Main content

Zero Moving Dance Company Records

Notifications

Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
SCRC 267
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
7.0 linear feet (15 boxes + 1 map folder)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Zero Moving Dance Company Records, SCRC 267, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1972-2007 (inclusive)
Creator:
Zero Moving Dance Company
Form:
Newsclippings, Photographs, Posters, Press releases, Publications, and Scrapbooks
Abstract:

The Zero Moving Dance Company, founded in 1972 by Karl Hellmut Fricke-Gottschild, was a leading modern dance company that performed throughout the Philadelphia region and even took a European tour. This collection chronicles its history until Gottschild separated from the company in 1993. In addition, it includes Gottschild's dance career after Zero Moving, much of which involve performances with his wife Brenda Dixon Gottschild. The collection is comprised of administrative materials, performance piece materials, publications and posters by ZMDC, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs.

Hellmut Gottschild was born in Germany in 1936. He studied under Mary Wigman eventually becoming her assistant. He moved to the United States in 1968 with a company, Group Motion, he started in Germany with two other dancers. Soon after moving to the U.S., he became a dance professor at Temple University. In 1972, he started Zero Moving Dance Company. The company grew and became a well-known dance company in the Philadelphia area and beyond. After separating from ZMDC, he continued his career with his wife Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, performing around the country.

This collection chronicles its history until Gottschild separated from the company in 1993. In addition, it includes Gottschild's dance career after Zero Moving, much of which involve performances with his wife Brenda Dixon Gottschild. The collection is comprised of administrative materials, performance piece materials, publications and posters by ZMDC, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs.

The collection is arranged into 6 series as follows:

Series 1: Administrative, 1979-2002, undated
Series 2: Publicity, 1975-2005, undated
Series 3: Performance pieces, 1972-2003, undated
Series 4: Performances, workshops, lectures, etc., 1972-2007, undated
Series 5: Photographs, 1972-2002, undated
Series 6: Oversize materials, 1976-2005, undated

Donated by Hellmut Gottschild in September 2009.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in July 2010 by Holly Beth Wilson. Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards May 2017.

People
Organization
Subject
Place

Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
October 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Zero Moving Dance Company Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Administrative: Board of Directors: Meeting Minutes, 1983-1984.
Box 1 Folder 1
Administrative: Board of Directors: Meeting Minutes, 1985-1986.
Box 1 Folder 2
Administrative: Board of Directors: Meeting Minutes, 1987-1988.
Box 1 Folder 3
Administrative: Board of Directors: Meeting Minutes, 1989-1990.
Box 1 Folder 4
Administrative: Board of Directors: Meeting Minutes, 1991-1993.
Box 1 Folder 5
Administrative: Board of Directors: Annual Reports, 1984-1986.
Box 1 Folder 6
Administrative: Board of Directors: Miscellaneous, 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 7
Administrative: Permission for Quotes, 2002.
Box 1 Folder 8
Administrative: Newsletters, 1979-1981, undated.
Box 2 Folder 1
Administrative: Logo Ideas and Sketches, undated.
Box 2 Folder 2
Administrative: Audition Calls, undated.
Box 2 Folder 3
Administrative: Work Descriptions and Biographies, 1985-1994.
Box 2 Folder 4
Administrative: Stationary and Forms, undated.
Box 2 Folder 5
Administrative: Responses to Performances, 1982-1995, undated.
Box 2 Folder 6
Administrative: Student Papers about Hellmut Gottschild, 1991-1994, undated.
Box 2 Folder 7
Financial: Pew Fellowship, 1992-1993.
Box 2 Folder 8
Miscellaneous: Misc. Notes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 9
Miscellaneous: Vocal Exercises, undated.
Box 2 Folder 10
Secondary Materials: Group Motion, undated.
Box 2 Folder 11

