James Sewell Ballet.
James Sewell Ballet
Records
1990-2010
University of
Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts
Division
31 boxes + 1
poster tube (30.3 cubic feet)
The collection contains
corporate records, including board minutes and fundraising information,
performance data, publicity and marketing materials, photographs and
promotional materials.
PA 85
Collection material in
English
Mezzanine
Administrative Information
Use of Materials
The collection is open and available to the public for research use.
Selected materials are restricted; these materials are noted in the finding
aid.
Copyright
Copyright is retained by the copyright holders.
Preferred Citation
James Sewell Ballet Records (PA 85) , Performing Arts Archives,
University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Acquisition
The records were donated to the Performing Arts Archives beginning in
2005, and increments will be delivered on roughly an annual basis.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Archives student assistants and the
finding aid written by Barbara Bezat.
Accruals
Additions to the Records will be donated on an annual basis as
possible.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Activity files
- Corporate records
- Fundraising records
- Audiovisual
- Miscellaneous and Realia
- Posters
Historical Note
James Sewell Ballet was founded in New York City by Minneapolis native
James Sewell and Sally Rouse and brought to Minnesota in 1992. The critically
acclaimed JSB is one of the most important contemporary ballet companies in the
country, consistently exploring the technical and artistic boundaries of
ballet.
The troupe of eight core dancers has worked with the Minnesota Opera,
Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Symphony
Orchestra, North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus,
VocalEssence, Dale Warland Singers, Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, Minnesota Dance Theatre, and Ballet Arts Minnesota. The
dancers have performed in nearly 50 Minnesota communities, 28 states, as well
as internationally.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains records from 1992 and ongoing, and includes
performance data; corporate records—board minutes, marketing and advertising
materials, and correspondence; fundraising records; published materials such as
programs, postcards, newsletters, brochures, and other promotional materials;
and photographs.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
James Sewell
Ballet.
Dance -- United
States.
Dance companies -- United
States.
Dance -- Archival resources.
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Folders of file level box inventories created by the James Sewell
Ballet can be found at the beginning of box 1. Not all boxes are represented
and not all lists are accurate.
Activity files
Performance data; includes outside published materials
1990-1996
04
67 folders
Performance data
1996-1997
05
43 folders
Performance data
1997-1998
06
44 folders
Performance data
1998-1999
07
31 folders
Contains restricted folder.
Performance data
1999-2001
08
37 folders
Performance data
1990-2006
09
42 folders
Performance data
2002, 2006
13
22 folders
Performance data
2002-2005
14
33 folders
Performance data
2004-2006
15
33 folders
Performance data
2005-2006
16
29 folders
Performance data
2000-2002
17
8 folders
Performance data
2000-2001
18
8 folders
Performance data
2002-2003
19
15 folders
Performance data
1997-2004, 2006
21
17 folders
Performance data
2003-2004
22
35 folders
Performance data
undated, 2002-2003
23
24 folders
Student thank you notes
undated
18
Nut: The Untold Story
1997-1998
18
Mary Ellen Childs score
undated
19
"Amahl and the Night Visitors" script
undated
19
"Whaling Waters" score and notes
undated
19
"Passions" score
undated
19
"Social Movements" score
undated
19
Ballets performed, by date
1990-2002
21
Costume drawings
undated
29
Corporate records
Administrative Processes
2008
18
Activity Statistics
1993-2007
15
Activity Statistics
July 1993-June 2005
12
Advertising: Playbill
2000-2004
03
Advertising: Brainerd Daily Dispatch
2001
03
Advertising: City Pages
2001-2002
12
Advertising: Custom Publishing: Guthrie, Northrop, etc.
