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Ellen Forman (1945-1990), founder of the South Street Dance Company, grew up in New York, where she studied with many of the great modern dance artists including Merce Cunningham, Anna Sokolow, Dan Wagoner, and Jose Limon. She received a B.A. from Brooklyn College, and an M.A. in English, with minors in dance and creative writing, from the University of Wisconsin. After moving to Philadelphia, her first dance-theater piece, Five Women, was presented at the Harold Prince Theater.

In 1974, she co-founded the South Street Dance Company. Between 1974 and 1985, she created twelve dances for the Company including Counterpoint, Quartet for the End of Time, Concord Cafeteria, Pageant, Correspondences and Legend. In 1980, she began touring her one-woman "Moving Theater" program based on the work of Isadora Duncan. In 1986, she founded "body / language", an organization that produced new work that crossed the boundaries between dance, theater, and the visual arts.

As Director of the South Street Dance Company and as a solo artist, she performed and taught throughout the Eastern and Midwestern United States. In the Philadelphia area she appeared at the Painted Bride Art Center, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, The Academy of Music, Zellerbach Theater, the Walnut Street Theatre, and Movement Theatre International, as well as Temple University, Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware, Community College of Philadelphia, University of the Arts and Saint Joseph's University.

Ellen Forman's work is known for its unusual combination of words and movement, its exploration of verbal, kinetic and visual languages. Many of her major pieces have been collaborations-she worked with visual artists Jogy Pinto and Elaine Crivelli, puppet and mask-maker Jane Stein, filmmaker Peter Rose, composers Pauline Oliveros and Joseph Waters, and actor-director Fred Curchak.

She began working with actors in 1982, and created movement for productions of the Walnut Street Theatre and the Pennsylvania Opera Theater, directed the annual experimental Performance Ensemble Workshop at the Walnut Street Theatre, and taught Movement for Actors at Philadelphia Theater Company, Wilma Theater, Movement Theater International and the Walnut Street Theatre.

She was also known for her work with children and young adults. Ellen created dances with and for young people for sixteen years, working individually, with the South Street Dance Company, through Young Audiences and as part of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts' Artist in Education program. In 1990, she began body/language: other/voices, a multi-arts residency program for Philadelphia high school students.

Forman was awarded three Choreographic Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Painted Bride Art Center's Interdisciplinary Artists' Program Award. Her work has also been recognized by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Philadelphia Foundation, the Pennsylvania Arts Council's Dance and Interdisciplinary programs, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the William Penn Foundation, the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and the Samuel S. Fels Fund.

After her sudden death in December 1990, The Ellen Forman Memorial Scholarship Fund was formed through the Philadelphia Foundation, to keep alive the memory of Ellen's contributions to dance, theater, and dance education. In November 1991 current and former dancers from the South Street Dance Company came together to present a retrospective of Ms. Forman's work at Movement Theatre International. Proceeds from this benefit concert were contributed to the Ellen Forman Memorial Scholarship Fund which awards a scholarship to a Philadelphia dancer / choreographer each year in Ellen Forman's memory.

Historical Note

In 1972, when Ellen Forman created Five Women, a powerful, feminist, dance-theatre piece, South Street, in Philadelphia, was an urban frontier for artists. Inspired by the success of Five Women and the support of the South Street business community, Ellen Forman and Alice Forner founded South Street Dance Company (SSDC) in 1974. The Painted Bride, an art center located on South Street, became the location for South Street's first concert on June 6, 1974. The first edition of the Company included Ellen Forman, Alice Forner, Lovice Weller, Paula Sepinuck, Mark Taylor, Susan Salinger, Tom Brown and Lib Briscoe- all strong creative individuals whose ideals and energies were harnessed into the building of the Company. This group worked together until 1978, when the Company was reformed with Alice Forner as co-director.

Ellen's leadership allowed many different voices to be heard. Guest choreographers, dancers, musicians and collaborative artists such as Anna Sokolow, Jody Pinto and Pauline Oliveros joined the creative and innovative projects that became the trademark of SSDC. SSDC also became well known for its community outreach. The Company offered an intergenerational program Life cycles as well as workshops, residencies and lecture demonstrations for Young Audiences, a program in which Binnie Ritchie-Holum was an instrumental part.

