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John Gruen is an American biographer, photographer, and writer and critic on the arts, particularly dance. The John Gruen papers document Gruen's writing career from 1970 to 1984. The collection contains correspondence, articles written by Gruen, and research material and notes relating to two of his books, Erik Bruhn: Danseur Noble (1979), and The World’s Great Ballets (1981). less

John Gruen is a writer who has written extensively about dance and individual dancers for magazines. He has written two books, The Private World of Ballet,1975, and Erik Bruhn, Danseur Noble,1979. He also conducted a series of programs sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art involving performers and directors in the dance field. This collection contains copies of many of John Gruen's articles and background material which he used. The folders for each subject may also contain clippings, pressbooks, press releases, photographs, correspondence, memos, and information on Gruen's relevant expenses. less

Photographs of singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (2 poses, New York, 1964); and composers Marc Blitzstein (2 poses, New York, 1960) Morton Feldman (2 poses, one at the beach, Water Mill, N.Y., 1963), Francis Poulenc (New York, 1960), and James Tocco at the piano (New York, 1979). less