2000-2002
12
Advertising: Fire Island Dance Festival
2004
03
Advertising: Highland Villager
2000-2002
12
Advertising: KLBB / WMNN
1998-2995
03
Advertising: KNXR Radio, Rochester
2000-2002
12
Advertising: KOOL-108FM
2002
03
Advertising: KROC, Rochester
2000-2002
12
Advertising: KTTC TV, Rochester
2001
125
Advertising: KYBA Rochester
2000-2002
12
Advertising: Lavender
2000-2002
12
Advertising: Live Music
2001-2002
03
Advertising: Minnesota Daily
1999-2002
12
Advertising: Minnesota Monthly
1999-2002
12
Advertising: MPR Minnesota Public Radio
1998-2002
12
Advertising: New York Times
1999-2001
12
Advertising: Pioneer Press
2000-2002
03
Advertising: Pointe Magazine
2000-2002
12
Advertising: Post Bulletin, Rochester
1999-2002
12
Advertising: Radio City Marketing, St. Cloud
2001-2004
12
Advertising: Rochester Area Visitor
2001-2002
12
Advertising: Rochester Civic Theatre
2001-2004
12
Advertising: Southwest Journal, Minneapolis
2001-2002
12
Advertising: St. Cloud Times
2000-2002
12
Advertising: St. Cloud University Chronicle
2001
03
Advertising: Star Tribune
1999-2002
12
Advertising: Village Voice, New York
2000-2001
12
Advertising: WCAL
1999-2004
03
Advertising: WJON, St. Cloud
2003-2004
12
Amahl Sandra Organ Dance
2006
17
Artists files
1997-2009
17
25 folders
Artists files
1997-2002
18
9 folders
Arts Advocate
2004
22
Audience Snapshot: Seven Twin Cities Dance Companies
Spring 1998
03
Audit and 990
1991-1993
01
Audit and 990
1993-1994
01
Audit and 990
1994-1995
01
Audit and 990
1995-1996
01
Audit and 990
1996-1997
01
Audit and 990
1997-1998
01
Audit and 990
1999
01
Audit and 990
2000-2001
08
Audit and 990
2001-2002
12
Ballet Arts
2005-2006
18
Ballet Works, Inc. CORP
undated
01
Ballet Works, Inc.: 501( c)(3) Exemption
1994-2000
01
Ballet Works, Inc.: Secretary of State: Annual
Registration
1992-1999
01
Ballet Works, Inc: Secretary of State: Annual
Registration
2001-2002
12
Board Long Range Planning
1986, 1993-2000
03
Board Marketing Committee Corporation
2002-2005
19
Board Minutes:
1991-1993
01
Board Minutes
1993-1994
01
Board Minutes
1994-1995
01
Board Minutes
1995-1996
01
Board Minutes
1996-1997
01
Board Minutes
1997-1998
01
Board Minutes
1998-1999
01
Board Minutes
2000-2001
08
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
2001-2002
12
Board of Directors Rosters
1991-1999
03
Board of Directors Rosters
2003-2005, 2007
12
Board Reports
2003-2007
19
3 folders
Board Reports
2007-2010
17
2 folders
Booking Agent/Paul Szilard Productions
2004
19
Budget Process
2000
03
Caparelli, Tony
2007-2008
19
Case Statement for the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts
and Education Center, A Project of Artspace Projects, Inc.,
October 2000
02
Dance Activity Calendars
2005-2007
12
Dance/USA Admin
2002
12
Dance/USA Roundtable
2004
22
“Dancer Calendar”
1998-2005
02
Dawn R. Ridgway: Integration Paper
1996
01
Des Moines Ballet
undated
01
Double Wedding Invitation
1993
03
Executive Director Search
2007-2008
19
5 folders
Facilities
1996-2001
02
Federal Tax Deposits and Quarterly Returns
2005-2009
17
2 folders
Financial statements
2003-2008
17
Friends of James Sewell Ballet
1996
01
General correspondence
1993
02
General correspondence
1994
02
General correspondence
1995
02
2 folders
General correspondence
1996
02
General correspondence
1997
02
General correspondence
1998
02
General correspondence
1999
02
2 folders
General correspondence
2002
12
General correspondence
2003
19
2 folders
General correspondence
2004-2010
20
19 folders
Guest book
1993, 1995
12
In-House Marketing Materials
1994-1995, 1998-1999, 2000
01
In-House Marketing Materials
1993-2000
03
IRS Exemption
1990-1991
01
Joyce Theater Redbook
2003
21
Letter to Board of Directors
2003-2008
17
Long range planning
2004-2005
21
Mailhouse Fiasco
2003
21
Marketing: Advertising, PR and general
1995-2002
12
Marketing: Attendance and Revenue
1993-2002
12
Marketing: Audience Analysis
1993-2001
12
Marketing: Audience Survey Tabulations
1995-2002
12
Marketing: Committee
2008
19
Marketing: Joseph D. R. O'Leary/Veto Design
1999
12
Marketing: Research and analysis
1994-2001
12
Minnesota Attorney General Annual Reports
1993-2000
01
Minnesota Attorney General Annual Reports
2002-2003
12
Minnesota Ballet Guild
1990-1996
01
Minnesota Dance
2007
17
Minnesota Quarterly Tax Returns
2005-2009
17
Minnesota Shubert Center Newsletters
2007-2008
12
Miscellaneous Documents
2000-2001
09
Miscellaneous Documents
2001-2007
18
7 folders
Miscellaneous restricted materials
1990s
03
8 folders
Contact curator for further information.