In 1975, Ellen created Dream of Genesis, a work focusing on the process of creation. In 1976, Ellen premiered Concord Cafeteria, a retrospective look at dance through time and American culture. 1978 brought the premiere of Ellen's solo Your Spirit at the Window: A Solo Tribute to Isadora Duncan to the stage. In 1979, the two hour work Correspondences, created with co-director Alice Forner was presented at the Zellerbach Theater of the Annenberg Center. Also in 1979 SSDC began its Dance by the Sea program. Held in Cape May, NJ each summer, this annual intensive dance event (Co-hosted, beginning in 1980, by Evelyn Shepard and other guest teachers), offered classes in modern dance, technique, repertory, improvisation and performance.

In 1981, as a result of a residency at the Yellow Springs Institute, Ellen created Threshold. This was followed by Pageant, a piece based on the visions and classic dance work Day on Earth, which she presented with Pageant in a nine campus tour of Penn State University. Also that same year Ellen created Close Quarters, in collaboration with Atmos Percussion, which was presented at the Annenberg Center's Philadelphia Dance Umbrella. In 1985, Ellen created her last large group work Legend, loosely based on the fairy tale Rapunzel.

From 1986 until 1990, Ellen concentrated her creative efforts on smaller works including the solo body/language and the duet Bread Chronicles. She produced five annual body/language concerts at the Painted Bride. These concerts showcased artists including Ellen herself who integrated text with movement. After Ellen's death in 1990, the Company continued its educational outreach work in schools under the direction of Miriam Giguere. In accordance with Ellen's wishes, the Company changed its name to Body Language Dance Company.

Through its history SSDC always followed Ellen's belief in "dance that engages audiences' intellects and emotions... the primary reason to make art: to express what it is to be human."

Ellen Forman and South Street Dance Company hosted several community programs. They fall roughly into four major projects: Young Audiences lecture demonstrations and workshops, School residencies, Life Cycles senior adult programs, Body/language: other/voices high school interdisciplinary arts program.

South Street Dance Company maintained an ensemble with Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania beginning in 1975. This ensemble presented lecture demonstration programs at area schools. Numbers of yearly programs varied, but were frequently quite high ranging from 62 to 88 programs per year. Casts varied but averaged at five performers on yearly contracts with one or two substitute performers.

Ellen Forman and South Street Dance Company led numerous school residency programs. These usually consisted of a lecture demonstration program with the Company, a series of workshops for students at the school, and a culminating assembly with student performers. Some of these residencies were funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, others by Young Audiences, others by the school's PTA.

Life Cycles was an intergenerational project that included performances and workshops for Philadelphia area senior adults. The project took place from 1981 through 1983.

Body/language: other/voices was an interdisciplinary, multi arts residency for Philadelphia High Schools. Students participated in workshops in a number of art forms including dance, video and poetry. Occurring in more than one high school simultaneously, the project culminated in performances at each of the participating schools, sometimes with students from both high schools in one performance. The project began in 1989 and continued until at least 1991.

The South Street Dance Company records houses audiovisual materials, photographs, administrative records, playbills, flyers, posters, newspaper clippings, financial records, correspondence, costumes and props dating from 1969 to 1991. This collection documents the performances and some daily operations of the South Street Dance Company and its founder, Ellen Forman. There is relatively little textual material in this collection; the bulk is made up of videotapes, audiotapes and photographs of performances and programs, and objects used during performances.

Overall, this collection provides a comprehensive overview of the performances and programs of the South Street Dance Company. The audiovisual materials in this collection provide a vibrant and detailed view of the Company's performances, so anyone wishing to study the choreography of Ellen Forman will be gratified by this collection. In addition to traditional performances, Ellen Forman and the Company developed community outreach programs, teaching dance to schoolchildren and the elderly. This collection is an excellent resource for anyone interested in civic participation in the arts, and community-building around artistic endeavor. Ellen Forman greatly admired Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), considered by many to be the creator of modern dance. This collection contains many materials related to Ellen Forman's Isadora Duncan tribute performances.

The collection is arranged into 5 series as follows:

  • Series 1: Administrative records, 1969-1991, undated
  • Series 2: Performances and projects, 1972-1990, undated
  • Series 3: Photographs, 1974-1990, undated
  • Series 4: Audiovisual materials, 1969-1991, undated
    • Subseries 4.1: 1/2 inch VHS, 1984-1991, undated
    • Subseries 4.2: 3/4 inch VHS, 1983-1984, undated
    • Subseries 4.3: Film reels, 1976 and undated
    • Subseries 4.4: Reel to reel audio tapes, 1969-1989, undated
    • Subseries 4.5: Slides, undated
  • Series 5: Costumes and props, undated

Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Certain digital files may also be inaccessible. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza. The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos.

