Found 36 collections related to Video recordings

Marjorie Gamso (1944-2011) was a choreographer, dancer, and founder of the Energy Crisis dance group. The collection, dated from 1969 to 2015, primarily documents her career in New York City from 1971 until her death via correspondence, notes, photographs, press releases, and research materials. less

Anita Feldman is a choreographer, teacher, and dancer best known for her innovative work in Tap and close collaborations with composers. The Anita Feldman Tap collection documents her professional life, including the dance company she founded, through files relating to performances and artist residencies; Feldman's original choreography; her student years and early work; the Tap Dance Instrument, a percussion instrument she co-invented; her teaching career; articles and a book written by Feldman; performance and publicity photographs; clippings of performance reviews; administrative records; and recordings of performances, music, and interviews. less

The Jane Goldberg Changing Times Tap Dance Company collection, dating from 1943 through 2018, traces the professional history of founder Jane Goldberg and the initiatives undertaken by the Changing Times Tap Dance Company to promote and preserve tap dance history. The collection holds the Company's administrative files, promotional and publicity materials, photographs, correspondence, writings about tap by Goldberg, and extensive audio and moving image recordings of rehearsals, performances, and interviews. less

The Sonia Arova collection, dating from 1946 to 2013, documents her career as a ballerina and artistic director of the San Diego Ballet and the Alabama Ballet. The collection holds printed matter, photographs, correspondence, audio and video media originals. less

The Nancy Reynolds collection, dating from the 1980s to 2014 (bulk dates 1990s), primarily document the George Balanchine Foundation's commitment to continuing Balanchine's legacy as well as the day-to-day operations of this non-profit foundation. Nancy Reynolds is the director of the Foundation and is considered a leading authority on George Balanchine. The collection also contains files on the publication No Fixed Points: Dance in the Twentieth Century co-written with Malcolm McCormick. less

Maxine Glorsky is a dance production stage manager, and the co-founder of the Technical Assistance Group Foundation (TAG), a dance service organization which presented performances of small and medium-sized dance companies. She was also the stage manager for the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company for many years. Her papers, dating from 1971 to 2001, document the activities of TAG and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. less

The New York International Ballet Competition, which ran from 1984 to 2009, was a three-week artistic education, professional training, and performance program for about 50 young, scholarship-sponsored dancers from around the world. The New York International Ballet Competition records, dating from 1943 to 2011 (the bulk dates from 1983 onward), document the history of the competition through photographs, video recordings, programs, publicity literature, costume designs, competition applications, administrative files, posters, and audio recordings. less

Maria Karnilova (1920-2001) was an American dancer and actress whose career spanned seven decades in ballet, opera, and Broadway. The Maria Karnilova papers contain materials from 1840 to 2003 (bulk 1938-1993) that document her career, including articles, correspondence, programs, photographs, scripts, sheet music, ballet slippers, audio and video recordings, and film. less

Deborah Zall (1933-2018) was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher known for her dramatic solo works depicting historical and fictional women. The Deborah Zall papers contain materials from 1947 to 2017 that trace her career, including articles, programs, photographs, correspondence, professional documents, and audio and video recordings. less

Cynthia Gregory is a retired American dancer and former prima ballerina for the American Ballet Theatre. The Cynthia Gregory papers, dated 1946 to 2017, document her dancing career and retirement activities, with emphasis on her American Ballet Theatre tenure. The collection includes articles, programs, correspondence, photographs, awards and certificates, tutus, dance shoes, video recordings, and film. less

Margaret Fisher (1948- ) is an American media artist, choreographer and the creator of Cellular Movement, a gestural technique that embraces postmodern dance aesthetics in performance. Fisher has performed nationally and internationally with Cat's Paw Palace and MA FISH CO. Her husband, Robert Hughes, a choreographer, worked extensively on productions in MA FISH CO. The Margaret Fisher papers document the career of Margaret Fisher including a year spent in Japan studying Japanese gestural and performance techniques. The collection holds correspondence, journals, individual works, photographs, designs, printed matter, and audio and moving image materials. less

Stephanie Woodard is a dancer and choreographer. This collection is composed of materials related to Javanese classical dance, compiled while she was a graduate student. This includes academic texts, her notes, slides and photographs musical notations, video recordings, as well as pieces of a Javanese female dancer's costume and a puppet representation of a dancer, and a selection of Woodard's later articles on general dance topics. less

The American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF) is a non-profit organization committed to establishing and legitimizing tap as a vital component of American dance through creation, presentation, education, and preservation. The ATDF records, dating from 1935 to 2019, document its history and activities, as well as the careers of two of its co-founders, tap dancers Brenda Bufalino and Tony Waag. It also illustrates the history and development of tap dance. The collection contains video and audio recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, administrative files, programs, clippings, promotional literature, and dancer photographs and biographies. less

Jonnie Greene (1929-) is a retired American performing arts critic who directed two dance symposiums, Rethinking the Balanchine Legacy and Classic Black, at the New York Public Library in the 1990s. The Jonnie Greene papers date from the 1930s to 2000 and primarily document these symposiums and Dance Critics Association conferences with interview transcripts, photographs, grant proposals, correspondence, programs, and audio and video recordings. less

