Joyce Trisler photographs

id
11443
origination
Trisler, Joyce, 1934-1979
date statement
1934-1979
key date
1934
identifier (local_mss)
185512
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZEB 21-0037
b-number
b22674283
total components
4
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2022-02-18 20:15:22 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"185512", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 21-0037", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22674283", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1934-1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1934/1979"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Joyce Trisler photographs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.67 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Joyce Trisler was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Her collection holds promotional photographs, images of dance performances, family snapshots, and personal photographs."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Trisler, Joyce, 1934-1979", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Joyce Trisler was a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She was born in Los Angeles, California in 1934. In her youth, Trisler studied with Lester Horton, and appeared in some of his productions, including <span class=\"title\">Seven Scenes</span> and <span class=\"title\">Dedication in Our Times</span>.</p> <p>After Horton died in 1953, Trisler moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School, where she studied with Antony Tudor, and appeared in productions choreographed by Donald McKayle, Anna Sokolow, and Doris Humphrey. She also choreographed Broadway musicals, including <span class=\"title\">La Strada</span> and <span class=\"title\">Ambassador</span>, and New York Shakespeare Festival productions of <span class=\"title\">Titus Andronicus</span>, <span class=\"title\">Peer Gynt</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Timon of Athens</span>.</p> <p>In 1979, Trisler founded The Joyce Trisler Danscompany, which performed <span class=\"title\">The Spirit of Denishawn</span>, a collection of dances by Ruth St. Denis. Trisler died later that year of a heart attack at age forty-five.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from the 1930s to 1979, and contains both professional and personal photographs of Joyce Trisler, as well as a small selection of contact sheets and negatives. The professional photographs include images of performances and rehearsals, and well an assortment of promotional photographs.</p> <p>The performance photographs mostly depict Trisler, but the bulk of the prints do not contain any descriptive information regarding the date, individuals, or productions depicted. The identified individuals include Carmen de Lavallade, Lester Horton, and James Truitte, likely dancing for the Lester Horton Dance Theatre. The labeled productions include <span class=\"title\">Prado de Pena</span> and <span class=\"title\">Boarding School</span>.</p> <p>The promotional photographs are also mostly unlabeled and contain many headshots and staged images of Trisler. Also included are photographs of Maureen Gillick, Lester Horton, and James Truitte.</p> <p>The personal photographs contain an assortment of candid snapshots and family portraits, which span Trisler's entire life. There are also two group class photographs from Trisler's Junior High and High School, which includes inscriptions from her classmates.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Harry Rubenstein in 1989.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Joyce Trisler papers, *MGZMD 55, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
date_start
1934
keydate
1934
date_end
1979
date_inclusive_start
1934
date_inclusive_end
1979
extent_statement
1.67 linear feet (3 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Joyce Trisler photographs, *MGZEB 21-0037. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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