Found matches for performing arts in 161 collections.

The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) is a non-profit organization based in Brooklyn, New York, whose mission is supporting Black performers and providing community access to dance. The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center records, which date from the 1920s to 2019, trace the institution's cultural significance through administrative records, performance video footage, photographs, promotional material, and awards files. less

The Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. Records are chiefly comprised of correspondence, contracts, financial records, and drafts of legal documents concerning the establishment and operations of the short-lived organization, which produced an innovative series of programs of new music and dance in Chicago from 1924-1927. less

The papers of Hazel Lockwood Muller, covering the period 1910-1954, pertain primarily to the program series “Around the World with Dance and Song”, presented at New York City's Museum of Natural History, which Muller produced from 1943-1952. The business files consist of correspondence and publicity for the Museum series and some scripts for Muller's radio program based on the series. The two boxes of research files, organized by subject or name, are of particular interest as they contain additional information on the artists beyond their participation in the Museum series. The collection also includes personal correspondence to Muller, mostly from her father, Henry C. Lockwood, and a collection of chronologically-arranged series announcements and programs for Around the World with Dance and Song. less

Morton Baum was the chair of City Center’s Finance Committee from 1943 to 1968. In the 1960s he became its managing director. City Center was responsible for presenting many of the most important dance, music, opera and drama companies in New York City during the middle of the 20th Century. Baum was also instrumental in bringing that same quality of the arts to the newly-formed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc. The collection consists of administrative and financial material used in the creation and running of City Center. It also includes administrative and financial material about the creation of Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts. less

This collection documents the life of Lydia Joel, a dancer, educator, editor, writer and producer. The collection spans the years 1906-1993 and consists of correspondence, personal papers; teaching notes, grant applications, research material, scripts, student papers and tests. There are clippings, photographs, programs and posters. less

Mura Dehn (1905-1987) was a dancer and filmmaker who documented African-American social jazz dancing from the 1930s to 1950s at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York. The collection consists mostly of her film works, accompanied with photographs; address books, assorted material and an artifact. less

The Hurok Attractions, Inc. records (1906-1974) document several mid-20th-century international tours arranged by the independent booking and promotion agency spearheaded by dance impresario Sol Hurok. The collection contains publicity, press, and ephemera materials for the 1961 and 1964 tours of the Leningrad Kirov Ballet; photographic materials from the tours of Kirov and other companies between 1949 and 1964; and candid and publicity photographs depicting Sol Hurok and his friends, family, associates, audiences, and clients. less

Franklin White (née Peter Franklin White 1923-2013), was a dancer in the Ballet Rambert, and principal dancer in two ballet companies, the Sadler's Wells Ballet and The Royal Ballet. He was also a mime, teacher, and choreographer. The Franklin White papers, dated 1941 to 2013, reflect White's performance and teaching career through clippings, letters, photographs, posters, and programs. less

The Arnold Eagle dance photograph collection documents national and international ballet companies from 1934 through 1965. Formats include photographic prints, black and white negatives, color transparencies, and contact sheets. There are also three scrapbooks of contact sheets of the Royal Danish Ballet. Dance companies well represented in the collection are the Royal Danish Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet Company, and the Martha Graham Dance Company. less

Anna Halprin, an American dancer known for her innovative and experimental technique, is a leading figure of the postmodern dance movement. This collection documents the artist's career with print materials, press clippings, biographies, San Francisco Dancers' Workshop newsletters, award programs, and photographs. less

Papers documenting the professional life of dancer, teacher, choreographer and arts administrator, Richard Niles Bull. Bulk dates, 1964-1998, include his work as teacher and administrator at New York University, the State University of New York at Brockport, and Wesleyan University; his creative work for his companies the New York Chamber Dance Group, Improvisational Dance Ensemble, and the Richard Bull Dance Theatre; and his work as an administrator of the Improvisational Arts Ensembles and producer of performances, classes and workshops at the Warren Street Performance Loft. Included also is a small selection of photos, slides and personal papers. less

Charles Weidman (1901-1975) was a dancer, choreographer, and teacher known for his roles as a member of the Denishawn Company, and later for founding his own companies: the Humphrey-Weidman Concert Company, Theatre Dance Company, and An Expression of Two Arts. The additions to the Charles Weidman papers contain material related to choreographed works he performed with the Theatre Dance Company and An Expression of Two Arts; files representing his time with the Denishawn Dancers; photographs; and scrapbooks. less

