Frank Westbrook papers 1937-1990

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Frank Westbrook papers 1937-1990

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The Frank Westbrook papers document the life and career of dancer and choreographer Frank Westbrook (1909-1992), who was an acting extra for Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre and an ensemble dancer on Broadway before creating choreography of his own. Westbrook also danced in works by prominent choreographers such as Agnes DeMille and Doris Humphrey, and participated in the creation of a choreographers' organization called Theater Dance, Inc. His papers include a scrapbook, a memoir, personal essays, ballet scenarios, ballet music scores, correspondence, and photographs.

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Westbrook, Frank

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Westbrook : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512941 Frank Westbrook was born in Mississippi in 1909, and raised in Washington D.C. where he later attended George Washington University to study theater. In 1937, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career, although he would eventually make his way as a dancer and a choreographer. He first worked as an extra ...