| Description | The company was formed in in 1976, with the aid of a grant from the Yorkshire Arts Association, after Janet Smith's successful solo debut. The company undertook extensive national and international tours during its career, including visits to Europe and the Far East, and steadily gaining a reputation for popularity and accessibility. It was disbanded in either 1988 or 1990.
The administrative papers
- Financial records, including financial records accounts, invoices, petty cash, bank statements, budgets
- Records relating to tours and bookings
- Marketing and Publicity, including advertising materials, box office figures and notes, programme copy, mailing and distribution lists and standard letters.
- Funding, details of the applications made for grants and sponsorship to the Greater London Arts, the Arts Council of Great Britain, the British Council and Regional Arts Boards and all general correspondence between these organisations.
- Biographies of the artistic members of the company for use in the theatre programmes and information packs produced by the company.
- Production files containing details of national and international tours.
- Education information this includes their education pack, education policy, mailing lists and A'level Dance correspondence.
- General company information such as meeting minutes, budgets and agendas
- Examples of the Newsletters issued by the company.
-Press information, which involves correspondence between journalists, press releases and cuttings, reviews and press lists.
The archive also includes artwork for publicity and posters, and the Janet Smith and Dancers newsletter; photographs of works, staff and members of the company, workshops and residencies; programmes and posters for national and international tours; and videos of workshops.
1 box and 1 batch of posters still require cataloguing. If you require further information about this material, please email archives@surrey.ac.uk. |