This collection was minimally processed in 2009-2011, as part of an experimental project conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to help eliminate processing backlog in Philadelphia repositories. A minimally processed collection is one processed at a less intensive rate than traditionally thought necessary to make a collection ready for use by researchers.

Employing processing strategies outlined in Mark Greene's and Dennis Meissner's 2005 article, More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Processing Approaches to Deal With Late 20th-Century Collections, the project team tested the limits of minimal processing on collections of all types and ages, in 23 Philadelphia area repositories. A primary goal of the project, the team processed at an average rate of 2-3 hours per linear foot of records, a fraction of the time ordinarily reserved for the arrangement and description of collections. Among other time saving strategies, the project team did not extensively review the content of the collections, replace acidic folders or complete any preservation work.

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Finding Aid Date
2024
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Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with funding administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The South Street Dance Company Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Temple University holds literary rights only for material created by university employees and to material given to the university with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, literary 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

Scope and Contents

Series 1: Administrative records, 1969-1991, includes financial records, correspondence, clippings and press materials, and Board minutes. Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.

1986 season, 1986.
Box 8 Folder 1
1990 season, 1990.
Box 8 Folder 2
Articles of interest, 1989.
Box 8 Folder 3
Audition flyers, 1984-1985.
Box 8 Folder 4
Bank statements, 1988-1989.
Box 8 Folder 5
Board minutes, 1988-1990.
Box 8 Folder 6
Board minutes/list of Board members, 1990.
Box 8 Folder 7
Board packet samples, 1986.
Box 8 Folder 8
"Breaking Through: Dream Into Dance" by Ellen Forman and Lovice Weller, undated.
Box 8 Folder 9
Brochures received, undated.
Box 8 Folder 10
Brochures/flyers, 1982-1988.
Box 8 Folder 11
Brochures/programs, circa 1985.
Box 9 Folder 1
Bureau of Charitable Organizations, undated.
Box 9 Folder 2
Cash disbursements, 1989.
Box 9 Folder 3
Charitable organization status, 1989.
Box 9 Folder 4
Clara, Jose. Prints of Isadora Duncan, 1927, circa 1975.
Box 20 Folder 5
Clippings, 1969-1989.
Box 9 Folder 5
Clippings, 1974-1982.
Box 9 Folder 6
Clippings, 1974-1982.
Box 9 Folder 7
Clippings, 1974-1983.
Box 9 Folder 8
Clippings, 1981-1990.
Box 9 Folder 9
Correspondence with Anna Duncan, 1977.
Box 9 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1985-1990.
Box 9 Folder 11
Dance journals, 1980.
Box 9 Folder 12
Dance reviews by Ellen Forman and her resume, 1969-1973.
Box 9 Folder 13
Development overview, 1991.
Box 9 Folder 14
Envelopes, undated.
Box 9 Folder 15
Financial statements, 1988-1989.
Box 10 Folder 1
Forman, Ellen biographical notes, undated.
Box 10 Folder 2
Forman, Ellen obituary, 1990.
Box 20 Folder 6
Funding requests, 1987.
Box 10 Folder 3
Grant award letters, 1990.
Box 10 Folder 4
International correspondence, 1990-1991.
Box 10 Folder 5
Loan documents, 1989-1990.
Box 10 Folder 6
Payroll **RESTRICTED**, 1987-1990.
Box 10 Folder 7
Payroll **RESTRICTED**, 1987-1988.
Box 10 Folder 8
Personnel, 1988.
Box 10 Folder 9
Press, 1976-1990.
Box 10 Folder 10
Presenter lists, undated.
Box 10 Folder 11
Programs, circa 1985.
Box 10 Folder 12
Programs, circa 1989-1990.
Box 10 Folder 13
Promotional mailings, circa 1985.
Box 10 Folder 14
Publicity, 1984-1986.
Box 10 Folder 15
Receipts, 1989-1990.
Box 10 Folder 16
Receipts, 1989-1990.
Box 10 Folder 17
Receipts, 1989-1990.
Box 10 Folder 18
Residence materials, 1983-1987.
Box 11 Folder 1
Reviews, circa 1980-1990.
Box 11 Folder 2
School programs, thank-you letters from children, 1990.
Box 20 Folder 2
Sheet music and notes (Isadora Duncan tribute), undated.
Box 11 Folder 3
[Speech by Ellen Forman], undated.
Box 11 Folder 4
Russian magazine, 1977.
Box 20 Folder 4
Tax documents, 1981-1985.
Box 11 Folder 5
Tax return, 1989.
Box 11 Folder 6
VIP mailing list, 1988.
Box 20 Folder 3
Walnut Street classes, 1987-1990.
Box 11 Folder 7
Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 11 Folder 8
Miscellaneous flyers, 1983-1985.
Box 11 Folder 9
Miscellaneous flyers, undated.
Box 20 Folder 7

