Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. American Dance Guild.

Description

1. 12 linear feet (30 boxes)

Summary

1. The Kayla Zalk papers span the years 1962-2001 and include clippings, correspondence, office files, and teaching files.

Subject

1. Zalk, Kayla Kazahn
2. Dance notation > Study and teaching
3. Dance teachers > United States > 20th century
4. Labanotation > Study and teaching
5. Movement notation > Study and teaching

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Lecture notes.
4. Periodicals.

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 218

Source (note)

1. Zalk, Jason

Biography (note)

1. Kayla Zalk (1931-2001) was a noted teacher of movement, choreography, dance, as well as Labanotation and other forms of dance notation, whose career centered around her expertise in movement analysis.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. Zalk, Kayla Kazahn.

Title

1. Kayla Zalk papers, 1962-2001.

Biography

1. Kayla Zalk (1931-2001) was a noted teacher of movement, choreography, dance, as well as Labanotation and other forms of dance notation, whose career centered around her expertise in movement analysis. Born in the Bronx, New York, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Michigan and took graduate courses in dramatic arts at Columbia University. She began studying dance with Doris Humphrey and José Limón, then branched out into general movement studies. In 1965, she earned a certificate in the first Effort/Shape Training Program taught by Irmgard Bartenieff at the Dance Notation Bureau, the Precursor of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS). She later served as president of the American Dance Guild. She also founded the Westbury Arts Center in Westbury, New York, which established a curriculum of art, dance, music, and pottery training for community children and adults. When her daughter was killed in a car accident, Zalk founded the Newton, Massachusetts branch of Compassionate Friends, an organization that helps families who have lost children find a positive resolution of their grief. She was a member of the faculty at Brandeis University, Lesley College, New York University, Purchase College, State University of New York, and the University of California at San Diego. At the time of her death she was on the faculty at The Boston Conservatory.

Indexes

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Dance teachers

Added author

1. American Dance Guild.

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 218