The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) is a non-profit organization based in Brooklyn, New York, whose mission is supporting Black performers and providing community access to dance. The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center records, which date from the 1920s to 2019, trace the institution's cultural significance through administrative records, performance video footage, photographs, promotional material, and awards files. less

David Dorfman (born 1955) is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, musician, and activist, and the artistic director of David Dorfman Dance, a modern dance company. The David Dorfman papers (1980-2017) document Dorfman's performance and teaching career, as well as the activities of David Dorfman Dance, through video and sound recordings; photographs; programs, clippings, and publicity files; and the files of Art Sweats, Inc. (Dorfman's non-profit management company). less

Carolina de los Reyes is a flamenco dancer best known for her work with José Greco's Spanish Ballet. The collection contains press and photographs related to Reyes' dance career, as well as recordings of Reyes' performances, and pieces of her flamenco costume. The collection documents her career as a flamenco dancer in Spain, and her time touring the world with the José Greco company in the 1950s and 1960s. less

Emile Ardolino (1943-1993) was a prolific director, producer, editor, and multimedia designer for television, film, and theater productions. He was best known for directing the Academy Award-winning documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin,' the sleeper film Dirty Dancing, and the comedy hit Sister Act. Ardolino's papers date from the 1950s to the 1990s, and chronicle his professional career primarily through video and sound recordings, production materials, posters, notes, correspondence, programs, photographs, contracts, artifacts, and plaques. While most of the collection comes from Adolino's work as a director and sometime-producer of feature films, television series, and television movies, his early work in multimedia design, acting, and film editing is also represented. less

Max Waldman (1919-1981) was an American photographer noted for creating stylized, expressive dance and theater images. The Max Waldman photographs, which date primarily from 1965 to 1981 and include over a thousand mounted black-and-white photographic prints, trace Waldman's career from its commercial advertising beginnings until his death as a distinguished performance photographer. The collection also includes some professional files relating to management of his studio during and after his lifetime, daybooks, and video recordings. less

Lotus Music and Dance is a New York City-based performance and education center for traditional and indigenous performing art forms. The records chronicle the promotion and recording of rehearsals, shows, workshops, and events, and also include reference materials for a wide variety of traditional music and dance styles. The Lotus Music and Dance records consist of production files, publicity materials, photographs, and audio and moving image recordings. less

The Balanchine Trust collection of New York City Ballet rehearsal tapes contain raw footage shot for the George Balanchine episodes of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television series Dance in America. Highlights of the recordings include Balanchine rehearsing with Mikhail Baryshnikov for the televised version of Prodigal Son, and recordings of rehearsals for The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Other members of the New York City Ballet also appear in the recordings. less

Blondell Cummings (1944-2015) was a Black postmodern choreographer, dancer, video artist, teacher, and founder of the Cycle Arts Foundation artist collective. This collection, which dates from 1969 to 2011, illustrates her choreographic work, dance performances, and teaching career through audio and video recordings, photographs, press materials, and administrative files. The majority of the collection is video recordings, and the emphasis is on the visual and creative aspects of Cummings' career less

Gelsey Kirkland is a ballerina known for her career with New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. The collection, dating from 1941 to 2012, chronicles the Kirkland's early life, ballet training, and her experiences as a principal dancer. Kirkland's collection consists of photographs, press materials, programs, correspondence, video recordings of performances and television appearances, and files related to her autobiographies. less

Edward Villella (born 1936) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. His papers, dated 1916 to 2017, chronicle his life and career through awards, autobiographical writings, business correspondence, scripts, press and publicity material, photographs, and audio and moving image recordings. The collection represents Villella's career with the New York City Ballet, his later role as artistic director of the Miami City Ballet, and other related endeavors such as teaching and arts advocacy. less

Dr. Angela Bowen (1936-2018) was a Black dance educator, lesbian rights and feminist activist, writer, and professor. The collection, dated 1940 to 2016, illustrates Bowen's career as a dance school owner and teacher, and her impact on her students and community in New Haven, Connecticut. The Angela Bowen collection consists of concert programs, correspondence, dance programs, flyers, newspaper articles, and video recordings of performances. less

Glenda Hydler is a photographer and artist known for photographing dance throughout the 1970s and 1980s on both the East and West coasts of the United States. The collection illustrates her dance photography career through various photographic formats, process notes, sketches, artwork, and promotional material created for choreographers and dance companies including Trisha Brown and Mary Jane Eisenberg. less

Janet Adler was a dance and movement therapist who specialized in the Discipline of Authentic Movement. Her papers, dating from 1960 to 2023, chronicle her early career working with children on the autism spectrum to her later development of the Discipline of Authentic Movement and her teaching practice. The collection holds her published writings, administrative records, correspondence, audio and moving image recordings, photographs, and creative works. less

The Trisha Brown Dance Company records presents a comprehensive account of the New York City-based company, covering its administrative practices, educational outreach, stagings, tours, promotional materials, audio and moving image recordings, and choreographic works. Additionally, there is a smaller selection of material dedicated to the life, early work, and visual art of the company's founder, the American postmodern choreographer and dancer Trisha Brown. less

Katy Page Matheson (1948-2005) was an American editor, writer, performer, teacher, and dance historian. The Katy Matheson papers (1960-2004) reflect Matheson's grfaduate and professional work in dance history, via correspondence, notes, slides, thesis drafts, journals, programs, and photographs. Matheson's own dance career is also documented to a limited extent. less