Scope and Contents

Series 2: Performances and projects, 1972-1990, includes clippings and reviews, flyers, programs, and assorted materials related to particular performances and projects. A significant amount of the documentation relates to the "body/language: other/voices" program, a dance residency for high school students. The folders are arranged chronologically by performance date.

"Five Women" reviews, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 10
"Five Women" flyers, circa 1972.
Box 11 Folder 11
Mandell theater, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 12
Cape May, 1979-1981.
Box 11 Folder 13
Duncan tribute, 1979-1980.
Box 11 Folder 14
Duncan scripts with notes, 1979-1980.
Box 11 Folder 15
"Life Cycles", 1981-1983.
Box 11 Folder 16
"Life Cycles" - intergenerational project concert, 1981-1983.
Box 11 Folder 17
Cape May, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 18
Please Touch Museum, 1982.
Box 12 Folder 1
"Pageant", 1982-1983.
Box 12 Folder 2
Cape May, 1983.
Box 12 Folder 3
Penn State / Saint Joseph's, 1983.
Box 12 Folder 4
"body/language: other voices", 1983-1990.
Box 12 Folder 5
Cape May, 1984.
Box 12 Folder 6
Community College of Philadelphia, 1984.
Box 12 Folder 7
1984 season, 1984.
Box 12 Folder 8
Residency - Young Audiences, 1984.
Box 12 Folder 9
"Legend" clippings, 1985.
Box 12 Folder 10
1985 season, 1985.
Box 12 Folder 11
Young Audiences, 1987-1989.
Box 12 Folder 12
School programs, clippings and correspondence, 1987-1990.
Box 13 Folder 1
"body/language" press, 1988.
Box 13 Folder 2
"body/language" clippings, 1988.
Box 13 Folder 3
"body/language", 1989.
Box 13 Folder 4
"body/language" program and flyers, 1989.
Box 13 Folder 5
"body/language: other voices", 1989-1990.
Box 13 Folder 6
School program evaluations, 1989-1990.
Box 13 Folder 7
Caley School, 1990.
Box 13 Folder 8
Ensemble for Young Audiences, 1990.
Box 13 Folder 9
"Other Voices" poetry with kids, 1990.
Box 13 Folder 10
"Other Voices", 1990.
Box 13 Folder 11
"Correspondences", undated.
Box 13 Folder 12
"Pageant" notes, undated.
Box 13 Folder 13
"Dolly & Nel" script, undated.
Box 13 Folder 14

Scope and Contents

Series 3: Photographs, 1974-1990, are mostly photographs from performances and rehearsals. It is arranged alphabetically by performance when known, and otherwise chronologically. Most photographs are unidentified, but an on-site inventory provides more information on some photographs (and a full listing of photographs in the "Memorial Concert Exhibit photographs" folder).

