Guide to the Papers of Meryl Tankard

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MS 9940, MS Acc16.058

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2006-2018

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Class MS 9940. Consignment received 2003, 1975 - 2002 - Box 1-8; 10; 13; 15-21 (MS 9940), Box 9; 11; 14 (MS 9940), Folio-Box 12 (MS 9940), Map-Folio (2 pieces) (MS 9940), Folio-Box 1,4-6 (MS 9940), Folio-Box 2,3,7 (MS 9940)

This consignment documents Meryl Tankard's career as a dancer, performer, choreographer and artistic director 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...

Series 9. Audio-visual material, 1990-2000

This series consists of numerous spool tapes and videos. The spool tapes contain music used for performances choreographed by Tankard and the videos are of performances. Exceptions include a documentary about Tankard and videos of interviews, award ceremonies, and Tankard conducting auditions.

Subseries. Audio cassettes and digital carriers
'Travelling Light' First Half (Item NLA.MS-SAV005373) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021
'Travelling Light' Second Half Reel 1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005374) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021
'Kiki Mora' Performance Tape, 26/06/1990 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005375) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

7 1/2 IPS. Tail out

'Kiki Mora' back up copy, 13/08/1990 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005376) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

7 1/2 IPS

'Kiki Mora' back up Show Tape (Item NLA.MS-SAV005377) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

Re-recording off the master

1 'Olga'. 2 'The Dragonfly' x 2. 3 Blank. (Item NLA.MS-SAV005378) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021
'Veneer'? (Item NLA.MS-SAV005379) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021
'Elegy' Tape 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005380) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021
'Two Feet' 1994 Act 1 Tape 1 Show Tape, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005392) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S12. Show tour dates listed on case. 15 IPS. Tail out

'Two Feet' 1994 Act 1 Tape 2 Show Tape, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005393) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S13. Show tour dates listed on case. 15 IPS. Tail out

'Two Feet' 1994 Act 2 Tape 1 Show Tape, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005394) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S14. Show tour dates listed on case. 15 IPS. Tail out

'Two Feet' Show Tape Reel 1, 12/05/1988 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005406) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S26. 7� IPS, 2Tk, Tail out

'Two Feet' Show Tape Reel 2, 13/05/1988 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005410) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S30. 7� IPS, NAB, 2T. Tail out

'Two Feet' 1994 Show Master Act 2 Tape 1 (1. Blue Dance, 2. Rose Dance, 3. Olga Finale), 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005411) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S31. 1993 tour programme on tape case. 15 IPS/� TK, Tail out, Yellow leader head, red striped leader tail

'Nuti' 1994. Digital Dub copy. Includes edits, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005412) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S32. 1994 tour programme on tape case. 7� IPS, � track, head out

[no details] (Item NLA.MS-SAV005413) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S33

Two Feet' 1994 Show Master Act 2 Tape 2 (1. Christmas Party, 2. Olga Walk), 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005414) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S34. 1993 tour programme on tape case. 15 IPS/� TK, Tail out, Yellow leader head, red striped leader tail

'Two Feet' 1994 Show Master Act 1 Tape 1 (1. Music Box, 2. Olga Walk, 3. Olga Freeze/Photo/Scene, 4. Torture Barre), 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005415) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S35. 1993 tour programme on tape case. 15 IPS/� TK, Tail out, Yellow leader head, red striped leader tail

Two Feet' 1994 Show Master Act 1 Tape 2 (1.Shrimping Dance, 2. Olga Barre I, 2. Olga Barre II, 4. Queen of the Plume, 5. Mepsie's Eisteddfod, 6. Sacre), 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005416) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S36. 1993 tour programme on tape case. 15 IPS/� TK, Tail out, Yellow leader head, red striped leader tail

'Two Feet' 1994 Show Tape Act 2 Tape 2, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005417) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-005

Tape case marked S37. 1994 tour programme on tape case. 15 IPS. Tail out

'Elegy' tape 1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005419) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

Tape case marked S39

'Nuti' audio tape. Original composition by Colin Olford, 1993 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005420) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

Tape case marked S40. 19cm/sec, NAB, 2TK, No NR, Copy, Tail out

'Nuti' (Item NLA.MS-SAV005421) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

Tape case marked S41

'Kikimora' Version 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005422) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

Tape case marked S42. 15 IPS, stereo, ending feet

'Kikimora' audio tape, 1993 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005423) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

Tape case marked S43. 19cm/sec, NAB, 2TK, Stereo, copy, Tail out

'Travelling Light' Second half. Reel 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005424)

Tape case marked S44

'Two Feet' - Mepsie Tango (copy not original) (Item NLA.MS-SAV005425) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-021

Tape case marked S45. 15 IPS, leader out

Class MS Acc16.058. Consignment received 2016, 1974-2014

This consignment includes production notes, notebooks, programs and research materials; designs of costumes, dances and sets; photographs of dancers and models; music scores; contract agreements; correspondence; audiovisual material; ephemera and posters of the work of Meryl Tankard, her partner Regis Lansac and the Meryl Tankard Company. Represented works include Two Feet, VX18504, Songs with Mara, Aurora, Possessed and Seulle.

