Humphrey-Weidman photographs

id
11451
origination
Humphrey-Weidman Company
date statement
1900s-1950s
key date
1900
identifier (local_mss)
185585
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZEB 21-0031
b-number
b22671384
total components
36
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2022-02-22 20:13:48 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
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unitid
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{"value"=>"b22671384", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1900s-1950s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1959"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Humphrey-Weidman photographs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.08 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Humphrey-Weidman Company was founded by the choreographers, dancers, and teachers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. The Humphrey-Weidman photographs contain prints of performances by both the company and the founders, as well as images of dancers and other individuals affiliated with Humphrey and Weidman."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Humphrey-Weidman Company", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Doris Humphrey (1895-1958) and Charles Weidman (1901-1975) were choreographers, dancers, and teachers. They met in the 1920s at the Denishawn School, when Humphrey was Weidman's dance teacher. Both dancers toured internationally with the Denishawn company before forming their own school and the Humphrey-Weidman Company in New York City in 1928. The company performed such works as <span class=\"title\">Chorale Prelude</span>, <span class=\"title\">Day on Earth</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flickers</span>, <span class=\"title\">Life of a Bee</span>, <span class=\"title\">Inquest</span>, <span class=\"title\">Opus 51</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Shakers</span>, and<span class=\"title\"> With My Red Fires</span> throughout the 1930s and 1940s. The Humphrey-Weidman Company disbanded in 1945, after Humphrey retired from dancing due to arthritis.</p> <p>Humphrey went on to work as artistic director for the José Limón Dance Company, and began teaching at the Juilliard School in 1951. She also wrote a book on choreography entitled, <span class=\"title\">The Art of Making Dances</span>, which she completed just prior to her death in New York City in 1958.</p> <p>After the dissolution of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, Weidman went on to choreograph <span class=\"title\">Fables of Our Time</span> in 1947. He formed the Expression of Two Arts Dance Theatre with the sculptor, Mikhail Santaro, in 1960, which was later renamed The Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance, Inc., and then the Charles Weidman Foundation. Weidman died in 1975, but the foundation remains operational today.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Humphrey-Weidman photographs date from the 1900s to 1950s, and contain prints of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, the company's performances, individuals affiliated with the company, and personal photographs of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. There is a small selection of unlabeled and unidentified images, and the rest of the collection is arranged into photographs of Performances and photographs of People.</p> <p>The photographs of Performances are arranged alphabetically by performance name and contains images of performances by the Humphrey-Weidman Company, as well as some dance productions Weidman worked on after the dissolution of the company, including <span class=\"title\">Fables For Our Time</span>. The Humphrey Weidman performances include <span class=\"title\">Chorale Preludes</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flickers</span>, <span class=\"title\">Inquest</span>, <span class=\"title\">Life of the Bee</span>, <span class=\"title\">Opus 51</span>, <span class=\"title\">Shakers</span>, <span class=\"title\">Theatre Piece</span>, <span class=\"title\">To the Dance</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Red Fists</span>. Also of note is an image from a 1923 Denishawn production of <span class=\"title\">Siamese Ballet</span> featuring Lenore Scheffer, Ted Shawn, Charles Weidman, and George Steares.</p> <p>The photographs of People are arranged alphabetically by name, and includes images of individuals affiliated with the Humphrey-Weidman Company, as well as a large selection of photographs of both Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Others depicted include Pauline Lawrence, José Limón, Edith Orcutt, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, and Virginia Tanner.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Source of acquisition is unknown.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
date_start
1900
keydate
1900
date_end
1959
date_inclusive_start
1900
date_inclusive_end
1959
extent_statement
1.08 linear feet (3 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Humphrey-Weidman photographs, *MGZEB 21-0031. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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