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- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 274", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18492", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1922-1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1922/1989"}
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1922
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1989
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1922
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Shirlee Dodge collection of Mary Wigman materials"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Shirlee Dodge (1916-2008) was a dancer, choreographer, and instructor who earned degrees in performance and instruction from the Mary Wigman School in Dresden, Germany in 1939. Mary Wigman (1886-1973) was a pioneer dancer, choreographer, and instructor in expressionist dance, often cited as a founder of modern dance in Europe. This collection documents Dodge's relationship with her former instructor, Mary Wigman, and contains materials collected to illustrate Wigman's dance and teaching career, including brochures, conference materials, correspondence, photographs, press clippings, programs, scrapbooks, printed materials, and miscellaneous materials in German."}
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{"value"=>"Shirlee Dodge collection of Mary Wigman materials, *MGZMD 274. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dodge, Shirlee, 1916-2008", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">Shirlee Dodge</span> Shirlee Helen Dodge was born on April 29, 1916, in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. In the late 1920s, Dodge performed acrobatic dances in local vaudeville shows with her sister, Doris. Dodge attended the University of Wisconsin, the first university to offer a degree in dance, in 1934 where she studied with Margaret H'Doubler. In the late 1930s, Dodge studied at the Mary Wigman School in Dresden, Germany, where she graduated with degrees in education and performance in 1939. After graduation, Dodge studied with Harald Kruetzberg, cofounded her own school in Gothenberg, Sweden with Ellen Lundström, and danced with the Hanya Holm Dance Company in New York City.</p> <p>Although a dancer and choreographer, Dodge's legacy is as an instructor. In 1943, Dodge became the first dance professor at the University of Texas at Austin. There she founded the university's current dance program, housed within the Department of Theatre and Dance. Dodge taught modern dance, movement, and choreography at the University of Texas at Austin from 1943 to 1969. In total, Dodge taught dance for over fifty-one years, including at the University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Stanford University, and the University of Iowa.</p> <p>On January 20, 2008, Shirlee Dodge died in Jeanerette, Louisiana.</p> <p>Sources: College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin. \"In Memoriam: Shirlee Dodge.\" <span class=\"title\">News</span>, February 1, 2008. Accessed September 28, 2011. http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/news/news_items/shirlee_dodge.cfm.</p> <p>\"Shirlee Dodge.\" <span class=\"title\">The Daily Iberian</span>, January 25, 2008. Accessed September 28, 2011. http://www.iberianet.com/obituaries/shirlee-dodge/article_57217db3-1277-5c20-a15d-aa944969e15b.html.</p> <p><span class=\"title\">Mary Wigman</span> Born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann in Hannover, Germany on November 13, 1886, Mary Wigman was a dancer, choreographer, and instructor known as a founder of European modern dance.</p> <p>Wigman studied with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze at the School of Rhythmic Gymnastics at Hellerau (1910-1913) and then with Rudolf von Laban at Monte Verità (1913), later becoming an assistant at his school. Wigman opened her own school, the Mary Wigman School, in Dresden in 1920, where it operated until 1942. This school offered higher education degrees in dance, including performance and instruction. Yvonne Georgi, Hanya Holm, Harald Kreutzberg, Gret Palucca, Max Terpis, Margarethe Wallman, and Inge Weiss number among Wigman's students and colleagues at the Dresden school. Under the direction of Wigman's protégée Hanya Holm, another school operated in New York City from 1931 to 1936. Wigman also taught in Leipzig (1942-1949) and later in West Berlin (1950-1973).</p> <p>Noted for its juxtaposition of percussion and silence; its use of non-Western instruments, such as bells, gongs, and drums; and non-Western masks, Wigman's choreography pioneered expressionist dance.</p> <p>On September 18, 1973, Mary Wigman died in Berlin, Germany.</p> <p>Sources: \"Mary Wigman, Dance Innovator, Dies,\" <span class=\"title\">New York Times</span>, September 20, 1973, 50. Proquest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1857-Current file) with Index (1851-1993).</p> <p>Wikipedia. \"Mary Wigman.\" Accessed September 28, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wigman</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection documents Shirlee Dodge's relationship with her former instructor, Mary Wigman, and contains materials collected to illustrate Wigman's dance and teaching career. The Shirlee Dodge collection of Mary Wigman materials contains personal correspondence with Mary Wigman, Harald Kreutzberg, and Margaret (Marge) H'Doubler, as well as letters recommending Dodge as an instructor, photographs, and scrapbooks.</p> <p>The majority of the photographs concern Wigman's professional career: choreographic stills from <span class=\"title\">Lament</span>, <span class=\"title\">Dance in the Stillness</span>, <span class=\"title\">Rites of Spring</span>, <span class=\"title\">Prophetess</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Orpheus</span>; dance instruction with students; and headshots. The collection also contains personal photographs of Wigman, including photographs of her with Shirlee Dodge and others, childhood, and candid photographs. Photographs not picturing Wigman include images of Harald Kreutzberg, Dodge, and unidentified individuals.</p> <p>Two scrapbooks containing photographs, press clippings, programs, class notes, and drawings are also included in the collection. Both scrapbooks concern Dodge's studies with Wigman in Germany, as well as document aspects of Wigman's career. Individuals identified in the scrapbook photographs include Catherine Austin, Jean Houloose, Gisela Sonntag, Ellen Lundström, Gundel Eplinius, Walter Reck, Kurt Paudler, Lisa Schjerbeck, Birgit Gjessing LaMothe, Dore Hoyer, and Harald Kreutzberg.</p> <p>The collection also holds conference materials relating to the study and appreciation of Wigman's work, press clippings, brochures and programs concerning the Wigman Schools, printed materials regarding Wigman, and miscellaneous materials in German.</p> <p>Additional archival collections, books, interviews, and video recordings concerning both Dodge and Wigman can be found by conducting separate subject and author searches for \"Dodge, Shirlee\" and \"Wigman, Mary\" in the catalog (www.nypl.org/catalog).</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by subject.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Pam McIlhenny, 2001.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Laura Slezak Karas.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Prior to processing, the collection consisted of folders, scrapbooks, and loosely grouped materials. Existing folders and grouped materials remain intact. Materials not in folders have been grouped by document type and folder titles have been taken from the documents. The scrapbooks have been unbound, but remain in their original order. Post-it notes containing identifying information have been transcribed onto the scrapbook pages.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>To request materials, contact the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org) in advance.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Copyright retained by any document's creator.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Hanya Holm papers. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts..</span> <span class=\"archref\">Mary Wigman letters to Margaret Erlanger. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts..</span> <span class=\"archref\">Mary Wigman letters to Margaret Gage. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts..</span> <span class=\"archref\">Mary Wigman letters to Walter Sorell. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts..</span> <span class=\"archref\">Walter Sorell research files on Mary Wigman. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts..</span>"}
- extent_statement
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.67 linear feet (2 boxes)
- date_start
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1922
- date_end
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1989