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- 1983-2013 (Creation)
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3 large boxes + 1 small box (0.095 m³) + 3 over-sized wallets
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Donated by Ann Sholem, Cardiff, co-founder and former artistic director of National Dance Company Wales, May 2023.
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Scope and content
Papers, 1983-2013, of National Dance Company Wales, formerly known as Diversions, comprising:
BOX 1
Three files containing scrapbooks compiled by Ann Sholem, each comprising a potted history and chronology of the creation of National Dance Company for Wales, formerly Diversions, together with press cuttings, photographs, cards, letters and printed flyers and programmes chronicling the history of National Dance Company Wales from 1983 to 2013. Scrapbook 3 includes curricula vitae of Ann Sholem and Roy Campbell-Moore. 1983-2013
BOX 2 1983-2002
Material relating to Jumpers and Diversions dance companies, comprising press release announcing the appointment of Roy Campbell-Moore as Artistic Director of Jumpers; printed flyers, posters and theatrical programmes; press cuttings; poster depicting costume design; choreography notes; curriculum vitae of Ann Sholem; colour and black-and-white photographs depicting company members; letter, 1984, to Ann Sholem announcing the award of a grant from the then Arts Council of Great Britain; further correspondence; and a potted history of Diversions dance company. Two small loose items (1984) appear to be photograph captions.
BOX 3 2003-2009
Material relating to Diversions dance company and to National Dance Company Wales, comprising press cuttings and printouts; magazines; and printed brochures, theatrical programmes and flyers.
BOX 4 2010-2013
Material relating to National Dance Company Wales, comprising printed theatrical programmes and flyers; press cuttings and printouts; brochures; and magazines.
BOX 5
Colour and black and white mainly photographic posters relating to performances, rehearsals, workshops and other events given/held by Diversions dance company (as National Dance Company Wales was then known). The only dated items (see reverse of posters) are those relating to a performance called 'Generations' (1995, 1996) (for which see also Box 1: Scrapbook 1 (1983-1999)). 1995-1996
BOX 6
Posters depicting original costume designs by Paul Shriek for a 2007 performance of Kurt Weill's 1933 satirical ballet chanté (sung ballet) Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (original German libretto by Bertolt Brecht) by the Welsh National Opera under the direction of Roy Campbell-Moore. 2007
BOX 7
Undated colour and black-and-white large-scale photographs of Diversions dance company members, probably taken while rehearsing. [1985x2000]
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Boxes 2-4: Original order of contents, chronologically arranged by Ann Sholem, retained, with items pertaining to each year kept in separate envelopes/folders.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
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Language and script notes
Includes items in Spanish, German, Slovenian, Greek, Dutch, Indonesian and Japanese, also bilingual (Welsh/English, Mandarin/English, Spanish/Basque, Belarusian/English, Dutch/English) material.
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Note
National Dance Company Wales (Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru), also known as NDCWales, was co-founded in 1983 by Ann Sholem and her husband Roy Campbell-Moore. Previous to 2009, when it was awarded national status by the then Welsh Assembly government, the company was known firstly as Jumpers, then as Diversions. Now resident at Cardiff's Wales Millenium Centre, National Dance Company Wales specialises in contemporary dance, performing works by international choreographers at venues throughout Britain and abroad. It also runs dance training classes and workshops for people of all ages. Ann Sholem and Roy Campbell-Moore served as artistic directors of the company until their departure in 2013. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Dance_Company_Wales)
See also, for example: https://ndcwales.co.uk/en.
For the former Diversions dance company see, for example: https://www.peoplescollection.wales/collections/2054816; https://www.peoplescollection.wales/users/105811.
For Jumpers dance company, from which Diversions was developed and renamed in 1984, see, for example: https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2016126#?xywh=-943%2C-1%2C4364%2C3508.
Note
Trained at the Rambert School of Ballet, Ann Sholem is co-founder and former Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales, formerly known as Diversions dance company. She was previously the first resident dancer and choreographer of Jumpers dance company, from which Diversions was developed. See, for example: https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2109411; https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2013401#?xywh=-943%2C-1%2C4364%2C3508; https://x.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fasholem.
Ann Sholem's co-founder and husband Roy Campbell-Moore also trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and was Artistic Director of the former Jumpers dance company. He is also an operatic director and dance photographer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Campbell-Moore) See also, for example: https://www.peterdarrell.org/content/memories_campbellmoore/; https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2061866; https://www.instagram.com/roy_dancer/.
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- National Dance Company Wales (Wales) (Subject)
- Sholem, Ann (Subject)
- Campbell-Moore, Roy, 1951- (Subject)
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan, February 2025, utilising primary source material and online search engines.