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University of Nebraska at Omaha. The Moving Company

 Organization

Biography

The Moving Company is the modern dance performance troupe of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. It is part of the School of Health and Kinesiology in the College of Education.

It was founded in 1933 as Orchesis, and changed its name to The Moving Company in 1973. The group's founder and first director was Ruth Diamond Levinson, who was succeeded in turn by Aileene Lockhart, Vera Lundahl, and Josie Metal-Corbin. As of Fall 2017, Danielle Laurion is the interim director of The Moving Company.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Josie Metal-Corbin Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: UNO-0271
Content Description

The papers of Josie Metal-Corbin document her career as a professor at UNO, choreographer, and dancer. The collection includes photographs, videos, documents, and other material. Most of the material in this accession is digital in format and was transferred on an external harddrive, 9 flash drives, and 76 DVDs.

Dates: circa 1979-2015
Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / Josie Metal-Corbin Papers

The Moving Company

 File — Drawer 1-A-6
Dates: circa 1975-2021
Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / UNO-0045, UNO Poster Collection / Posters and Fliers

UNO Dance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UNO-0002
Scope and Contents The materials in the UNO Dance Collection relate to the University of Nebraska at Omaha's dance program, dating from the group's founding as Orchesis in the 1930s, through its replacement by The Moving Company in the 1970s, and to the present. Materials related to the Omaha Modern Dance Collective, a frequent partner of The Moving Company in the 1990s and 2000s, are also included in the collection. The papers include programs, mailers, flyers, posters, correspondence, news clippings,...
Dates: 1932 - 2020
Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / UNO Dance Collection

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