Publicity: Advertisements, 1986-1992, undated.
Box 3 Folder 1
Publicity: Articles written by Hellmut Gottschild, 1985-1986, undated.
Box 3 Folder 2
Publicity: Awards and Honors, 1986-2005.
Box 3 Folder 3
Publicity: News Releases, April 20, 1988.
Box 3 Folder 4
Publicity: Publications by ZMDC (note: additional oversize materials are located in Flat Box #15 – 1), undated.
Box 3 Folder 5
Publicity: Miscellaneous, 2000, undated.
Box 3 Folder 6
Publicity: Newsclippings/Magazines, 1982-1989.
Box 4 Folder 1
Publicity: Newsclippings/Magazines, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 2
Publicity: Newsclippings/Magazines, 1991.
Box 4 Folder 3
Publicity: Newsclippings/Magazines, 1992-1998.
Box 4 Folder 4
Publicity: Newsclippings/Magazines, 2000-2004.
Box 4 Folder 5
Publicity: Scrapbook, 1975-1976, undated.
Box 4 Folder 6

Scope and Contents

This series includes materials directly related to the creation of the piece: vocal exercises, choreography/repertory notes and background information.

Performance Pieces: Ash and Flowers, undated.
Box 5 Folder 1
Performance Pieces: Dogs Are Faithful (note: additional oversize materials are located in Flat Box #15 – 2), 1972.
Box 5 Folder 2
Performance Pieces: Frogs, undated.
Box 5 Folder 3
Performance Pieces: How to Survive Without Candy, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 4
Performance Pieces: Late Late Afternoon With a Faun, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 5
Performance Pieces: The Listening Piece, Spring 2002.
Box 5 Folder 6
Performance Pieces: Mary's Ark Project, 2003, undated.
Box 5 Folder 7
Performance Pieces: Meet Mr. R, undated.
Box 5 Folder 8
Performance Pieces: Modulations of Silence, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 9
Performance Pieces: Moving Voices Moving, 1974.
Box 5 Folder 10
Performance Pieces: Night Tales, 1976.
Box 5 Folder 11
Performance Pieces: Quartet With Onlookers, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 12
Performance Pieces: Tongue Smell Color, undated.
Box 5 Folder 13
Performance Pieces: Tongue Smell Color Video Project, 2002, undated.
Box 5 Folder 14
Performance Pieces: The Time Within the Time Within the Time, undated.
Box 5 Folder 15
Performance Pieces: Vindauga, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 16
Performance Pieces: We All Live on a White (note: additional oversize materials are located in Box #15 – 3), 1974.
Box 5 Folder 17
Performance Pieces: Weavings, undated.
Box 5 Folder 18
Performance Pieces: Wolf Dances, undated.
Box 5 Folder 19
Performance Pieces: The Yellow Sound, 1982.
Box 5 Folder 20
Performance Pieces: Pieces Not Completed, undated.
Box 5 Folder 21

Scope and Contents

This series includes performances by both ZMDC and Hellmut Gottschild (HG) and is noted as follows: no indication is ZMDC or noted accordingly.

Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Akademied der Künste, 1977-1990.
Box 6 Folder 1
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Akademie Remscheid, 1983.
Box 6 Folder 2
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Alfred University, 1976.
Box 6 Folder 3
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Allegheny College, 1990-1993.
Box 6 Folder 4
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Allentown Contemporary Dance Theater, March 26, 1995.
Box 6 Folder 5
Performances Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): American Studies Conference, 1999.
Box 6 Folder 6
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: American Theater Laboratory, undated.
Box 6 Folder 7
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Annenberg Center, 1981-1983.
Box 6 Folder 8
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Augsburg: Kulturhaus Abraxas, 2001.
Box 6 Folder 9
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Barlach-Tänze, June 2002.
Box 6 Folder 10
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Bread Street Studio (note: additional oversize materials are located in Flat Box #15 – 4), 1978.
Box 6 Folder 11
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC &HG): Bryn Mawr College, 1983-2005.
Box 6 Folder 12
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Bunch Festival, 1977.
Box 6 Folder 13
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Carnegie Mellon, 2002-2004.
Box 6 Folder 14
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Chatham College, 1982.
Box 6 Folder 15
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Community Education Center, 2004.
Box 6 Folder 16
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Dance at the Packard, 1993.
Box 6 Folder 17
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: The Dance Gallery, undated.
Box 6 Folder 18
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Dance Umbrella, 1988.
Box 6 Folder 19
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Dickinson College, 1978-2000.
Box 6 Folder 20
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Downtown Dance Company, 1989.
Box 6 Folder 21
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Duke University, 2003.
Box 6 Folder 22
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Frankfurt Fest, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 1
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Glassboro State College, 1972-1975.
Box 7 Folder 2
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Guggenheim Museum, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 3
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Hasting Tanz Studio, 1977-2003.
Box 7 Folder 4
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Independence Mall Theatre, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 5
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: The International House (note: additional oversize materials are located in Flat Box #15 – 5), 1977.
Box 7 Folder 6
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Janet Gillespie & Present Company (note: additional oversize materials are located in Flat Box #15 – 6), 1979-1983.
Box 7 Folder 7
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Joyce Theater, 1989-1992.
Box 7 Folder 8
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Komische Oper Berlin, 1991.
Box 7 Folder 9
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Kutztown University, 1994.
Box 7 Folder 10
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Musik, 1983-1984.
Box 7 Folder 11
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Mainz, 2001.
Box 7 Folder 12
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Mandell Theater, 1980-1984.
Box 7 Folder 13
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: MoMing, 1989.
Box 7 Folder 14
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Movement Research, March 1995.
Box 7 Folder 15
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Middlebury College, October 3, 2003.
Box 7 Folder 16
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: M.I.T. Tabernacle Theatre, 1988-1990.
Box 7 Folder 17
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Mary Wigman Tagung, November 2006.
Box 8 Folder 1
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Muhlenberg College, February 29, 2004.
Box 8 Folder 2
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Nancy Hauser Dance School, 1986.
Box 8 Folder 3
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): NEW, 2006-2007.
Box 8 Folder 4
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: The Nine's Project, 1991.
Box 8 Folder 5
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Northwestern University, October 29, 2004.
Box 8 Folder 6
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): NYU Gallatin School, February 19, 2004.
Box 8 Folder 7
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Oberlin College, 1983-2000.
Box 8 Folder 8
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Ohio Arts Council, 1987-2001.
Box 8 Folder 9
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Padagogenverband Tanz, 1985.
Box 8 Folder 10
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Painted Bride Arts Center, 1987-1995.
Box 8 Folder 11
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Painted Bride Arts Center, 1996.
Box 8 Folder 12
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Painted Bride Arts Center, 2000.
Box 8 Folder 13
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Painted Bride Arts Center, 2004.
Box 8 Folder 14
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, 1982.
Box 9 Folder 1
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Philadelphia YM/YWCA, 1981-1985.
Box 9 Folder 2
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Port of History Museum Theater, 1983-1987.
Box 9 Folder 3
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Regensburg, 2001.
Box 9 Folder 4
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Relâche, 1985.
Box 9 Folder 5
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Riverside Dance Festival, 1981-1982.
Box 9 Folder 6
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden, 1993-1994.
Box 9 Folder 7
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Shippensburg University, 1983.
Box 9 Folder 8
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Smithsonian Institute, 1980.
Box 9 Folder 9
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Sporthalle der Grundschule, 1984.
Box 9 Folder 10
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Staatlichen Ballettschule, 1990.
Box 9 Folder 11
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Stanford University, 2000.
Box 9 Folder 12
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Summit Presbyterian Church, undated.
Box 9 Folder 13
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Tanzfabrik, 1987.
Box 9 Folder 14
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Tanz Tangente, 1985-1998.
Box 10 Folder 1
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Tanzdrama, 2002.
Box 10 Folder 2
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Temple University Amber Campus, 1974.
Box 10 Folder 3
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Temple University Arts Conference, April 1994.
Box 10 Folder 4
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): Temple University Conwell Theater (note: additional oversize materials are located in Flat Box #15 – 7), 1978-2005.
Box 10 Folder 5
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Temple University McGonigle Sports Arena, 1972.
Box 10 Folder 6
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Temple University Mitten Hall, undated.
Box 10 Folder 7
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Temple University Tyler School of Art, 1980.
Box 10 Folder 8
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Temple University Tomlinson Theater, 1975.
Box 10 Folder 9
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Theatre Project: Baltimore, 1980.
Box 10 Folder 10
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: 30th Street Station, 1991.
Box 10 Folder 11
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Three Rivers Arts Festival, 1975.
Box 10 Folder 12
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Thurber Theater, 1974.
Box 10 Folder 13
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): University of the Arts/Drake Theater, 1993.
Box 11 Folder 1
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): University of California: Davis, 2002.
Box 11 Folder 2
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): University of California: Riverside, 2000.
Box 11 Folder 3
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, 2004.
Box 11 Folder 4
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: University of Maryland: Baltimore Co., 1983.
Box 11 Folder 5
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: University of Mary Washington, 1986.
Box 11 Folder 6
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): University of Michigan, 2002.
Box 11 Folder 7
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (ZMDC & HG): University of Minnesota, 1986-2006.
Box 11 Folder 8
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): University of North Carolina, 2001.
Box 11 Folder 9
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Washington Projects for the Arts, undated.
Box 11 Folder 10
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: William Penn Memorial Museum, 1979.
Box 11 Folder 11
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Works in the Works, 1998.
Box 11 Folder 12
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc. (HG): Yale University, 2001.
Box 11 Folder 13
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Yonkers Bureau of Parks & Recreation, 1985.
Box 11 Folder 14
Performances, Workshops, Lectures, etc.: Zero Moving Dance Company, 1981.
Box 11 Folder 15

