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Lavinia Williams (1916-1989) was an African-American dancer, choreographer and teacher, who played an influential role in the development of modern and folkloric dances in Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana and the Bahamas.
Williams was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later resided in Brooklyn, New York and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She danced with Katherine Dunham's company, as well as appeared in various Broadway musicals, such as Cabin in the Sky (1940) and a revival of Showboat (1946). In 1953, Williams was invited by the Haitian government to establish a dance school in Haiti. She accepted the invitation, and founded the Haitian Institute of Classic and Folklore Dance of which she was the director.
Williams also founded the Ballets d'Haiti dance company. She would later divide her time between Haiti and the United States. During the latter years of her life (in the 1980s), she taught at New York University and the Alvin Ailey Dance School. Like many African-American dancers of her generation, Williams had begun to receive recognition from the younger generation of dancers, scholars, and the general public. The dance tradition continued through Sara Yarborough, Williams' daughter, who was a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Lavinia Williams, NY Times obituary, August 20, 1989, via ProQuest, viewed March 6, 2021
Lavinia Williams; dancer and teacher; died of a heart attack at Canapé Vert Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 19; age 73; danced leading roles with Katherine Dunham Dance Company, 1940-1945; also appeared with the company in Broadway musical, Cabin in the Sky, and the films, Stormy Weather and Carnival of Rhythm; toured Europe with revival of Shuffle Along; also appeared on Broadway in revival of Showboat, Finian's Rainbow, and My Darlin' Aida; considered a leading teacher in Haitian dance; went to Haiti to work with National Folkloric Troupe, 1953; founded Haitian Institute of Folklore and Classic Dance, 1954; also taught in Antigua, the Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad; later taught at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in Manhattan; wrote on Haitian dance; born in Philadelphia; began studying dance at 3; attended Arts Students League on a scholarship; joined Eugene Von Grona's American Negro Ballet and remained in company for three years; danced in Agnes de Mille's Black Ritual for Ballet Theater in 1940; teachers included: Anna Sokolow, Martha Graham; Lisan Kay, and Kyra Nijinsky; marriage to Shannon Yarborough ended in divorce; had two daughters, Sara Yarborough Smith and Sharon Yarborough
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Glinsky, Albert. Theremin: ether music and espionage, University of Illinois Press, 2000
Lavinia Williams; born in Philadelphia as Grace Lavinia Poole Williams; was of Native American, Irish, and African American descent; attended Washington Irving High School; received scholarship to Art Students Leagueas an 18 year old art student became involved with the American Negro Ballet; met Russian/Soviet inventor Leon Theremin at company rehearsal; he was interested in having company experiment with one of his inventions, the terpsitone (an electronic musical instrument, which consisted of a platform fitted with space-controlling antennae, through and around which a dancer would control the musical performance); Williams and Theremin developed a romantic relationship and received a Russian marriage license at the Soviet Consulate, "early" 1938; Theremin grew estranged from former associates due to the interracial marriage; later that year Theremin decided to return to the Soviet Union without telling his wife; Williams assumed he had been kidnapped by authorities and was unable to make contact until many years later; she continued with her own life, eventually marrying Shannon Yarborough, 1948; they had two daughters Sharron and Sara; Williams opened a children's dance studio on Irving Place, Brooklyn; left for Haiti with two daughters, 1953; husband followed, but marriage ended in divorce; Williams reconnected with Theremin in later life, but although they corresponded they never met again in person
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Lavinia Williams papers finding aid, viewed March 5, 2021
Lavinia Williams; African American dancer, teacher, and choreographer; played an influential role in the development of modern and folkloric dances in Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, and the Bahamas; was a member of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, 1940-1945; her daughter, Sara Yarborough, was a star dancer with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater; Williams died in Haiti in 1989;
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Lavinia Williams collection finding aid, viewed March 5, 2021
Lavinia Williams (1916-1989); African American dancer, choreographer, and teacher; was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;later resided in Brooklyn, New York, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti; danced with Katherine Dunham's company; appeared in various Broadway musicals such as Showboat and Cabin in the Sky; invited by the Haitian government to establish a dance school in Haiti, 1953; founded the Haitian Institute of Classic and Folklore Dance of which she was the director;also founded the Ballets d'Haiti dance company; later divide her time between Haiti and the United States; taught at New York University and the Alvin Ailey Dance School, 1980s; Sara Yarborough, Williams's daughter, became a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
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Lavinia Williams, Wikipedia, viewed March 5, 2021
Lavinia Williams; sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough; African-American dancer and dance educator; founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries; born July 2, 1916 as Grace Lavinia Poole Williams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia and Brooklyn, New York; studied at Washington Irving High School; attended the Art Students League of New York; joined the American Negro Ballet; worked in: classical ballet, folk dance, modern dance, musicals, and Caribbean dance, which she studied with Katherine Dunham; taught dance and founded and developed national schools of dance in Haiti, Guyana, and the Bahamas, 1953 through the late 1980s; spent most of the last years of her life teaching in New York City; went to Haiti in February 1984; Williams was married to Léon Theremin; later married Shannon Yarborough with whom she had two daughters, Sharron and Sara (who also became a professional dancer); died July 19, 1989 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Allen, Zita. Lavinia Williams biography, Free to Dance, viewed March 5, 2021
