- unitid
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{"value"=>"185529", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 21-0039", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22674757", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1920s-1987", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1987"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Klarna Pinska photographs"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Klarna Pinska was a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Her collection dates from the 1920s to 1987, and contains photographs depicting her dance classes, performances, and training at the Denishawn School."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Pinska, Klarna", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Klarna Pinska was born in the Ukraine and immigrated to Canada with her family at a young age. They relocated to San Francisco in 1919, and soon after Pinska began studying with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn at the Denishawn School in Los Angeles, California and New York City. In the early 1930s, Pinska became the head teacher at the Ruth St. Denis School of Dance in New York. In this role she choreographed a number of performances, and collaborated with St. Denis on a ballet that was performed at the New York World's Fair. During this time Pinska also studied with Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Louie Horst, Jane Dudley, and Sophia Maslow.</p> <p>Pinksa moved back to California in 1941, where she taught dance therapy to adults and children, and collaborated with doctors at the University of California Medical School to find ways to use dance to assist in patients' recovery. She worked as a dance therapist throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and taught children's classes at the Walter Beggerstaff Studio between 1960 and 1964. Pinksa spent three years serving as Ruth St. Denis' assistant, and conducted master classes, lectures, and performances in the 1970s on Denishawn techniques. She also choreographed and directed <span class=\"title\">The Spirit of Denishawn</span> in 1977.</p> <p>Pinksa continued to set up performances and teach classes throughout the 1980s. She died in 1994 in San Francisco, California.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from the 1920s to 1987, and holds photographs of Pinska's dance classes, performances, and dance training. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by name or topic, and also contain a large assortment of images depicting Pinska in unidentified performances and classes. The most prevalent photographs in the collection are those of Pinska's dance classes. Other individuals depicted in the collection include Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Martha Graham.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Klarna Pinska papers, *MGZMD 141, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- date_start
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1920
- keydate
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1920
- date_end
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1987
- date_inclusive_start
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1920
- date_inclusive_end
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1987
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Klarna Pinska photographs, *MGZEB 21-0039. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}