"body/language" - solo, 1988-1990.
Box 13 Folder 15
"Bread Chronicles" - duet, 1989.
Box 13 Folder 16
"Bread Chronicles" - solo, 1989.
Box 13 Folder 17
Community College of Philadelphia, 1984.
Box 13 Folder 18
"Concord Cafeteria" and "Dream of Genesis", 1976.
Box 14 Folder 1
"Concord Cafeteria" and "Dream of Genesis", 1976.
Box 14 Folder 2
"Correspondences" premiere at Harold Prince theater (proofs and negatives), 1979.
Box 14 Folder 3
"Dolly & Nel", circa 1985.
Box 14 Folder 4
"Life Cycles", undated.
Box 14 Folder 5
Painted Bride Arts Center, 1974.
Box 14 Folder 6
"Sanctum", 1984.
Box 14 Folder 7
Walnut Street studio, Ellen and Alice (proofs and negatives), December 1978.
Box 14 Folder 8
Zellerbach auditorium, Duncan, Alice and Jay (proofs and negatives), September 1979.
Box 14 Folder 9
Memorial Concert Exhibit photographs, undated.
Folder 7
Matted photographs, undated.
Box 20 Folder 1
Photographs, 1974-1977.
Box 14 Folder 10
Photographs, 1974-1977.
Box 14 Folder 11
Photographs, 1974-1977.
Box 14 Folder 12
Photographs, 1974-1977.
Box 14 Folder 13
Photographs, 1975-1984.
Box 14 Folder 14
Photographs, 1983-1985.
Box 14 Folder 15
Photographs, March 1987.
Box 14 Folder 16
Photographs, 1990.
Box 14 Folder 17
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 1
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 2
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 3
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 4
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 5
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 6
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 7
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 8
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 9
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 10
Photographs, undated.
Box 15 Folder 11

Scope and Contents

Series 4: Audiovisual materials, 1969-1991, is divided into five subseries based on format.

Scope and Contents

Subseries 4.1: 1/2 inch VHS, 1984-1991, offers footage of performances, rehearsals, and press materials.