Series. Two Feet

Special format carriers (27) originally housed in File 5 (Box 1), 1990s-2003 (File)
Two Feet Act 1 and 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009108) - Cassette-Box 475

Everything with Walks

Two Feet Act 1 and 2, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009109) - Cassette-Box 475

High speed dub

Two Feet Act 1 and 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009110) - Cassette-Box 475

High speed dub

Two Feet : Mepsie's Tango - back up tape (Item NLA.MS-SAV009111) - Cassette-Box 475

Meryl Tankard Company

Betty White's How to Tango (Item NLA.MS-SAV009112) - Cassette-Box 475

Produced by Conversa-Phone Institute, INC

Giselle Act 1 and 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009113) - Cassette-Box 475

Nigel piano solo mad scene after the bouncy dance Run Run Ballone

Giselle Act 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009114) - Cassette-Box 475

Also used in Two Feet

Olga (Item NLA.MS-SAV009115) - Cassette-Box 475

Final scene, latest version

Moran/ Skofield "Night Passage" for men's chorus and ensemble; Letter to Meryl (Item NLA.MS-SAV009116) - Cassette-Box 475

Seattle Men's Chorus Denis Coleman, conductor 30 April 1995

Two Feet : Mepsie's Tango (Item NLA.MS-SAV009117) - Cassette-Box 475

High Speed Dub

Tango - Cha Cha (Old) (Item NLA.MS-SAV009118) - Cassette-Box 476

Nigel piano frieze - mad scene

Two Feet (Item NLA.MS-SAV009119) - Cassette-Box 476

Tango Cha Cha Copy B

Two Feet - Mepsie's Tango (Item NLA.MS-SAV009120) - Cassette-Box 476

Meryl Tankard CompanyBack up cassette

Giselle Act I and II (Item NLA.MS-SAV009121) - Cassette-Box 476

Australian Ballet

Two Feet - Act 1 up to Giselle, Act II (Item NLA.MS-SAV009122) - Cassette-Box 476

Taped off video up to the end of the mad scene

Mepsie's Tango - Ch Cha; End section of Olga Finale (Item NLA.MS-SAV009123) - Cassette-Box 476

Long Version

Testimony (Item NLA.MS-SAV009124) - Cassette-Box 476
Latin Demonstration (Item NLA.MS-SAV009125) - Cassette-Box 476

Atlantic records

Two Feet 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009126) - Cassette-Box 476

Maeryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre: Dub from 1992 Show tape

Meryl Tankard Interview 5AN with Philip Satchell (Item NLA.MS-SAV009127) - Cassette-Box 476

Warburton Media Monitoring 8 March 1995 TRT 25 minutes

A Christmas Songbook (Item NLA.MS-SAV009128) - Cassette-Box 477

30 Greatest Christmas favourites

Madonna - Ray of Light, 1998 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009129) - Cassette-Box 477

Meryl interview, Tour

David Bowie (Item NLA.MS-SAV009130) - Cassette-Box 477
Meryl Interview (Item NLA.MS-SAV009131) - Cassette-Box 477

Meryl Tankard interview with Melbourne radio Station 3LO

Meryl Interview (Item NLA.MS-SAV009132) - Cassette-Box 477

Peter Clarke, ABC 8 June 2003; ABC November 2002

Meryl & [Padma?] (Item NLA.MS-SAV009133) - Cassette-Box 477

RASA ABC Nightly Planet

Meryl Interview with Margaret Throsby (Item NLA.MS-SAV009134) - Cassette-Box 477

RASA ABC Nightly Planet II

Series. VX18504

Special format carriers (20) originally housed in File 14 (Box 5), 1989-1995 (File)
VX18504 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009439) - Cassette-Box 490

Act I Act II (Part 1) Final Performance Backup

VX18504 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009440) - Cassette-Box 490

Act II (Part 2) Final Performance Backup

VX18504 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009441) - Cassette-Box 490

Part I

VX18504 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009442) - Cassette-Box 490

Part II

VX18504 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009443) - Cassette-Box 490

Act II Part I

VX18504 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009444) - Cassette-Box 490

Act II Part II

Series. Nuti, Kikimora and Orphee

Special format carriers (15) originally housed in File 31 (Box 10) (File)
Nuti and Kikimora (Item NLA.MS-SAV009615) - Cassette-Box 490

Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre

Nuti, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009616) - Cassette-Box 490