Miscellaneous restricted materials
undated
31
Contact curator for further information.
Move
2000-2001
02
Moving Works, Inc. CORP
1991-1992, 1994-1996, 1998
01
National Arts Stabilization 1998
1998
01
North Dakota Flood Relief
1997-1999
01
2 folders
O’Shaughnessy Technical Info
undated
01
Operating Budgets
1996-2005
03
PASS – Partners: Arts and Schools for Students
1994-1999
01
Personnel policies
1994-1998
17
Press Releases/Press
1992
03
Promo Kit Materials
1994-1995
01
Programs
1989-1993
03
Rochester Performing Arts Center
1999-2001
02
Schools – Young Audiences
1994-2000
01
Shubert Theater
2000-2003
12
Shubert Theater
January-June 1999
02
Shubert Theater
July-December 1998
02
Shubert Theater
December 1997-June 1998
02
Soho Booking
1991-1992, 1996
03
Staff files
1997-2008
17
3 folders
State Theater
2004-2005
18
Style Sheet for Written Communications
undated
03
Suburban Venue Network
1996-1999
02
Tax filings
2004-2008
17
Ted Mann Concert Hall
1997
01
Touring information
1990
17
Twin City Dance Company Meetings
2008-2009
17
Website Relaunch
2003-2005
02
3 folders
Website Project
2003-2004
21
Winona Planning
1997-1998
01
Fundraising records
3M - Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
1994-1997
11
ADC Telecommunications
1994-1998
10
AHS Foundation
undated
10
American Dance Festival
1995-1996
10
American Dance Touring Initiative
1995-1996
10
American Express
1994-1995, 1999
10
AmeriData Consulting, Inc. Andersen Consulting
1995
10
Andersen Consulting
1996
10
Andersen Foundation
1998
10
Andersen Foundation, Elmer L. and Eleanor J.
1994-1995
10
Andersen Foundation, Hugh J.
1998
10
Apogee Enterprises
1995-1996
10
Arts Midwest Dance On Tour
1995
10
AT&T Foundation
undated
10
Athwin Foundation
1996
10
Aveda
1996
10
Bachman’s
1995-1997
10
Baker Foundation
1995, 1998
10
Barrett Moving and Storage
1995-1996
10
Bayport Foundation, Inc.
1996
10
Beim Foundation
1994-1998
10
Belford Foundation
1998
10
Bell Foundation, The James Ford
1994-1998
10
Bemis Company Foundation
1993-1998
10
Berglund Foundation, L. Wright and C. Emil
1998
10
Best Buy Children’s Foundation
1997
10
Beyond PR (Center for Arts Criticism)
1994-1995
10
Bigelow Foundation, F. R.
1993-1996
10
Blandin Foundation
1991-1993, 1997
10
Boker’s Inc.
1995
10
Boss Foundation
1994-1997
10
Bozell Worldwide
1996-1997
10
Bremer Foundation, Otto
1996
10
Brock White Company
1995-1996
10
Brooks Fund for Dance, Markell C.
undated
11
Burdick Family Foundation
1995-1997
10
Bush Foundation
1993-1997
10
2 folders
Butler Family Foundation, Patrick and Aimee
1992-1993, 1995-1996
10
C P Rail Systems
undated
10
Campbell Mithun Esty
1995-1996
10
Cargill Foundation
1995-1997
10
Carlson Family Foundation, Curtis L.
1995-1998
10
Carousel Snack Bars of Minnesota
1996
10
Ceridian Corporation
1995-1996
10
Chadwick Foundation
1998
10
Clark Foundation, Robert Sterling
1994-1996
10
Cole Sewell Corporation
1996
10
Coopers and Lybrand
1995-1998
10
Coss Foundation
1997
10
Cowles Media Foundation
1996
11
Crabb Scholarship Fund, Bobby
1995
10
Cray Research Foundation
1996
10
Custom Research, Inc.
1996-1997
10
Dain Bosworth Foundation / RBC Dain Rauscher
1995-1999
11
Dancelink
1995
10
Davis Foundation, E.W. and C.M.
1996
10
Dayton Hudson Foundation / Target Foundation
1993-1998
11
Dellwood Foundation
1995
10
Deloitte and Touche
1995-1998
10
Deluxe Corporation Foundation
1993-1999
10
Doherty, Rumble and Butler Foundation
1995-1996
10
Donaldson Foundation
1994-1998
10
Dorsey and Whitney Foundation
1995-1998
10
Driscoll Foundation
1995-1998
10
Ecolab Foundation
1995-1996
10
Faegre and Benson
1995
10
Flouroware, Inc.