Philadelphia Dance Alliance 1990 PSAs 1990, 3 minutes, 1989-1990.
Box 1 Folder 1
"Ellen Forman- Lisa Lottie excerpt, Rev etude, Journey (Conwell) excerpt, " 10 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 2
Excerpts from "Bread Chronicles, " "Journey, " "Dolly and Nel, " "body/language, " "Sanctum, " "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 36 minutes, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 3/4/5/7/39
"Bok" residency project performance, 62 minutes, circa 1988.
Box 1 Folder 6
"Bok" residency project performances, 90 minutes, circa 1988.
Box 1 Folder 8
"Journey" rehearsal, 55 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
"SSDC 1/30/86, " 106 minutes, January 1, 1986.
Box 1 Folder 10
"Ellen Forman: Excerpts from 'The Bread Chronicles, '" 9 minutes, circa 1989.
Box 1 Folder 11
"The Bread Chronicles by Ellen Forman with Darko Tresnjak, " 17 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 12
"Ellen Forman body/language (2 xs) Two Etudes, " 27 minutes, January 1988.
Box 1 Folder 13
"Sanctum, Lonesome, erase?, " 9 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 14
"Ellen: Dupe" rehearsal, 5 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 15
"Forman 4/4/89" rehearsal for "The Bread Chronicles, " 25 minutes, April 4, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 16
"Ellen Forman - excerpts 'Dolly and Nel, ' 'Journey, ' 'body/language, ' 22 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 17
"Body / Language solo dress rehearsal 5/17/90, " 15 minutes, May 17, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 18
"News on Memorial Concert, " .5 minutes, November 1991.
Box 1 Folder 19
"South Street Dance Company, Ellen Forman Friday Night Concert at Painted Bride, 4/28/89, Part 1 of 2, " 45 minutes, April 28, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 20
"Ellen Forman in body/language, " 13 minutes, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 21
"Ellen in Rehearsal: No.1 from Vickie Seitchik, " 120 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 22
"Ellen in Rehearsal : No 2 from Vickie Seitchik, " 120 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 23
"Ellen in Rehearsal : No. 3 from Vickie Seitchik, " 120 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 24
"Women on the Move: N. Hill, K Bamonte, E Forman, " 73 minutes, June 1989.
Box 1 Folder 25
"South Street Dance Company, Ellen Forman, MASTER, Saturday night, 4/29/89, part 2 of 2, " 35 minutes, April 1989.
Box 1 Folder 26
"Duncan: June 84, November 84, " 12 minutes, 1984.
Box 1 Folder 27
"Bok AVT 5/90, " 65 minutes, May 1990.
Box 1 Folder 28
"SSDC: Proem, Portrait, New Annual, End Genesis, test, Argumentum, Dream of Genesis, Correspondences, " 94 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 29
"Ellen Forman Credits 2-21-90, " 8 minutes, February 1990.
Box 1 Folder 30
"Choreography: Isadora Duncan, Pathetique, Legacy- Julia Levien, " 48 minutes, 1988.
Box 1 Folder 31
"Ellen Forman 'The Bread Chronicles' 1989, edited, " 19 minutes, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 32
"SSDC Conwell (Dennis Diamond) 1. Journey 2. Lives Over Time (Forner), " 21 minutes, January 1986.
Box 1 Folder 33
"Painted Bride 6-1-90 Ellen -Melanie -Trina, " 47 minutes, June 1990.
Box 1 Folder 34
"body/language/90 5/18/90, " 85 minutes, May 18, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 35
"SSDC Legend 5/30/85 Painted Bride Art Center, " 80 minutes, May 30, 1985.
Box 1 Folder 36
"Concord Cafeteria (dub), " 25 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 37
"Ellen concert dub PR, " 5 minutes, undated.
Box 1 Folder 38
"SSDC and EF Chor / erased, " 0 minutes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 40
"South Street Dance Company Nov 3 1984 CCP Vickie Seitchik, " 66 minutes, November 3, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 41
"SSDC Come on Mama (1984) Go Home Little Girl (1984) Are You Lonesome Tonight (1984) Sanctum (1984), " 24 minutes, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 42
"Tape A Duncan dances 1-2-3, " 11 minutes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 43
"South Street Dance Company Choreography: Ellen Forman 'Sanctum, ' 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'" 15 minutes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 44
"Ellen Forman excerpts from 'Dolly & Nel, ' 'Journey' and 'body/language, '" 18 minutes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 45
"South Street Dance Company 4/29/89 Saturday Night Performance MASTER Ellen Forman Part 1 of 2, " 47 minutes, April 29, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 46
"CCP Performance Nov 1, 1984 Tom Brown-C Villardo Evelyn-Sokolow, Hot Point Sanctum, Mother Revolutionary, " 69 minutes, November 1, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 47
"1983-84 VHS 120 1385 Concord Cafeteria 12-3-76 Argumentum, Sokolow, 5-10-79 Forest Passing , etc., " 66 minutes, 1976-1984.
Box 2 Folder 48
"Body Language 3.27.88 Painted Bride Art Center, " 94 minutes, March 27, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 49
"3-9-90 Afternoon Performance K-4 students South Street Dance Company also Ellen Workshop, " 53 minutes, May 9, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 50
"Caley School King of Prussia SSDC Fri Eve 3-3-90 Final Performance students K-4 warm ups dances Audience participation. Joan Williams (school co-ordinator), " 50 minutes, March 3, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 51
"South Street Dance Company Opening Performance of Caley School-Beginning of Dance Residency. Copy from original, " 30 minutes, March 1990.
Box 2 Folder 52
Young Audiences South Street Dance Promo, 18 minutes, 1985.
Box 2 Folder 53/55
"South Street Dance Company: Program for Young Audiences, " 13 minutes, December 1989.
Box 2 Folder 54
"YA 12/18/89 McCall, " 100 minutes, December 18, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 56
"YA excerpts '89, " 14 minutes, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 57
"Caley Road Residency, " 5 minutes, March 1990.
Box 2 Folder 58
Scope and Contents

Subseries 4.2: 3/4 inch VHS, 1983-1984, documents performances and rehearsals. Videos are in numerical order corresponding to an inventory available on-site, but it is not as detailed for the 3/4 inch format. There is a detailed inventory describing the specific content of the videos available on-site, at Temple University.

"Introduction, " "Day on Earth, " "Hot Point, "Interlude, " "Come On Mama Do That Dance For Me, " "Lisa Lottie, "Go Home Little Girl, " "Interlude, " "Day on Earth", undated.
Box 2 Folder 59
"SSDC Painted Bride", June 15, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 60
"Body / Language", undated.
Box 2 Folder 61
"South Street Dance Company - ORIGINAL-Lisa Lottie", March 15, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 62
"ORIGINAL 'Day on Earth'", March 15, 1984.
Box 3 Folder 65
"Journey, " "Lives Over Time, " 16 minutes, undated.
Box 3 Folder 66
"Close Quarters", undated.
Box 3 Folder 67
"South Street Dance collage DUB (Pew)", undated.
Box 3 Folder 68
"Day on Earth", undated.
Box 3 Folder 69
"Choreography of Ellen Forman. Danced by member of the South Street Dance Company", undated.
Box 3 Folder 70
"This is NY master", undated.
Box 3 Folder 71
"Choreography of Ellen Forman", undated.
Box 3 Folder 72
"Ellen Forman, Choreographer, 'Sanctum, ' 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'", undated.
Box 3 Folder 73
Scope and Contents

Subseries 4.3: Film reels, 1976 and undated, houses films of rehearsals of the show "Concord Cafeteria, " as well as what is probably a copy of a 1902 black and white film of Isadora Duncan dancing.