Dolby On

Orphee Et Eurydice (Item NLA.MS-SAV009617) - Cassette-Box 490

ABC Simulcast rehearsal tape

Nuti (Item NLA.MS-SAV009618) - Cassette-Box 490

Copy of Performance tape

Kikimora (Item NLA.MS-SAV009619) - Cassette-Box 490

Kikimora

Kikimora, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009620) - Cassette-Box 491

Kikimora

Kikimora (Item NLA.MS-SAV009621) - Cassette-Box 491

Performance tape Dolby B on

Kikimora (Item NLA.MS-SAV009623) - Cassette-Box 491

Production Master copy

Nuti, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009624) - Cassette-Box 491

Edited version Backup copy

Series. Chants de Mariage and other productions

Special format carriers (16) originally housed in File 45 (Box 14) (File)
Bagpipes, 12-Aug-97 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009634) - Cassette-Box 491
Chants de Marriage I (Item NLA.MS-SAV009635) - Cassette-Box 491

Side 1, side 3 Turn over after "Meryl's dance" before "Can't sleep"

Chants de Marriage Tape 1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009636) - Cassette-Box 491

Adelaide

Chants de Marriage Tape 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009637) - Cassette-Box 491
La Ciapa Rusa (Item NLA.MS-SAV009638) - Cassette-Box 491

Plus Italian chants and dances

Chants de Marriage, 1992 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009639) - Cassette-Box 491

The final recording

Floriade 1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009640) - Cassette-Box 491
Court of Flora (Item NLA.MS-SAV009641) - Cassette-Box 491

Play in and play out music

Version 2 Barossa '94, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009690) - Cassette-Box 477

Music for a while 3.17, Bach 4, I attempt Love's 1.32, Since Astrea 3.02, MS Vaux Jig 1.13, Shoemaker 1.09, Blavet 12, Let me weep, Come again 2.23, I saw lady weep 3.22, Monetverdi 2.40, Toubeau 7, The Plainte 6.45, approx 46?

Barossa '94 Sunday (3) The Plainte - Jennifer Vyvyen, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009691) - Cassette-Box 477
PADRIG SICARD "Pelac" H Enhon Me?, Aug-85 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009692) - Cassette-Box 475

"Pelec'H Enaon Ne?" Composed by Padrig Sicard Recorded August 1985, Bombarde: Padrig and Youenn Sicard, Organ: Ronan Sicard, Scottish Pipes: Bruno Le Rouzic, Fiddle Padrig Sicard.

Dave Wynne Oh Let me Weep (Record Version) (Item NLA.MS-SAV009693) - Cassette-Box 475

Series. Songs with Mara

Special format carriers (17) originally housed in File 57 (Box 17) (File)
Songs with Mara, 24-Jan-97 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009698) - Cassette-Box 476

Run in studio

Songs with Mara (Item NLA.MS-SAV009699) - Cassette-Box 476

Originals

Songs with Mara (Item NLA.MS-SAV009700) - Cassette-Box 476

Copy DAT Master

Songs with Mara (Item NLA.MS-SAV009701) - Cassette-Box 497

Order 5. Rehearsal Tape - Originals.

Series. Possessed

Special format carriers (12) originally housed in File 99 (Box 30) (File)
Alex Balanescu - Music for Meryl (Item NLA.MS-SAV009176) - Cassette-Box 423
Possessed, 1998 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009177) - Cassette-Box 423

Balanescu Quartet Ridley Centre

Series. Tiffany and Co - Pearl

Special format carriers (4) originally housed in File 135 (Box 44) (File)
Michael and Mara Tiffany's; Meryl interview ABC Radio Chants de Mariage (Item NLA.MS-SAV009417) - Cassette-Box 423

Series. Wild Swans

Special format carriers (8) originally housed in File 160 (Box 50) (File)
Wild Swans [illegible] (Item NLA.MS-SAV009464) - Cassette-Box 477
Wild Swans (copy) 21 Feb 2003 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009465) - Cassette-Box 477

Act 2

Special format carriers (11) orignally housed in File 161 (Box 51) (File)
Wild Swans - 1 Act (Item NLA.MS-DM001964) - Digital-Carriers-Box 32

Elena [illegible]

Wild Swans - 1st playing (Item NLA.MS-DM001965) - Digital-Carriers-Box 32

Rehearsal Copy

Series. The Book of Revelation and Death in Venice

Special format carriers (12) originally housed in File 169 (Box 53) (File)
Death in Venice - Act 1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009473) - Cassette-Box 477

Annotated cover: Britten - Rebroadcast on 24.11.88 of the 1980 Adelaide Festival Production

Series. Scrapbooks, posters and miscellanea

Special format carriers (6) originally housed in File 246 (Box 79) (File)
Elena Kats - Chernin (Item NLA.MS-SAV009135) - Cassette-Box 472

Demo - Elena Kats-Chernin - 13 September 1999 - Sydney Olympic Ceremony. Piano Only 13.9.99. Note: more information about the contents of the cassette is available on the cassette cover.


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