Series III: Los Angeles Dance

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{"value"=>"3643840", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1980-2024", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1980/2024"}
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{"value"=>"Series III: Los Angeles Dance"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"13 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 tube", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.09 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Los Angeles Dance Photography series (1980–2024) holds files from Hydler's career photographing dance companies, choreographers, and events in and around Los Angeles, California. The files cover performances and rehearsals of individual dancers; extensive documentation of the annual Dance Kaleidoscope showcase; the Lester Horton Dance Awards; and over a decade of work with choreographer Mary Jane Eisenberg and Shale Dance Company.</p> <p>The Dance Companies and Choreographers files hold photographs of performances and rehearsals, as well as promotional documents. Significant photographic material represents the Lewitzky Dance Company, Steve Paxton, Tina Gerstler Dance Troupe, and Wendy Rogers.</p> <p>Hydler also photographed the Dance Kaleidoscope showcase, an annual Los Angeles event, from 1992 through 1995. These files include programs and reviews alongside the photographs.</p> <p>Hydler photographed the Lester Horton Dance Awards in 1992 and from 1994 through 1996. The Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles presented these annual awards to recognize achievement in Southern California's modern dance community.</p> <p>Material relating to Mary Jane Eisenberg and the Shale Dance Company comprises the largest portion of the series. Hydler extensively photographed Eisenberg and her company from the early 1980s through the late 1990s. Hydler collaborated with Eisenberg on set designs, artwork, programs, and promotional material. This section contains evidence of that collaboration, including poster mockups, company t-shirt designs, stationery, hand-painted portraits, set piece designs, sketches, and drawings. The series also includes moving image recordings of performances and promotional videos from the late 1980s.</p>"}
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1980
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1980
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2024
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1980
date_inclusive_end
2024
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6.09 linear feet (13 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 tube). 6.1 gigabytes (631 computer files). 7 moving_image_recordings

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  1. Inventory
  2. Inventory
  3. Dance Companies and Choreographers [29/1]
  4. Dance Kaleidoscope [5/1]
  5. Lester Horton Dance Awards [4/1]
  6. Mary Jane Eisenberg / Shale Dance Company [11/1]