- unitid
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{"value"=>"185527", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 21-0008", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22529710", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1955-1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1955/1989"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Herbert Migdoll Joffrey Ballet photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.17 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Herbert Migdoll is an artist and was the principal photographer and designer for the Joffrey Ballet. He joined the company as staff photographer in 1968 and later was the Graphics Director, creating photography, sets, and graphic materials. This collection consists of documentation of the company, primarily from the 1980s."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Migdoll, Herbert", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Herbert Migdoll is a graphic designer and photographer. Much of his work has been photographing the Joffrey Ballet Company and collaborating with founders Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino on graphic design, costumes, and other visual aspects of the company.</p> <p>Migdoll was born in 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey, and moved to New York City to study architecture at Pratt Institute, then painting at Cooper Union college. Migdoll continued to study art, taking summer courses at New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and even was offered a Fulbright scholarship to study photography in Denmark. However, Migdoll declined and instead began involved photographing the bohemian scene of New York City. In 1965, he became a regular at Joffrey Ballet performances, using long exposure times to create time-lapse documentation of the dancers' movements. Migdoll shared his experimental photographs with Robert Joffrey, and he was officially asked to join as the Joffrey Ballet's staff photographer in 1968.</p> <p>Migdoll not only documented Joffrey Ballet Company's performance repertoire, but he was also deeply involved in its graphic aesthetic in collaboration with the company's founders. He designed sets and graphic designs for programs, and his photomontage for the ballet <span class=\"title\">Astarte</span> was on the cover of <span class=\"title\">Time</span>.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of primarily black and white photographs; there are also slides, color prints, some press materials, and certificates of excellence in the graphic arts awarded to Migdoll in the 1960s.</p> <p>The prints in this collection are primarily from the 1980s. This period includes the 1981 Gala celebration for the 25th anniversary of the company, where sections from The Joffrey Ballet's repertoire were staged and celebrated. Performances photographed include <span class=\"title\">Astarte</span>, <span class=\"title\">Illuminations</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Green Table</span>, and more.</p> <p>Other photographers' work is also present in this collection, with their credit line stamped or indicated on the back of the print. Some of the photographs include Ruth D'Levy, Fred Fehl, Jan Haniford, James Howell, Jack Mitchell, Martha Swope, and others.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The photographs of productions have been arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by the Joffrey Ballet Company to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 1993.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Joffrey Ballet slides</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Emily P. Dunne</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span></p>"}
- date_start
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1955
- keydate
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1955
- date_end
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1989
- date_inclusive_start
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1955
- date_inclusive_end
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1989
- extent_statement
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2.17 linear feet (7 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Herbert Migdoll Joffrey Ballet photographs, *MGZEB 21-0008. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}