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Kaja Gam records

Title
  1. Kaja Gam records, 1926-1990.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding Aid
Author
  1. Gam, Kaja.

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Additional authors
  1. Chuma, Yoshiko.
  2. Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks.
Description
  1. 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Summary
  1. The Kaja Gam records contain clippings, contracts, correspondence, photographs, programs, tour material, and other documents related to Kaja Gam's Awkward Dance Company, her independent productions, and her involvement with Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks.
Uniform title
  1. Grand Central (Choreographic work : Gam)
Subject
  1. Correspondence
  2. Clippings
  3. Performance art > New York (State) > New York
  4. Programs
  5. Contracts
  6. Choreographers
  7. Women choreographers
  8. Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks
  9. Photographs
  10. Gam, Kaja
Genre/Form
  1. Clippings.
  2. Contracts.
  3. Correspondence.
  4. Photographs.
  5. Programs.
Call number
  1. (S) *MGZMD 204
Source (note)
  1. Gam, Kaja
Biography (note)
  1. Currently an interior designer, Kaja Gam (born 1952) has had a varied career as a choreographer, performance artist, filmmaker, and the artistic director of the Awkward Dance Company, as well as a founding member of another company, the School of Hard Knocks.
Language (note)
  1. English is the predominant language of the collection; there are a few items in Danish.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Author
  1. Gam, Kaja.
Title
  1. Kaja Gam records, 1926-1990.
Biography
  1. Currently an interior designer, Kaja Gam (born 1952) has had a varied career as a choreographer, performance artist, filmmaker, and the artistic director of the Awkward Dance Company, as well as a founding member of another company, the School of Hard Knocks. Born in Denmark, Gam moved to New York in 1980, and soon after formed the Awkward Dance Company. By 1984, she had joined the performing collaborative, The School of Hard Knocks, under the direction of Yoshiko Chum. Gam established her own New York metropolitan area home restoration and interior design company, Kaja Gam Design, in 1993.
Language
  1. English is the predominant language of the collection; there are a few items in Danish.
Indexes
  1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
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  1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
  2. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Choreographers.
Added author
  1. Chuma, Yoshiko.
  2. Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks.
Added title
  1. Grand Central (Choreographic work : Gam)
Research call number
  1. (S) *MGZMD 204
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