Hugh Laing papers circa 1943-1988

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Hugh Laing papers circa 1943-1988

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19708

The Papers, c.1943-1988, contain almost nothing written by himself, except for two brief undated notes to his mother (in her folder #10) and a letter to (in her restricted folder #12). The strength of the collection lies in the documentation of the family and birth and baptism, 18 letters from his father and mother (1956-1970), and in the outpouring of letters and notes to from friends on the occasion of death in April 1987. (These letters include ones from and , relatives of ). There are also examples of preliminary sketches for set and costume designs for Tudor ballets, including and Hugh Laing Laing Isabel Brown Skinner Laing's Laing Antony Tudor's Anne S. Palmer Mollie Cook Tudor Laing's Gala Performance, Judgment of Paris Pillar of Fire.

4 document boxes, 1 portfolio (69 folders, 415 items

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Laing, Hugh

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Hugh Laing was born on June 6, 1911 in Barbados, British West Indies as Hugh Morris Alleyne Skinner. Laing moved to London in 1931, and enrolled in Marie Rambert's Ballet Club (later Ballet Rambert) in 1933. In 1938, Laing became a member of a short-lived troupe in the London Ballet, where he danced in his fellow dancer and choreographer Antony Tudor's Gala Performance and Judgment of Paris. The following year, upon the suggestion of fellow performer and director Agnes DeMille, Lain...

Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987

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Antony Tudor, British dancer, choreographer, and teacher, was born William Cook in London, April 4, 1909. His training began in 1928 with Marie Rambert and continued with Pearl Argyle, Harold Turner, and Margaret Craske. His career included: dancer and choreographer for Ballet Club (later Ballet Rambert) from 1930-1937; founder and choreographer of London Ballet, 1937-1940; resident choreographer of Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), New York, 1939-1950; artistic director, Royal Swe...