Found 9 collections related to African American dance

Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 497
7.72 linear feet (19 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
The Changing Times Tap Dancing Company collection documents the activities and contributions put forward by its founder Jane Goldberg. Since 1979 Goldberg has preserved, promoted, and performed the dance form while paying respect to its most... more
Yarborough, Lavinia Williams
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 659
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Lavinia Williams (1916-1989) was an African-American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. This collection contains materials such as dance instruction (class) notes, personal correspondence, and professional correspondence, the last of which... more
Moore, William, 1933-1992
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 586
0.42 linear feet (1 box)
William Moore, an African American dance critic, dancer, and researcher, began his career in the 1960s. He later managed the dance companies of Eleo Pomare and Joan Miller, and participated in the creation of the Association of Black... more
American Negro Ballet Company
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 519
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
The American Negro Ballet Company scrapbook consists of news clippings and programs about the company founded by Eugene van Grona. Included are reviews of its performances in New York City and Brighton, England, in 1937 and 1938; and programs for... more
Wilson, Sule Greg
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 456
1.6 linear feet (5 boxes)
Sule Greg Wilson is an American dancer, percussionist, folklorist, and researcher who was a member of the International Afrikan-American Ballet (IAAB) from 1977 to 1982. This collection consists of programs, fliers, notes, articles, photographs,... more
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 928
54.21 linear feet (146 boxes)
The Schomburg Programs and Playbills collection consists of thousands of programs, playbills, and other ephemera, spanning the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, documenting Black theatrical, musical, and dance performances, as well as events... more
Nash, Joe, 1919-2005
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 224
0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
Joe Nash was a dancer, black dance historian, coordinator of black dance history courses at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School in New York, and director and founder of the Multiethnic Christian Education Resources Center of the National... more
Johnson, Helen A.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 599
16.79 linear feet (46 boxes)
The Helen Armstead-Johnson miscellaneous theater collections (HAJMTC) were formed by over two hundred file-folder level collections (one-three file folders per personality or event). The collections contain information dating from the... more
Terry, Walter
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZEB 23-0002
0.42 linear feet (1 box)
Walter Terry (1913-1982) was a New York City-based writer, dance advocate, and dance critic. His slides date from the 1940s to 1981, and consist of color and black-and-white copies of photographs and drawings of ballet, modern, traditional dancers... more