
Miscellaneous press releases and announcements, especially from early years. 1980 (File 3) - Box 46
Publicity and reviews 1980 (file in bag) (File 4) - Box 46
Copies of press cuttings 1980-1982 (File 5) - Box 46
Reviews 1981 (album in bag) (File 6) - Box 46
New Zealand publicity and reviews 1981 (album in bag) (File 7) - Box 46
Melbourne publicity and reviews May 1981 (File 8) - Box 46
Publicity and reviews folder. 1981-1982? (File 9) - Box 46
Art works 1981-1983 (File 10) - Box 46
Publicity - clippings. 1981. 1982. 1983 (album) (File 11) - Folio-Box 1
Reviews 1982 (album in bag) (File 12) - Box 47
February 1982 Season - press kit (folder) (File 13) - Box 47
Press cuttings July 1982 (File 14) - Box 47
Orders 1982-1983 (includes Tshort and advertising orders. Also includes copies of HVDT Newsletters 1982-June 1983, and copy of the A.C.T. Association for Drama in Education Journal 1982 with article on HVDT) (File 15) - Box 47
Reviews 1983 (album in bag) (File 16) - Box 47
Promotion - Canberra October 1983. 1983-1984 (File 17) - Box 47
Folders of publicity handouts. 1983? (File 18) - Box 47
Souvenir program material (artwork only) 1984? (File 19) - Box 47
Art works 1984 (File 20) - Box 47
Copies of Victorian local newspapers February 1984 (File 21) - Box 47
Publicity - Clippings 1984 (album) (File 22) - Box 47
Publicity - Clippings 1985-1986 (album) (File 23) - Box 47
Publicity - Clippings 1987-1988 (album) (3 items in 1 bag) (File 24) - Box 47
Newsletter - 'Veins', V.1 no.1 - v.1 no.3 1985 (File 25) - Box 47
Collection of school children's paintings and reviews of 'Waves and Ripples' November 1985 (File 26) - Folio-Box 1
Publicity brochure 1986 (File 27) - Folio-Box 1
Tshort. 1987/1988 (File 28) - Folio-Box 1
Publicity and press clippings 1988 (File 29) - Folio-Box 1
Art work (bag) (File 30) - Folio-Box 1
Art work. various (File 31)
Posters, various (File 32)
Posters for "True Blue", Melbourne, October-November 1986 (Roll) (File 33)
Art work, photographs (large mounted prints of In the Distance Someone Singing and Oresteia, by Ross Gould) and a few posters (including Malinche poster from Asker's time in Europe) (File 34)
Art work, including photographs (File 35)
Costume designs - Illusions, January 1985 (Dorothy Herel), Under the Skin [December 1980]; art work far From the South Seas Museum programme, enlarged photocopies of reviews and information on dancers etc. - various dates; portfolio of Working drawings for land of Eh! (File 36)
Plans - Gorman House Stage 2; set designs Les Noces/Oresteia, Canberra, June 1982 (1 sheet torn); Pasolini set designs by students at Sydney University, October 1984; Kibbntz Dance Co., Israel, Shedding of Autumn Leaves screen construction, 3 May 1979; Araluen Arts Centre lighting plan, april 1985; Canberra Theatre Centre Playhouse floor plan, 1 February 1980 (File 37)

Series 7. Photographs

This series consists mainly of photograph albums, arranged chronologically where the dates are known. The two principal photographers are Ross Gould and Jack Asker. There are also separate photographs, mounted and unmounted, negatives and a box of slides.

