Found 14 collections related to Dancers -- United States

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

Forrest Bonshire (1926-2012) was an American dancer and choreographer. The Forrest Bonshire photographs, dating from the 1930s to 2012, primarily document his dancing career with photographs, programs, letters, telegrams, clippings, contracts, and a scrapbook. less

Lillian Moore (1911-1967) was an American dancer, writer, teacher, and dance historian. Holographs and typescripts. The correspondence is partially related to Miss Moore's research on the 19th century ballet, with letters from dance authorities such as Walter Toscanini, Ivor Guest, Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, Ted Shawn, and Clive Barnes. Other correspondence is with various art councils, libraries, dance companies, and a number of major American and Danish dancers. less

Loie Fuller (1862-1928) was an American dancer and choreographer who pioneered an innovative approach to dance, using fabric and light to create modern performance art. The Loie Fuller notebooks and letters, dating from 1907 to 1911, comprises two notebooks containing Fuller's handwritten lecture drafts and notes, a typescript draft of Fuller's autobiography, some correspondence, and other assorted ephemera. less

Mary Wigman is considered to be one of the founders of the modern dance movement. Her school in Dresden, Germany trained several dancers including Pola Nirenska, Harald Kreutzberg, and Hanya Holm. Nirenska toured with the Wigman troupe in the 1932-1933 tour of the United States and Germany. At the start of World War II, Niresnska, who was Jewish, emigrated to England. The Mary Wigman letters to Pola Nirenska document their relationship through correspondence written between the years of 1934 to 1936 and 1946 to 1958. A program from their 1932-1933 tour features Nirenska as well as a press clipping about the resurgence of German dance after the war. less

The Rosella Pianarosa collection of Ted Shawn materials documents the personal and professional activities of modern dancer Ted Shawn from 1956 to 1972, primarily through a series of annual newsletters. Some personal correspondence highlights the friendship between the Pianarosas and Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis. less

Walter Terry (1913-1982) was a New York City-based writer, dance advocate, and dance critic. He was dance editor for the New York Herald Tribune and published twenty-two books on dance. The Walter Terry papers, Additions (1909-1981, bulk 1936-1978) contain correspondence, research materials, promotional materials, and manuscripts of Terry's writings. less

Susan Jaffe (1962- ) was a principal ballet dancer for the American Ballet Theatre from 1980 to 2002. Jaffe's principal performances include the productions of Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake; and her final performance in Giselle. She danced abroad as a guest artist for The National English Ballet, among others. Jaffe is currently a ballet mistress at the American Ballet Theatre and dean of the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina. The Susan Jaffe papers, dated 1978 to 2010, mostly reflect Susan Jaffe's performance career at the American Ballet Theatre and to a lesser extent at special performances, and internationally through articles, photographs, programs and a book entitled The American Ballet Theatre, The First Fifty Years. less

Nathan Middleton Clark (1916 – 2011), was a British shoe manufacturer for C. & J. Clark International, Ltd., his family's company. During the 1960s, Clark decided to move to New York City where he became a friend and financial supporter for the performing arts. The Nathan Clark papers, dated 1957 to 2011, reflects his interest in promoting the performing arts and befriending the artistic community through correspondence, photographs, programs, posters, and ephemera. less

Ruth Currier (1926-2011) was an American dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. Her collection, dated from 1945 to 1973, illustrates performances, studio practices, and events from her career through photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and printed materials and programs. less