Found 11 collections related to Dance

The Ballroom dance oral history collection contains oral history interviews with 28 professional and amateur dancers from the New York ballroom dance community. Interviewed by Emita Brady Hill, the oral history interviews detail the dancers' experience in the ballroom dance community, their personal and training background, and how they became interested in dance. less

Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, producer, and director who worked in ballet, theater, film, and television. The Remembering Jerome Robbins oral histories date from 2009 to 2012 and consist of interviews conducted with actors, dancers, musicians, and other individuals who worked with Robbins throughout his career. 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

Dorothy Bird (1913–1996) was a dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company, a performer on Broadway, and a teacher of the Graham technique. Her papers provide a record of her career, containing audio recordings, an autobiography manuscript and notes, memorabilia, and correspondence. 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

Marilyn J. La Vine (1931-2009) was a dance enthusiast who dedicated her life to researching and promoting the legacy of Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993). The Marilyn La Vine collection of Rudolf Nureyev materials (1939-2008) holds research files and photographs relating to the life and career of Rudolf Nureyev. The research files contain a master copy of La Vine’s compilation of volumes of clippings relating to Nureyev, as well as correspondence, ephemera, and scrapbooks. The photographs date from 1939 until after Nureyev’s death in 1993, and give a comprehensive representation of his dancing career. less

Judy Kinberg is a producer, director and recipient of multiple Primetime Emmys mainly for her work on PBS's Great Performances, Dance in America. The Judy Kinberg PBS Dance in America collection, dated 1975 to 2010, reflects the productions that Kinberg produced and/or directed for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The collection holds mostly publicity-generated material for each individual artist or dance company or for special performances including those by the American Ballet Theatre, George Balanchine, and the Joffrey Ballet. Related material includes articles about Kinberg, and nominations. The collection holds certificates, clippings, press kits, and photographs. less

Rhoda Grauer (born in 1944) is a pioneering producer of dance on television. She is widely known for her 1993 documentary series DANCING, which explored the meaning of dance in world culture. Her papers date from 1965 to 1994, and trace the development of her career as a producer in the performing arts, the creation of DANCING, and her work with Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, and American Ballet Theatre. less

Gilda Navarra (née Gilda Garcia Daubón, 1921-2015) was a dancer, choreographer, director, and mime. Navarra established the Taller Histriones Workshop in 1971 and held a professorship in theatre at the University of Puerto Rico. The Gilda Navarra archives, dated c. 1926 to 2007, are mainly scrapbooks that documents Navarra from childhood to her career as an artist in the performing arts. The collection holds clippings, certificates, letters, photographs, programs, posters, slides (in binders), sketches, and an artifact. The collection is mostly in Spanish. less