Box of slide (transferred to the Pictures Branch cold store) (File 1) - Box 48
Company pictures 1980, 1981 (album) (File 2) - Box 49
Everyman, Calcium Light Night, the Outing, Shedding of Leaves, Strollers. 1980 (album) (File 3) - Box 49
Under the Skin. 1980 (album) (File 4) - Box 49
The End of a Dream. 1981-1982 (album) (File 5) - Box 49
The Year of the Monkey (album) (File 6) - Box 49
"Les Noces/Oresteia" 1982 (album) (File 7) - Box 50
"In the Distance Someone Singing", "Swan of Tuonela", Set construction - "Les Noces/ Oresteia" June 1982, Friends of Human Veins Benefit Raffle January 1982, Rehearsals photographs (album) (File 8) - Box 50
"Les Noces". 1983 (album) (File 9) - Box 50
Photographs 1984 (including From the South Seas Museum). Photos by Ross Gould and Jack Asker (ablum) (File 10) - Box 50
"A Change of Heart" season 1985 (album) (File 11) - Box 50
"Illusions" season 1985 (album) (File 12) - Box 50
True Blue season 1985 (album) (File 13) - Box 50
Canberra Times - Stephen Hall - photos taken January 1986 - (album) (Item 14) - Box 51
"Eclipse '86" March 1986 (album) (Item 15) - Box 51
"Illuminations". October 1986 (album) (Item 16) - Box 51
Biographies, "Windform" 1987. Ross Gould (album) (Item 17) - Box 51
"Chain Reaction". August 1987 (album) (Item 18) - Box 52
"Land of Eh!", Chain Reaction 1987 (album) (Item 19) - Box 52
"The Best of ... 1987". "Shedding of Leaves", "Myself My Stranger", "Ritual and Seduction" (album) (Item 20) - Box 52
"Raising Dust", "Windform". 1988 (album) (Item 21) - Box 52
"Double Shuffle". October-November 1988 (album) (Item 22) - Box 53
Rehearsals, School of Music, A.C.T. undated (Item 23) - Box 53
Company photographs - Group, Individual. undated (album) (Item 24) - Box 53
"Giggles", "Clowns", "Ring Around a Rosy Room" (album) (Item 25) - Box 53
"Alice Underground" (album) (Item 26) - Box 54
Red album headed 'Human Veins Dance Theatre' only (Item 27) - Box 54
Agfa box of various photographs. (includes Robin Thompson 'True Blue' photos and negatives, Studio Opening 1984 photos, etc.) (Item 28)
2 Agfa boxes of photographs, Ross Gould 1987, and several large prints 1981-1986 (Item 29) - Box 54
Various photographs, mounted and unmounted (Item 30) - Folio-Box 1
3 photographs mounted behind perspex (Item 31) - Folio-Box 2
Members of the Human Veins Dance Theatre, photographed in a tree at Gorman House, Canberra, 1988 [picture].
Jamie Wilcox on right, Don Asker, centre and dancer Craig Burgess on left, of the Human Veins Dance Theatre, 1987 [picture]
Jane Mortiss and Wendy Wallace of the Human Veins Dance Theatre, in rehearsal for Les noces [picture]

Series 8. Programmes

Included here are programmes of HVDT productions, programmes of other productions with which HVDT was associated, and other companies' productions.

Programmes of HVDT productions and other productions in which HVDT took part (in bags) (File 1_2) - Box 55
HVDT programmes taken from lever arch file (in bags) (File 3_4) - Box 55
Other companies' programmes (Item 5) - Box 55

Series 9. Printed Materials, Cassettes and Videotapes

A small number of miscellaneous printed items found in the collection are here, together with 31 cassettes and a box of videotapes.

Miscellaneous printed material found in the collection (in bag) (Item 1) - Box 56
Cassettes (16 in bag) (Item 2)
Classical Music - R Thredgold. Plies, Tendve & Glisse, Frappe, Ronde jambe, Grande Battement (Item NLA.MS-SAV014102) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, Compact cassette tape

[cassette is missing]

From the South Seas Museum Performance Tape Act 1. 30/09/1983, 30/09/1983 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014103) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, maxell 90, Compact cassette tape
Ring Around a Rosy Room. Rehearsal tape #1. ACT Volley Ball Warm-up Dance tape. Draft 1 Simple Minds. 16/02/1984, 16/02/1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014104) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, maxell 90, Compact cassette tape

choir: Julie Anne Long.

Ring Around a Rosy Room. Performance tape. Bruce Miller (Item NLA.MS-SAV014105) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, C60, Compact cassette tape
Ring Around a Rosy Room. Rehearsal tape #3. 30/06/1986, 30/06/1986 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014106) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, TDK D90, Compact cassette tape
"The Land of Eh!" #1 Rehearsal tape January 1987. Drought, Song, Yachts/magicians/ Celeb., Jan-87 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014107) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, TDK A60, Compact cassette tape
Land of EH - Review. Ken Healey ABC Radio 30/03/1987, 30/03/1987 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014108) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, National 60, Compact cassette tape
Windform Rehearsal Tape. Expo 88 Revised Form. 20/06/1988, 20/06/1988 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014109) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, TDK AD60, Compact cassette tape

More details on cassette case

Alice Underground Rehearsal Tape . Jeff Evans - Overture. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014110) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, maxell 90, Compact cassette tape

Veins - Intro Piece, South Seas Museum.