The Marilyn Wood papers, dating from the 1950s to 2016, consist of photographic materials, programs, notes, notebooks, journals, posters, fliers, interviews, press clippings, and video recordings created and collected by Wood over the course of her career as a dancer, choreographer, artistic director, and producer. The bulk of the papers detail Wood's work as the artistic director and choreographer of worldwide site-specific, festival-like performances that she called celebrations. less

The Katharine Wolfe Papers primarily document the work of the Seattle Public Schools dance teacher and administrator on an unpublished dance history book, The Concert Dance, begun during the summer of 1942 and completed in 1960. less

Jonnie Greene (1929-) is a retired American performing arts critic who directed two dance symposiums, Rethinking the Balanchine Legacy and Classic Black, at the New York Public Library in the 1990s. The Jonnie Greene papers date from the 1930s to 2000 and primarily document these symposiums and Dance Critics Association conferences with interview transcripts, photographs, grant proposals, correspondence, programs, and audio and video recordings. less

Gilda Navarra (née Gilda Garcia Daubón, 1921-2015) was a dancer, choreographer, director, and mime. Navarra established the Taller Histriones Workshop in 1971 and held a professorship in theatre at the University of Puerto Rico. The Gilda Navarra archives, dated c. 1926 to 2007, are mainly scrapbooks that documents Navarra from childhood to her career as an artist in the performing arts. The collection holds clippings, certificates, letters, photographs, programs, posters, slides (in binders), sketches, and an artifact. The collection is mostly in Spanish. less

Lil Liandre (1910-2003) was a professional dancer, choreographer, director and teacher. An integral part of the burgeoning New York City dance scene, Liandre contributed to the transformation of American dance in the period between World Wars I and II. Liandre's expansive career took her from collaborations with Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins and other modern dance luminaries to teaching and healing others through dance therapy. The Lil Liandre papers contain photographs, negatives and slides; correspondence; choreography notes; press clippings; programs and flyers; creative writing, including essays, plays, short stories and poetry; personal memorabilia; and a travel diary. less

The major portion of the collection is comprised of research materials and drafts for Mr. Macdougall's biography of Isadora Duncan, published in 1960 as Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love,and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published. It also includes letters to Mr. Macdougall from Irma Duncan concerning the Isadora Duncan School in Moscow (1928) and its continued devotion to the memory of Isadora Duncan. Other correspondents include Maria Theresa (Duncan), Rupert Doone, Henriette Sauret, Ted Shawn, Sergei Essenine (typewritten copy), and copies of the original Isadora Duncan letters found in the Irma Duncan Collection of Isadora Duncan Materials. less

Claudia Gitelman (1936-2012), was a dancer, choreographer, author, and assistant professor at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Her artistic collaborators for productions include Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, and Hanya Holm. The Claudia Gitelman papers, dated 1946-2012 (bulk dates 2010-2011), focuses mostly on Gitelman's curatorial work for Alwin Nikolais' Total Theater of Motion, a centennial celebration held at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts from 2010 to 2011. These files include correspondence, photographs of the Nikolais Dance Theatre dance performances, watercolor sketches of dancers, and programs. Gitelman's career development is represented to a lesser extent mainly through photographs, programs and writings. The electronic records contain a number of manuscripts, drafts, and planning documents for the book On Stage Alone: Soloists and the Modern Dance Canon (2012) that Gitelman co-edited with Barbara Palfy. Other materials in the collection include clippings, notebooks, and notes. less

José Greco (1918-2000) created a unique hybrid of Spanish dance from the regional, flamenco and gypsy forms. This photographic collection not only visualizes the distinct style of the José Greco Dance Company, but it also contains some personal imagery of the famed dancer and teacher. less

The Agnes de Mille photographs, dating from the 1860s to the 1980s, chronicle her professional career as a dancer, choreographer, director, writer, and arts advocate. The photographs also recount de Mille's personal life and the members of the de Mille, George, Prude, and Foy families. less

Marion Andersen (1924-2002) was a modern dancer, choreographer, and instructor. The Marion Andersen papers, dated 1930 to 2002, document her choreography work; creation of dance departments and performing companies at Utah State University and the University of Washington; and founding of the Valley Dance Ensemble in Logan, UT. The collection consists of choreographic notes, scripts, photographs, programs, posters, correspondence, and research materials on May O'Donnell, a modern dance choreographer and Andersen's mentor. less