NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTRE FOR DANCE (NRCD)

Description

The Centre was established in 1982 with initial funding from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to provide support services for dance research and education and as part of a major development in dance studies at the University of Surrey and throughout the UK. The National Resource Centre for Dance is the sole national archive for dance and movement in the UK. The NRCD’s 36 special collections and substantial core collection contain a variety of materials, including film/video, sound recordings, personal papers, photographs, books, periodicals, artwork, notation/music scores, programmes, posters, cuttings, and other ephemera. The special collections represent the life and work of dance companies, organisations, choreographers, movement theorists, educationalists, and critics. The Centre also provides a publishing programme, short courses, a summer school, and an information and bibliographic service.

Website

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/NRCD

Keywords

Dance; Dance, theatre; Dance, therapeutics

Access

Appointment required.

Access for outsiders

Yes

Facilities

1 TV/video unit in the study room.

Charges

No charge for University of Surrey students. Others: £7-50 students, £10 for students using special collections, £15 other researchers for a day’s use of the study room.

Copyright

ERA licence. Copyright held on some videos published by the NRCD and some in special collections.

Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings

Books

Around 25 books about dance on screen, including directories of dance films/videos.

Datasets

The Centre’s own electronic database of dance-related TV/film/radio programmes broadcast since 1996 (2,000 + entries).

Equipment

Muray Superette Interchangeable 8/Super 8 projector; Eumig Mark 501 8/Super 8 projector; Prinz Magnon LV Super 8 projector; Gaf 64 handheld camera; two Muray film viewers; Premier film winding system; LPL 3-way cement splicer#702.

Ephemera

Approx 12 programmes pertaining to dance films and movie musicals. Company collections have programmes on dances that may have been filmed. Publicity materials abour dance on screen.

Journals

Collection of 11,000+ dance periodicals which may contain articles/reviews of dance on screen/radio. Plus the odd media-specific journal.

Manuscripts

The Fernau Hall Archive has material concerning TV broadcasts of dance as Hall worked for Rediffusion Television. Company collections have material pertaining to the filming of their dances.

Masters

The special collections contain around 250 masters (mostly video, some film) across several colections. The off-air broadcast collection contains around 200 masters. The NRCD publications collection contains around 50 masters.

Music

For some special collections the Centre has master tapes of the music/soundscape used during performance, which may have been filmed and are represented in the masters above.

Newspapers

In the general holdings, two files of cuttings about dance on screen and three files of TV/radio listings of dance-related programmes from 1987 to the present. In the David Henshaw Collection, 10 ring binders of TV/radio listings of dance-related programmes from 1981 to 1993.

Posters

Approx 12

Sound

Approx 300 sound recordings, mostly radio programmes taped from broadcasts; some oral history tapes.

Still Images

Some company collections have photographs of dances that may have beem filmed and are represented in the masters above. The Fernau Hall Archive has photographs of TV broadcasts of dance (particularly South Asian). The Rosemary Butcher Archive has stills of a dance work made for film.

Theses

Around 5 relating to dance on screen.

Video/Film

Approx 600 in the reference only collection of viewing copies.

Catalogues

Computerised database

Own MS Access database, at present available only to NRCD staff. Soon updating to professional archive database (CALM 2000).

Printed catalogue

Computer printout catalogues for most collections, particularly film/video/audio.

Card catalogue

For some collections.

Main Contact

Name

Ms. Chris Jones

Job title

Manager

Telephone

01483 879316

Fax

01483 879500

Email

chris.jones@surrey.ac.uk

Address

University of Surrey
Guildford
GU2 5XH

Alternate Contact

Email

NRCD@surrey.ac.uk