Alice Underground Performance Tape 3 17/05/1983, 17/05/1983 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014111) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape
Ojah Awake - Osibisa (Item NLA.MS-SAV014112) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, ultra dynamic, Compact cassette tape
Biographies (No Music) Voice Overs Master (Item NLA.MS-SAV014113) - Cassette-Box 685
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape

Robyn/Dave, Kim/Julie/Don, Tracey, Jane, Peter/Don

First Light - Rehearsal tape (Item NLA.MS-SAV014114) - Cassette-Box 685
1 item, TDK SA60, Compact cassette tape

More details on cassette case

Business Essentials October 1987 Program no 38, Oct-87 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014115) - Cassette-Box 685
1 item, Compact cassette tape

Commercial tape

"Robbie Goes to Hollywood" Kathy - Performance Tape (Item NLA.MS-SAV014116) - Cassette-Box 685
1 item, TDK 90, Compact cassette tape
"Illusions" Rehearsal tape with guitar (new timing) (Item NLA.MS-SAV014117) - Cassette-Box 685
1 item, TDK SA90, Compact cassette tape
Cassettes (15 in bag) (Item 3)
Prototype Music - Noel Bowden 512576. Roxy Music, INXS, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, Maria Maldaur, Jethro Tull (Item NLA.MS-SAV014087) - Cassette-Box 682
1 item, TDK C60, Compact cassette tape
Ritual and Seduction Rehearsal tape. 257 402 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014088) - Cassette-Box 682
1 item, UDR 90, Compact cassette tape
Old Women: "Jumpin Jive". For on Stage Cassette Player. Jazz 1939 Carnegie Hall. Cab Calloway. Jumpin Jive Mary Szental (Item NLA.MS-SAV014089) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, TDK 90, Compact cassette tape
Watson Tape no 1. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014090) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, TDK SA90, Compact cassette tape
True Blue and the Dreamers - Rehearsal Tape 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014091) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, maxell 90, Compact cassette tape
Rehearsal Tape - Everyman (Benjamin Britten) & The Outing(Leo Koki). (Item NLA.MS-SAV014092) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, Dynamic C60, Compact cassette tape
Double Shuffle 4 (Final) Acts 1 & 2. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014093) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape
Shuffle 6. RAP END RAP. (Guide - slightly fast) (Item NLA.MS-SAV014094) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, Compact cassette tape
Shuffle - Voice-Over. Side 1 - Double Shuffle Act 2 (Final). Side 2 - Double Shuffle Dialogue (Voice-Over) (Item NLA.MS-SAV014095) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape
I wanna by Gene Kelley perf tape. Singing in the Rain, American in Paris, Let yourself go. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014096) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape

Side1 - RAP 6.

Interviews - Amanda, Peter 2XX (Item NLA.MS-SAV014097) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, TDK D60, Compact cassette tape
Concert Programme Pt 1. "Calcium Light Night" - Charles Ives. "Tendrils of the rocl" - Geoffrey Madge. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014098) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, Scotch 90, Compact cassette tape
Malinche - Rehearsal Tape. Svend Aaquist Johansen - music for Malinche. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014099) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape
Waves and Ripples Performance Tape #2. 04/03/1985, 4/03/1985 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014100) - Cassette-Box 683
1 item, maxell 60, Compact cassette tape

A thousand teardrops Wyndham Hill L38219 Toc Ensemble. Toc ensemble. State of Sound, Angels flight Charm (over "Burundi Cloud") L38219 Jem Records EGS107

Riverside Plaza x 8 Cuts 1987, 1987 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014101) - Cassette-Box 684
1 item, OASIS, Compact cassette tape
Video tapes. various (File 4_12)
Item 4 (Item NLA.MS-VID000919) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-014
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 5 (Item NLA.MS-VID000920) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-014
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 6 (Item NLA.MS-VID000921) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-014
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 7 (Item NLA.MS-VID000922) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-014
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 8 (Item NLA.MS-VID000923) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-014
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 9 (Item NLA.MS-VID000924) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-014
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 10 (Item NLA.MS-VID000925) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-015
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 11 (Item NLA.MS-VID000926) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-015
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Item 12 (Item NLA.MS-VID000927) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-015
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Video tape. Windform project. Garry Greenwood. Workshopped material November/December 1987 (File 13)
Windform Project workshopped material Garry Greenwood, Nov-Dec 1987 (Item NLA.MS-VID000928) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-015
1 item, TDK, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Class 2. Consignment received May 1991

42 black and white photographs (mostly of productions) (Item [unnumbered]) - Box 58

2 programmes and some promotional fliers (Item [unnumbered]) - Box 58

Music score for "Xenakis" (Aganemnon) (Item [unnumbered]) - Box 58

Photograph album of tour of Malaysia and Singapore, 1987 (Item [unnumbered]) - Box 58

29 large format black and white photographs (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio 12

Artwork for "true Blue" programme, Melbourne, 1986 (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio 12

Artwork for "Illuminations" (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio-Box 2


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