Margaret Abbie (Meg) Denton (1937-2008)
Papers

MSS 0127

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Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers  39 cm.

1.1 Correspondence and writings

• Correspondence 1996-2004 with The Australian Ballet personnel and Foundation
• Emails and correspondence 1999-2001 and information re Dance Database constructed by Denton
• folder of postcards/cards featuring dance scenes sent to Abbie (extracted from 2 ring folders)
• See also Series 4.6 for correspondence re dance notation

1.2 Dance programmes featuring Abbie as performer and/or choreographer, 1947-8, 1951-85, with MS list of contents

1.3 Photographs (Meg Abbie and fellow dancers and friends 1947-1962). Includes scenes from dance performances. In album

1.4 Personal clippings album / scrapbooks 1937-1974 (personal newspaper clippings, invitations etc), 1978-89 and 1994-2000 (includes clippings and articles by and about Denton, her students and other dancers and dance teachers, including biography of Joanne Priest)

1.5 Correspondence, mainly with David Roche of the South Australian College of Advanced Education BA Dance course re Meg’s participation as teacher of notation and choreographer. Also includes programmes, clippings etc, 1983-1993

1.6 Personal writings

• [TV series] Scripts and draft scripts for Southern Stars programmes 1960-62, and Next Step Forward 1961, written and presented by Denton: annotated typescripts and sheets of dance notation
• Correspondence with Michelle Potter, Alan Brissenden, Laurel Martyn and Pauline Petrus re article ‘The Australian Choreographic Project’ published in Brolga 1995. Includes source material on Esther Rofe and Sea Legend Ballet [Brolga was scholarly dance journal edited by Denton]
• Correspondence re and draft articles / research for Denton’s contributions to Currency Presses “Companion to Theatre in Australia” (1995)
• Correspondence with John Healy and the Historical Society re article by Denton on Robert Helpmann for ‘SA Greats’ published by The Historical Society of SA 2002? Includes printout of article
• Correspondence with contributors etc re Denton’s editorship of issue of Choreography and Dance 2002
• Folder of articles and talks by Denton, largely on notation