"'CONCORD CAFETERIA' chor. Ellen Forman rehearsal", December 1976.
Box 6 Folder 63
"'CONCORD CAFETERIA' chor. Ellen Forman", June 1976.
Box 6 Folder 64
Black and white print of film dated 1903. Copy of film questionably of Isadora Duncan dancing, undated.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Subseries 4.4: Reel to reel audio tapes, 1969-1989, contains mostly 7" reels, with some 5" and 10" reels. The bulk is music for performances and projects, with some radio interviews.

Dolly and Nel- performance master, undated.
Box 5
Bread Chronicles- safety master, April 1989.
Box 5
Bread Chronicles- master, undated.
Box 5
South Street Dance Company, Yellow Springs, PA Reel 1 of 2 master, May 17, 1985.
Box 5
South Street Dance Company- LEGEND- Yellow Springs, PA reel 1 of 2 master, May 18, 1985.
Box 5
South Street Dance Company- LEGEND- Yellow Springs, PA reel 2 of 2 master, May 18, 1985.
Box 5
Dolly and Nel safety master, March 22, 1988.
Box 5
Atmos- Annenberg, April 15, 1983.
Box 4
Pageant II Bells (dream)- end, undated.
Box 4
Young Audiences: Americas Other Revolution, undated.
Box 4
Beaver performance tape: Atmos-fast quartet, undated.
Box 4
Daughter of Counterpoint, undated.
Box 4
Atmos- Annenberg Center - reel 1 of 2, April 1, 1983.
Box 4
WXPN, February 25, 1983.
Box 4
Ellen on Arts Menagerie WUHY, April 6, 1972.
Box 4
South Street Dance Company LEGEND performance at Painted Bride 1 of 3 master, May 31, 1985.
Box 4
South Street Dance Company Lisalottie, undated.
Box 4
Pageant I- missing Hot Point, undated.
Box 4
Schubert, Isadora, Messiaen, undated.
Box 4
Dream of genesis, undated.
Box 4
Ellen Forman [Brooklyn College], Spring 1969, 1969.
Box 4
Ellen Forman Two Etudes (Duncan), undated.
Box 4
Duncan Your Spirit rehearsal music Lullaby (Criss) ok, undated.
Box 4
Young Audiences- South Street Dance Company, undated.
Box 4
Mime / Dance, Rock Bottom, Counterpoint excerpts Lovs solo, running, undated.
Box 4
Bach Prelude #1, Duncan Waltzes, undated.
Box 4
Daughters of Counter point" JS Bach Choreography: Ellen Forman, undated.
Box 4
WUHY- Day on Earth- Interview, WXPN- Purcell, June 1983.
Box 4
Lisalottie (Louise) Copy, undated.
Box 4
Portrait, For All We Know, undated.
Box 4
Two Memories, Dello Joio, undated.
Box 4
Atmos, undated.
Box 6
PCOP Workshop- Zen and Mexican, undated.
Box 6
Americas Other Revolution-copy, 1976.
Box 6
Anna Criss tape, Three Green Scarf Dance, Debussy Air Gay, Polka and others, undated.
Box 6
Copy- Concord, undated.
Box 6
The Real Isadora, undated.
Box 4
Life Cycles, undated.
Box 6
Sisters (White Xmas), undated.
Box 6
Lives Over Time, undated.
Box 6
Hot Point, Come On Mama (dub), undated.
Box 6
Fejks-sisters, undated.
Box 6
Brighter Days #1 of 2, undated.
Box 6
Correspondences Ellen Forman, undated.
Box 6
body / language (Brahms), undated.
Box 6
Ruth Anderson Points, undated.
Box 6
Your Spirit at the Window A Solo Tribute to Isadora Duncan by Ellen Forman, undated.
Box 4
Counterpoint music JS Bach chor Ellen Forman, Rock Bottom Music: Miri Auldridge chor Ellen Forman, undated.
Box 6
Copy: Your Spirit at the Window (Duncan), undated.
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body / language (Ellen Forman), undated.
Box 6
Armond DiStefano, undated.
Box 6
Rainbow, undated.
Box 6
Thresholds, undated.
Box 4
Five Women- part one, undated.
Box 4
Mary as Isadora, Sides 1 and 2: Dian, Lovice, Alice, Ellen- re tits etc., February 28, 1972.
Box 4
BAH, S 1 Richard Wernick: Visions of Terror and Wonder, undated.
Box 4
Young Audiences (copy), undated.
Box 4
Alice (opera), undated.
Box 4
Day on Earth- Doris Humphrey, Piano Sonata-Aaron Copeland, undated.
Box 4
Day on Earth- Doris Humphrey, Piano Sonata-Aaron Copeland, undated.
Box 6
Copy : Hot Point, Sanctum, Concord, undated.
Box 4
Lives Over Time and First Day Stories- Copy, undated.
Box 4
South Street Dance Company LEGEND performance at Painted Bride 2 of 2 master, June 1, 1985.
Box 4
South Street Dance Company LEGEND performance at Painted Bride 2 of 2 master, June 2, 1985.
Box 4
Brighter Days #2 of 2, undated.
Box 4
Zen, Olatunji, rainbow, Mexican, Dido (3), undated.
Box 4
Duncan- Reichert, undated.
Box 6
Duncan- Justin (& Ellen) Mandell Theater, December 1982.
Box 6
Five Women- II, undated.
Box 6
Ardmore Avenue School, undated.
Box 6
South Street Dance Company "Legend" In the Garden Ierardi / Oliveros, undated.
Box 6
Bach-Journeys, undated.
Box 6
body / language DUB version with first text, undated.
Box 6
South Street Dance Company LEGEND performance at Painted Bride 1 of 2 master, June 2, 1985.
Box 6
South Street Dance Company LEGEND performance at Painted Bride 1 of 2 dub, June 1, 1985.
Box 6
I. Two / Fold (Kosmogonia), undated.
Box 6
Duncan, Soaring Cape May '82, 1982.
Box 6
Reich, undated.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Subseries 4.5: Slides, undated, consists of three carousels of slides of Isadora Duncan, probably used for Forman's Isadora Duncan tribute performances and lectures.

