Research Catalog

Title

Dance Theater of Nepal Records, 1996-2005.

Author

Dance Theater of Nepal.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Handlin, Sherry Onna.

Description

.4 linear feet (23 folders)

Summary

The records of the Dance Theater of Nepal, 1996-2005, are the office and performance records of this group specializing in Himalayan music and dance. It includes incorporation documents, artists' profiles, publicity and press materials, program notes, support materials, and photographs. With the exception of the photographs, most materials are photocopies. The arrangement and titling of the folders are the work of Dance Theatre of Nepal's Projects Director Sherry Onna Handlin, whose additional comments on its contents can be found in folder no. 1.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance Theater of Nepal.

Subjects

• Photographs
• Dance Theater of Nepal
• Dance > Nepal
• Kapoor, Raj, 1968-
• Musicians
• Folk dancing, Nepali
• Clippings
• Handlin, Sherry Onna
• Dancers

Genre/Form

• Photographs.
• Clippings.

Note

• Business and performance records of the Dance Theater of Nepal.

Source (note)

• Dance Theater of Nepal

Biography (note)

• Formerly the Raj Kapoor Ensemble, the Dance Theater of Nepal has been performing in the United States since 1996. Its performances attempt to provide audiences with an experience of Himalayan culture through the variety of ethnic groups, each having its own music and dance traditons, that make up Nepali society. Perfomance venues have included George Mason University, Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Boston Museum of Science, among others. Performing members come from Nepal, the United States, Tibet, Africa, and India; among them are Raj Kapoor, Music and Dance Director, and Sherry Onna Handlin, Projects Director.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 192

OCLC

123916497

Author

Dance Theater of Nepal.

Title

Dance Theater of Nepal Records, 1996-2005.

Biography

Formerly the Raj Kapoor Ensemble, the Dance Theater of Nepal has been performing in the United States since 1996. Its performances attempt to provide audiences with an experience of Himalayan culture through the variety of ethnic groups, each having its own music and dance traditons, that make up Nepali society. Perfomance venues have included George Mason University, Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Boston Museum of Science, among others. Performing members come from Nepal, the United States, Tibet, Africa, and India; among them are Raj Kapoor, Music and Dance Director, and Sherry Onna Handlin, Projects Director.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Local Note

Stored offsite; advance notice recommended.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Dancers.

Musicians.

Added Author

Handlin, Sherry Onna. Compiler

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 192