Miriam Winslow papers ca. 1931-1950

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Miriam Winslow papers ca. 1931-1950

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Collection includes personal and professional correspondence of , contemporary American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Also included are scenarios, dance notations, lectures, and class notes for her work with the Denishawn School, her partner , and her own group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contains contracts, financial reports, program copy, reviews, and route lists for tours. Miriam Winslow Foster Fitz-Simons

58 folders (ca. 450 items

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6310820

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Denishawn Dancers

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Fitz-Simons, Foster

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Denishawn School of Dance (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Winslow, Miriam

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Miriam Winslow, the daughter of a New England industrialist, originally trained with Ted Shawn and performed with Shawn and company until the formation of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. She then went to Europe where she studied classic Spanish dance and flamenco as well as training with Mary Wigman and Harold Kreutzberg. In 1929 in Boston, she opened the Miriam Winslow School of the Dance. In 1935, she formed a partnership with Foster Fitz-Simons, a member of Ted Shawn's all male tr...