1996
10
Fredrikson and Byron
1995-1997
10
Fuller Company, H. B.
1992, 1996
10
General Mills Foundation
1993-1999
10
Grace Lee Products
1996-1997
10
Graco Foundation
1995
10
Great Lakes Mortgage
1996
10
Greystone Foundation
1996
10
Griggs/Griggs Burke Foundation
1993-1996
10
Groves Foundation
1996-1997
10
H R K Foundation
1993-1997
10
Harkness Foundation
1991-1999
10
Hartfiel Company
1996
10
Hearst Foundation
1996
10
Honeywell Foundation
1994-1999
10
International Arts Programming Network
1996-1997
10
International Multifoods Charitable Foundation
1996
10
Japan Foundation
1998-1999
10
Jerome Foundation
1991-1998
11
2 folders
Jostens Foundation
1995-1997
11
Knight Foundation
1994-1997
11
KPMG Peat Marwick
1994-1999
11
Land O’Lakes, Inc
1993-1997
11
Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation
1999
11
Lilly Foundation, Richard Coyle
1995, 1998
11
Lowry Hill
1997-1998
11
MacArthur Foundation
1998
11
Mackay Envelope Corporation
1995-1996
11
Magee Foundation, Choo-San Goh and H. Robert
undated
10
Malt O’Meal
1995-1997
11
Mann Foundation, Roberta
1994-1997
11
Marbrook Foundation
1994-1997
11
Mardag Foundation
1995-1997
11
McKnight Foundation
1993-2000
11
McNeely Foundation
1995-1998
11
Medtronic Foundation
1995-1997
11
Meet The Composer, Inc.
1993-1998
11
Mellon Foundation, Andrew W.
1998-1999
11
Metropolitan Life Foundation
1995
11
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
1991-1995
11
Minneapolis Foundation
1994, 1997
11
Minnegasco
1995-1996
11
Minnesota Mutual Foundation
1995-1999
11
Minnesota State Arts Board
1995-1999
11
Minnesota State Arts Board – Arts Across Minnesota
1995-1999
11
Minnesota State Arts Board Formula Funds
1995-1999
11
MSI Insurance Foundation
1997
11
Musser Fund
1995-1999
11
Myers Foundation
1993-1996, 2002
11
Nash Foundation
1993-1999
11
National City Bank Foundation
1998-2000
11
National Computer Systems, Inc.
1995-1996
11
National Dance Project
1997-1999
11
National Endowment for the Arts
1995-1999
11
Neiman Marcus
1994-1997
11
Nickelodeon
1998
11
Nordstrom
1993-1997
11
Northern States Power Company
1993-1995
10
Northwest Area Foundation
1996-1998
11
O’Brien Foundation, Alice M.
1998-1999
11
Onan Family Foundation
1996-1998
11
Once Upon A Time Foundation
2004
11
Oppenheimer Wolff Donnelly
1996-1997
11
Padilla Speer Beardsley
1996
11
Pearson Foundation, E. M.
2000-2004
11
Pentair
1995-1997
11
Phillips Family Foundation, Jay and Rose
1994-1996
11
Prudential Foundation
1995-1997
11
Quinlan Foundation,, Elizabeth C.
1995-1997
11
Red Wing Shoes
1997
11
Regis Foundation
1996
11
Reliastar
1994-1997
11
Resource Trust Company
1995-1998
11
Rodman Foundation
1997
11
Rollins Hudig Hall of Minnesota, Inc.
1996
11
Saint Paul Foundation
1995
11
Saint Paul Pioneer Press
1995-1997
11
SciMed Foundation
1995-1997
11
Sewell Family Foundation
1997-1999
11
Somerset Foundation
1996
11
South Dakota Arts Council Touring Arts
1994
11
St. Croix Foundation
1996
11
St. Paul Companies, Inc.
1993-1999
11
State Farm Insurance
1996
11
Surdna Foundation
1998
11
Sweatt Foundation, Harold W.
1996
11
TCF Foundation
1995-1999
11
Tennant Foundation
1994-1997
11
Thorpe Foundation, James R.
1993-2003
11
Tozer Foundation
1996-1997
03
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
1995-1999
03
U.S. Trust Company
2001-2004
03
U.S. WEST Foundation
1994-1998
03
United Arts School Arts Fund
1994-1998
03
Wells Fargo
1996-1997
03
West Publishing
1994
03
Weyerhaeuser Foundation, F. and M. L.