Photographs: Frogs, November 1996.
Box 12 Folder 1
Photographs: Meet Mr. R, 1993.
Box 12 Folder 2
Photographs: Songs of the Humpback Whale, 1988.
Box 12 Folder 3
Photographs: The Time Within the Time Within the Time, 1972-1973.
Box 12 Folder 4
Photographs: We All Live on a White, 1974.
Box 12 Folder 5
Photographs: We Liked You and Undressed You, 1989.
Box 12 Folder 6
Photographs: Tongue Smell Color, July 2001.
Box 12 Folder 7
Photographs: Annenberg, July 1973.
Box 12 Folder 8
Photographs: Karen Bamonte Choreography, undated.
Box 12 Folder 9
Photographs: Miscellaneous, 1986, undated.
Box 12 Folder 10

Photographs: Oversize Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 13 Folder 1
Publicity: Posters, 1984, undated.
Box 13 Folder 2
Contains 3 t-shirts (1 Zero Moving Dance Company; 2 Zero Moving Dance Company 20th Anniversary), undated.
Box 14
Publicity: Publications by ZMDC (note: these are additional oversize materials from Box #3 – 5), 1986, undated.
Box 15 Folder 1
Performance Pieces: Dogs Are Faithful (note: these are additional oversize materials from Box #5 – 2), undated.
Box 15 Folder 2
Performance Pieces: We All Live on a White (note: these are additional oversize materials from Box #5 – 17), undated.
Box 15 Folder 3
Performances, Lectures, Workshops, etc.: Bread Street Studio (note: these are additional oversize materials from Box #6 – 11), 1978.
Box 15 Folder 4
Performances, Lectures, Workshops, etc.: The International House (note: these are additional oversize materials from Box #7 – 6), undated.
Box 15 Folder 5
Performances, Lectures, Workshops, etc.: Janet Gillespie & Present Company (note: these are additional oversize materials from Box #7 – 7), 1979, undated.
Box 15 Folder 6
Performances, Lectures, Workshops, etc.: Temple University Conwell Theater (note: these are additional oversize materials from Box #10 – 5), 1980-2005, undated.
Box 15 Folder 7
Performance Pieces: Sound Pieces, undated.
Box 15 Folder 8

Print, Suggest