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Cunningham, Merce
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 196
43 linear feet (84 boxes)
Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) was a choreographer. He started his career as a dancer with Martha Graham's company, and then left to start his own company. The company, which was created over 60 years ago, is now closed. The collection brings... more
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 351
141.69 linear feet (316 boxes, 41 tubes); 116 gigabytes (11663 computer files)
Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) was a dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The Cunningham Dance Foundation (CDF) was established in 1964 to support the company and advance Cunningham's work. The Merce Cunningham... more
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 56
3.44 linear feet (6 boxes)
Dance Perspectives was published quarterly from 1959-1976, a total of 66 issues plus a 1962 Annual which was a bonus for subscribers. Selma Jeanne Cohen's records of Dance Perspectives cover... more
International Dance Council
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 545
2.92 linear feet (7 boxes)
The International Dance Council was the United-States based subcomittee of the Conseil International de la Danse, under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The council was largely organized by the New York Public... more
Rogers, Helen Priest
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 389
.42 linear feet (1 box)
Helen Priest Rogers was an authority on dance notation, a co-founder of the Dance Notation Bureau and a pioneer in the use of film to preserve choreography. The Helen Priest Rogers dance files consist of photographs; correspondence; and programs... more
Kovich, Robert
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 206
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Robert Kovich was a dancer and choreographer, originally with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In the 1980s, Kovich performed, choreographed, and taught dance, mainly in New York and France. The collection includes choreography notes, scripts,... more
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 145
21.5 linear feet (41 boxes)
The Selma Jeanne Cohen papers document the academic life and career of a renowned historian and critic of dance and theater. The papers contain professional correspondence, materials from Cohen’s teaching career, documentation of the many... more
Charlip, Remy
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 536
54.44 linear feet (125 boxes, 32 oversize folders, 5 tubes)
Remy Charlip (1929-2012) was an American dancer, choreographer, theater director, costume and set designer, educator, visual artist, and children's book author and illustrator. The Remy Charlip papers, dating from the 1900s to 2016 (bulk dates... more
Glorsky, Maxine
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 502
8.13 linear feet (20 boxes). 29 moving image recordings
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... more
Summers, Elaine, 1925-2014
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 422
24.8 linear feet (62 boxes, 1 oversize folder); 11.7 gigabytes (6283 computer files)
Elaine Summers (1925-2014) was an American dancer, choreographer, experimental filmmaker, artist, and teacher. The Elaine Summers papers date from 1929 to 2019 (bulk 1958-2014) and document her career, as well as the histories of the Experimental... more
Beaman, Jeanne
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 376
1.75 linear feet (5 boxes). 2 moving image recordings
Jeanne Hays Beaman (1919-2020) was a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. The Jeanne Hays Beaman papers hold computer dance research material, arts organization files, photographs, programs, awards, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
Savio, Joanne
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 587
4.54 linear feet (15 boxes). 8 audio recordings. 1 video recording. 5.6 gigabytes (11 computer files)
Joanne Savio is an American photographer known for her portraits of dancers and other creative people. The Joanne Savio photographs, which date from 1981 to 2006, reflect her professional output, especially her work for Dance... more
Schönberg, Bessie
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 124
33.5 linear feet (30 boxes/1063 folders)
Personal and professional papers of dance educator Bessie Schönberg, 1932-1997.
Clark, Nathan M.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 464
8.01 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 volume)
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... more
Gross, Sally
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 468
12.58 linear feet (29 boxes, 3 tubes, 2 other items); 12.93 gb (4,128 computer files)
Sally Gross (1933-2015) was an American dancer, choreographer and teacher based in New York City. The Sally Gross papers document her career through films, videos, sound recordings, photographs, date books, notes, correspondence, clippings, grant... more
Redlich, Don
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 498
9.42 linear feet (24 boxes, 1 volume, 1 tube). 82 audio recordings. 100 moving image recordings
Don Redlich (born in 1929) is a dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue. The Don Redlich papers, dating from 1893 to 2019 (the bulk dates from the 1940s onward), document Redlich's life and career through written descriptions and videos from more
Moseley, Monica
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 398
1.51 linear feet (4 boxes); 5.01 mb (5 computer files)
Monica Moseley (1942-2010) was an American dancer, dance scholar, and former assistant curator for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Library. The Monica Moseley papers date from 1886 to 2010 and consist of professional files... more
Cummings, Blondell
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 538
3.17 linear feet (10 boxes). 28.5 gigabytes (1,769 computer files). 182 audio recordings. 328 moving image recordings
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,... more
King, Kenneth, 1948-
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 70
8 document boxes 118 folders, 907 items
These papers of Kenneth King cover his professional career as a writer, postmodern dancer and choreographer for the years 1964-1981. The most important part of the collection is the documentation of the danceworks... more
American Ballet Theatre
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 49
220 linear feet
American Ballet Theatre was founded in 1939 with the intention of creating an American company of international stature, a museum of the dance, “which would preserve the best of the classic tradition of Europe and at the same time lay the... more
Robbins, Jerome
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 130
241 linear feet (578 boxes)
Work files from the office of American dancer, choreographer and director Jerome Robbins.
Trisha Brown Company
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 531
235.75 linear feet (505 boxes, 71 tubes). 10.4 terabytes (64,525 computer files). 891 audio recordings. 4,025 moving image recordings
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... more
Joffrey Ballet
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 475
400.87 linear feet (889 boxes, 49 oversize folders, 30 tubes). 298.49 gigabytes (57,676 computer files)
The Joffrey Ballet Company records date from 1877 to 2017 (bulk: 1956-2013) and document the company's creative output from its inception in 1956 to 2017. The collection contains photographs, production and technical files, scores, company... more
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