Lavinia Williams; born in Philadelphia and began taking dance lessons at the age of three; family relocated to Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1920, where she studied ballet through her high school years; Williams moved to New York after she won a scholarship to the Art Students' League, 1935; became a dance teacher at the Urban League in Brooklyn; one of the models at the Art Students' League was a dancer with Eugene Von Grona's American Negro Ballet; Van Grona invited her to audition and she was accepted into the company; she danced with the American Negro Ballet for three years in the late 1930s; danced for one season with Ballet Theatre's "Negro Unit" directed by Agnes de Mille; appeared in the debut of de Mille's "Obeah!" ("Black Ritual"); Katherine Dunham saw Williams perform with the Ballet Theatre and asked her to join the Dunham company; she was a dancer and instructor with Dunham, 1940-1945; working with Dunham, she discovered an interest in ethnic dance that she developed throughout her life; Williams danced numerous solos with the company in works such as: "Rites de Passage," "Bolero," and "Rara Tonga"; also appeared with the company in the Broadway musical "Cabin in the Sky" (1940) and the film STORMY WEATHER (1943); Williams left the Dunham Company to join Sivilla Ford sic] [Syvilla Fort] as a ballet instructor at the first Katherine Dunham School of Dance in Manhattan; she Europe in Noble Sissle's revival of "Shuffle Along" (1945-1946); returned to New York in 1946 to dance in a revival of "Showboat" and the premiere of "Finian's Rainbow"; she later appeared in a production of "My Darlin' Aida" (1952); she married Shannon Yarborough; they purchased a house in Brooklyn and converted the basement into a dance school; the Haitian Education Bureau and the Bureau of Tourism hired Williams to develop a national school of dance, 1953; she trained the National Folklore Group, taught at a girls' high school, and trained monitors from the Bureau of Sports to become dance teachers; founded the Haitian Institute of Folklore and Classic Dance and became the director of Haiti's Theatre de Verdure, 1954; she remained in Haiti for 26 years, training hundreds of dancers, including her daughter, Sara Yarborough, who became a professional dancer; Williams traveled to other countries: Guyana (1972-1976) and the Bahamas (1976-1980)to develop national schools of dance; she returned to Haiti to assist the government in organizing the National School of Dance of Haiti and the Ballet National d'Haiti, 1985; she returned to New York in the late 1980s; taught dance at Alvin Ailey American Dance Center School, New York University, Steps, and Jo Jo's Dance Factory; died on July 19, 1989 from a heart attack
Allakaket-Alatna Native Place Names Collection, 1997.
Arundale, Wendy Hanford, 1945-. Allakaket-Alatna Native Place Names Collection, 1997.
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Allakaket-Alatna Native Place Names Collection, 1997.
The Allakaket-Alatna Native Place Names Collection consists of six U.S.G.S. maps annottated with Alaska Native place names. Maps are of the Allakaket and Alatna regions. Also included in the materials is a report titled, "Allakaket-Alatna Area Place Names" including an introduction, place names list, and index.
Williams, Lavinia,. Interview with Lavinia Williams-Yarborough.
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American Ballet Theatre records 1936-ca. 1967
American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967
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American Ballet Theatre records 1936-ca. 1967
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 foundation for a new tradition, American in concept and spirit.” Its guiding principle was to encourage collaboration between artists with no single choreographer taking precedence. The records of the company attest to the pursuit of these goals.
The collection contains materials such as dance instruction (class) notes and personal correspondence from her daughter, Sara Yarborough as well as general and professional correspondence pertaining to Ballets d'Haiti performances and dance education. Included are two booklets written by Williams. One booklet entitled "Haitian - Dance" focuses on cultural dance and the other commemorates the 20th anniversary of Ballets d'Haiti. This collection also includes a program from a dance performance and documents denoting Ms. Williams' involvement in dance education.
Yarborough, Lavinia Williams. Lavinia Williams papers 1940-1989.
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Lavinia Williams papers ,1940-1989.
Lavinia Williams was an African American dancer, teacher, and choreographer who played an influential role in the development of modern and folkloric dances in Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, and the Bahamas. She was a member of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company between 1940 and 1945. Her daughter, Sara Yarborough, was a star dancer with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. Williams died in Haiti in 1989.
George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).
George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).
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George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).
Papers documenting the American career of Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine. Also includes records of the New York City Ballet (1948-1987), and records of the George Balanchine Foundation and the George Balanchine Trust (1983-1989).
ArchivalResource:
115 boxes, 1volume, and 61 videotapes (62.5 linear ft.)
Papers of the Polish-American publisher and bookseller, primarily in the areas of dance and drama. Collection includes autographs, correspondence, photographs, printed material, and miscellaneous papers.
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