Photographic prints of dancers and dance companies

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unitid

{"value"=>"*MGZEB 95-5482", "type"=>"local_call"}

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1944-1961", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1944/1961"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Photographic prints of dancers and dance companies"}

repository

{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Photographic prints of dancers and dance companies 1944-1961, *MGZEB 95-5482, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Wood, Roger", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Roger Wood, a British photographer, was born in Madras, India, 1920. Starting to photograph ballet in 1944, he soon became one of the best know dance photographers in Great Britain. He has published several books of dance photographs, including <span class=\"emph\">Katherine Dunham, her Dancers, Singers, Musicians</span>(Richard Buckle, editor, 1949), <span class=\"emph\">The Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden</span>(1951), and <span class=\"emph\">The Theatre Ballet of Sadler's Wells in photographs</span>(1952). His interest later turned to archeology and photography and has published works on Egypt, Saudi Arabian antiquities, and Persia.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection includes studio, action, travel, informal and portrait prints of dancers, dance companies, theatrical productions, motion pictures, and ballet special events. Arranged in albums alphabetically, by dancer's surname or by dance company name. Each dance company's prints are further arranged alphabetically by dance title or dancer's name. The prints for each title are arranged as they appeared on the film roll, and may have been taken during more than one performance; therefore, does not necessarily reflect the choreographic sequence. Many of the prints are contact sheets and other proofs. Numbers on verso of each print correspond to the photographic negative numbers assigned by <span class=\"persname\">Roger Wood</span>; see his register of negative numbers in Photographic negatives of dancers and dance companies, *MGZEN 95-5483, box 28. Some prints have handwritten instructions on recto and/or verso for cropping, lightening, darkening, masking, etc.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchase. Roger Wood. Received: 1966-1967.</p>"}

date_inclusive_start

1944

date_inclusive_end

1961

arrangement

{"value"=>"Arranged in albums alphabetically, by dancer's name or by dance company name. Each dance company's prints are futher arranged alphabetically by ballet title or by dancer's name. Note that prints for each ballet title are arranged as they appeared on the film roll, and may have been taken during more than one performance. The sequence of photographic prints, therefore, does not necessarily reflect the choreographic sequence"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Wood, Roger Dance photographs *MGZEN</p>", "type"=>"host"}

{"value"=>"<p>Wood, Roger Photographic negatives of dancers and dance companies *MGZEN 95-5483</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p>Wood, Roger Programs and ephemera relating to dance photographs *MGZB Wood, Roger</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Box of oversized prints is labeled Vol. 72</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Many of the prints are contact sheets and other proofs. Numbers on verso of each print correspond to photographic negative numbers assigned by Roger Wood; see his register of negative numbers in *MGZEN 95-5483, Box 28. Some prints have hand-written instructions on recto and/or verso for cropping, lightening, darkening, masking, etc</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1944

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Roger Wood, a British photographer, was born in Madras, India, 1920. Starting to photograph ballet in 1944, he soon became one of the best know dance photographers in Great Britain. He has published several books of dance photographs, including <span class=\"emph\">Katherine Dunham, her Dancers, Singers, Musicians</span>(Richard Buckle, editor, 1949), <span class=\"emph\">The Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden</span>(1951), and <span class=\"emph\">The Theatre Ballet of Sadler's Wells in photographs</span>(1952). His interest later turned to archeology and photography and has published works on Egypt, Saudi Arabian antiquities, and Persia. Collection includes studio, action, travel, informal and portrait prints of dancers, dance companies, theatrical productions, motion pictures, and ballet special events. Arranged in albums alphabetically, by dancer's surname or by dance company name. Each dance company's prints are further arranged alphabetically by dance title or dancer's name. The prints for each title are arranged as they appeared on the film roll, and may have been taken during more than one performance; therefore, does not necessarily reflect the choreographic sequence. Many of the prints are contact sheets and other proofs. Numbers on verso of each print correspond to the photographic negative numbers assigned by <span class=\"persname\">Roger Wood</span>; see his register of negative numbers in Photographic negatives of dancers and dance companies, *MGZEN 95-5483, box 28. Some prints have handwritten instructions on recto and/or verso for cropping, lightening, darkening, masking, etc.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