Isadora (28 slides of Isadora Duncan), undated.
Box 5
Your Spirit at the Window slides (32 slides of Isadora Duncan), undated.
Box 5
Duncan lecture (20 slides of Isadora Duncan), undated.
Box 5

Scope and Contents

Series 5: Costumes and props, undated, contains eleven dresses, a tuxedo, wigs, masks, and other props used in South Street Dance Company performances. It includes a three foot tall puppet used by Forman as her alter-ego in the show "Dolly & Nel."

Sanctum: Five dresses (possibly by Robert Franco, Richard St. Clair), undated.
Box 16
Sanctum: Basket with rocks, undated.
Box 17
Sanctum: Glass pitcher, wash rag, large blue plastic bowl, and metal bowl, undated.
Box 18
Dolly and Nel: Dolly puppet, undated.
Dolly and Nel: Mask for Ellen as Dolly, undated.
Box 18
Dolly and Nll: Wigs (2), undated.
Box 18
Bread Chronicles: Witches robe (long red with purple collar), undated.
Box 19
Bread Chronicles: White sleeveless under-dress and light blue long-sleeved over-dress, undated.
Box 19
body / language: Dark blue dress with white polka dots, undated.
Box 19
Dolly and Nell: Tuxedo pants (2), shirt, jacket, and bow tie, undated.
Box 18
Duncan Repertory: Burgundy dress from Revolutionary Etude (possibly by Susan Lunenfeld), undated.
Box 19
Duncan Repertory: Lavender silk under dress and steel blue robe from Mother (possibly by Susan Lunenfeld), undated.
Box 19
Duncan Repertory: Rust colored, sleeveless, floor length dress (possibly by Susan Lunenfeld), undated.
Box 19
Unknown Production: Ladder, undated.
Box 17
Unknown Production: Plastic mask, undated.
Box 18
Unknown Production: Red fabric, undated.
Box 16

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