1996
03
White Foundation, Brock
undated
10
Whitney Foundation
1996
03
Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
1998-1999
03
Audiovisual
Photographs and Slides
Iceland photos
2006
12
Photos #1
1993-1995
01
Photos #2
1997
01
Photos #3
1994-1995, 2000-2001
01
Photos #4
1990, 1992, 1994-1996, 2001
01
Photos #5
1992, 1994-1995
01
Photos #6
1997-1998
01
Photos #7
1992, 1997
01
Photos #1-4
undated
03
4 folders
Promotional photographs
undated
21
24 folders
Photographs
1996-1998
03
Miscellaneous negatives
undated
21
2 folders
Jump Shot and Billy's Bed negatives
undated
21
O'Shaughnessy photographs
1996
21
"Chair and Bones" photographs
undated
30
2 envelopes
Performance slides
circa 1990s
27-28
Performance slides
undated
03
Video Tapes
James Sewell Ballet Promotional Video
undated, 1995-1996
24
5 VHS
James Sewell Ballet Promotional Video- Multiple
Performances
undated
24
2 VHS
James Sewell Ballet "Not for Broadcast"
undated
24
2 VHS
JSB-Jacobson-WCCO
October 6, 2002
24
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 21, 1994
24
2 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 18 and 26, 1996
24
2 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Theater
March 24, 1995
24
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 22, 1995
24
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 18, 1997
24
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
April 26, 1997
24
1 VHS
"James Sewell Dance"
undated
24
1 VHS
James Sewell at the Fiorello Festival
July 14, 1990
24
1 VHS
JSB Fall Concert McGuire Proscentium
October 12, 2006
24
2 mini Dvs
JSB Spring Concert McGuire Procentium
April 14, 2007
24
2 mini Dvs
JSB Winter Concert O'Shaughnessy
January 19, 2007
24
2 mini Dvs
"James Sewell Ballet"
2004-2005
24
2 DVDs
Unidentified
undated
24
1 cassette
Promotional Spot on KLBB Radio
undated
24
1 cassette
Promotional Spot on KYBA 105.3 Radio
undated
24
2 cassettes
Promotional Spot on Clear Channel Communications
undated
24
2 cassettes
Promotional Spot on Cities 97 Radio
undated, 1999-2000
24
5 cassettes
Demo Tape
1992-1993
25
1 VHS
Opening and Closing Night O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
April 18 and 20, 1996
25
3 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
1993
25
3 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Theater
March 25, 1995
25
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
April 22-23, 1994
25
3 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium Closing Night
April 20, 1996
26
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 21, 1995
26
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 18, 1996
26
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 26, 1996
26
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 25, 1997
26
2 VHS
College of St. Benedict Act Two (Amahl)
December 10, 1996
26
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium Opening Night
April 24, 1997
26
2 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 21- 22, 1995
26
2 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
October 18, 1997
26
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Theater
March 24-25, 1995
27
2 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium Opening Night and Sunday
Matinee
October 23-24, 1993
27
2 VHS
College of St. Benedict Act One (Amahl)
December 10, 1996
27
1 VHS
JSB O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
April 26, 1997
27
1 VHS
Magnetic Disk, untitled
undated
27
Negative Roll, untitled
undated
27
JSB Excerpts
undated
27
1 VHS
Amahl Performance Mahtomedi MN
December 1995
27
1 VHS
Promotional Videos
undated
28
3 VHS
Includes multiple performances.
JSB Not for Broadcast- Oprah Copy #2
undated
28
1 VHS
Promotional Video Not for Broadcast
1998
28
1 VHS
Includes multiple performances.
Unidentified
undated
28
1 VHS
Ballet Works
undated
28
1 VHS
ACT
October 1998
28
1 VHS
JSB Demo
2003
28
1 VHS
Miscellaneous and Realia
In-house published material; includes postcards,
newsletters, programs, brochures, etc.
1990-2005
30
Banner, t-shirt, sweatshirt
undated
30
Posters
Posters can be found in Boxes 29, 30 and 32 (poster tube).
Miscellaneous posters
undated, 2001, 2004-2007
Austerbaejarbio - Dagskra Kvoldsins
2006
2 copies
Reykjavik, Iceland
Austerbaejarbio (dancer w/chainsaw)
2006
Reykjavik, Iceland
Austerbaejarbio (man in multi-colored tights)
2006
2 copies
Reykjavik, Iceland
Mayo Civic Center
2006
Rochester, MN
State Theatre
2006
2 copies
Minneapolis, MN