71 albums, 1 box ca. 10, 541 photographic prints

date_start

1944

date_end

1961

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1. ANA ESMERALDA to BALLET-CONVENTIONS, CONGRESSES-COPENHAGEN
2. BALLET RAMBERT Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky) to BALLET RAMBERT Facade (Ashton)
3. BALLET RAMBERT Fireflies (Gore) to BALLET RAMBERT Mr. Punch (Gore)
4. BALLET RAMBERT Peter and the Wolf (Staff) to BALLET RAMBERT Wilson, Ronald
5. BALLET THEATRE Alonso, Alicia to BALLET THEATRE Fall River Legend (De Mille0
6. BALLET THEATRE Fancy Free (Robbins) to BALLET THEATRE Helen of Troy (Lichine)
7. BALLET THEATRE 143 prints Interplay to BALLET THEATRE Jardin aux lilas (Tudor)
8. BALLET THEATRE Kaye, Nora to BALLET THEATRE Petrouchka (Fokin)
9. BALLET THEATRE Pillar of Fire (Tudor) to BALLET THEATRE Pillar of Fire (Tudor)
10. BALLET THEATRE Rodeo (De Mille) to BALLET THEATRE Romeo and Juliet (Tudor)
11. BALLET THEATRE Schumann Concerto (Nijinska) to BALLET THEATRE Tudor, Antony
12. BALLET THEATRE Undertow (Tudor to BALLET THEATRE Waltz Academy (Balanchine)
13. BALLETS DE PARIS `Adame Miroir (Charrat) to BALLETS DE PARIS Carmen (Petit, R) (con't)
14. BALLETS DE PARIS Carmen (Petit, R) (end) to BALLETS DE PARIS L'oeuf a la cocque (Petit, R)
15. BALLETS DE PARIS Que le diable l'emporte (Petit, R) to LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES Coppelia (Saint-Leon)
16. LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES La creation (Lichine) to LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES Jeu de cartes (Charrat)
17. LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES Le jeune homme et la mort (Petit, R) to LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES Portrait de Don Quichotte (Milloss)
18. LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES Le rencontre (Lichine) to LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES Swan Lake (after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
19. LES BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES La Sylphide (Gzovsky after Taglioni, F) to BIRGIT CULLBERG DANCE THEATRE (COMPANY)
20. BOLSHOI BALLET (COMPANY) The Fountain of Bakhchisary (Zakharov) to BOLSHOI BALLET (COMPANY) Giselle (Lavrovski after Coralli and Perrot)
21. BOLSHOI BALLET (COMPANY) Giselle (Lavrovski after Coralli and Perrot) (con't) to BOLSHOI BALLET (COMPANY) Romeo and Juliet (Lavrovski)
22. BOLSHOI BALLET (COMPANY) Romeo and Juliet (Lavrovski) (con't) to BOLSHOI BALLET (COMPANY) Romeo and Juliet (Lavrovski) (end)
23. BOLSHOI BALLET (COMPANY) Swan Lake (Gorski after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
24. BOSCOE HOLDER AND DANCERS to CLAIRE, STELLA
25. CONE SCHOOL, LONDON to DANZAS LATINO AMERICA (COMPANY)
26. DE VALOIS, NINETTE to FESTIVAL BALLET, LONDON Giselle (Dolin after Coralli and Perrot)
27. FESTIVAL BALLET, LONDON Impressions (Lichine) to FRANKLIN, FREDERIC
28. GODDARD, MALCOLM to GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVES) Les Biches (Nijinska)
29. GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Brahms Variations (Nijinska) to GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Concerto Barocco (Balanchine)
30. GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Del Amor y de la Muerte (Ricarda) to GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) The Good Humored Ladies (Massine)
31. GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Rosella Hightower to GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Miscellaneous
32. GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVASO Mute Wife (Cobos) to GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Ana Ricarda
33. GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Romeo and Juliet (Lifar) to GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Suite en Blanc (Lifar)
34. GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Swan Lake (after Ivanov and Petipa, M.) to GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) The Three-Cornered Hat (Massine)
35. GRAND BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MARQUIS DE CUEVAS) Tamara Toumanova to HUNGARIAN STATE FOLK ENSEMBLE
36. INCIDENTAL DANCES: A BULLET AT THE BALLET to JOOSS BALLET The Big City (Jooss)
37. JOOSS BALLET Le Bosquet (Zullig) to JOOSS BALLET The Green Table (Jooss)
38. JOOSS BALLET Pandora (Jooss) to JOOSS BALLET Prodigal Son (Jooss)
39. JOOSS BALLET Sailor's Fancy (Jooss) to JUGOSLAV BALLET
40. KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Afrique (Dunham) to KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Le Jazz “Hot” (Dunham)
41. KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES L'Ag'Ya (Dunham)
42. KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Miscellaneous to KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Nostalgia (Dunham)
43. KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Quinino (Dunham) to KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Rumba Santiago de Cuba (Dunham)
44. KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Shango (Dunham) to KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Tango (Dunham)
45. KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE COMPANIES Tropics (Dunham) to KIROV BALLET Kirov Ballet School
46. KIROV BALLET Sleeping Beauty (Petipa) to KITZBUHEL DANCERS
47. KOULEV BULGARIAN NATIONAL ENSEMBLE to PATRICIA MILLER AND DAVID POOLE
48. MOISEYEV DANCE COMPANY
49. MRINALINI SARABHAI DANCE COMPANY to MUSICAL COMEDIES Pajama Game (Fosse)
50. MUSICAL COMEDIES Pal Joey (Alton)
51. NADIA NERINA to NEW YORK CITY BALLET Bourree Fantasque (Balanchine)
52. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Brown, Vida to The Cage (Robbins)
53. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Cakewalk (Boris) to Concerto Barocco (Balanchine)
54. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Divertimeno (Balanchine) to Four Temperaments (Balanchine)
55. NEW YORK CITY BALLET La Gloire (Tudor) to Illimuniations (Ashton)
56. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Jones Beach (Robbins) to Lilac Garden (Tudor)
57. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Nicholas Magallanes to Orpheus (Balanchine)
58. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Piepd Piper (Robbins) to Prodiga Son (Balanchine)
59. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Rehearsal Shots to Sightseeing in England
60. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Swan Lake (Balanchine) to Symphonie Concertante (Balanchine)
61. NEW YORK CITY BALLET Symphony in C (Balanchine) to Travel Shots
62. NIJINSKY GALA to NOUVEAU BALLETS DE MONTE CARLO Scheherazade (Fokine)
63. ORIGINAL BALLET RUSSE Aurora's Wedding (Petipa) to The Good-Humored Ladies (Massine)
64. ORIGINAL BALLET RUSSE Graduation Ball (Lichine) to Symphonie Fantastique (Massine)
65. PARIS OPERA BALLET Claude Bessy to PRAGUE NATIONAL THEATRE BALLET
66. RAM GOPAL
67. RAM GOPAL to ROSARIO AND ANTONIO
68. ROSARIO AND ANTONIO
69. ROYAL DANISH BALLET Amors og Balletmesterens Luner (Galeotti) to Giselle (Petipa after Coralli & Perrot)
70. ROYAL DANISH BALLET Konservatoriet (Bournonville) to NANCY SMITH
71. STANISLAVSKY THEATRE BALLET to UKRANIAN DANCE COMPANY