Katherine Litz papers 1901-1979

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Katherine Litz papers 1901-1979

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19709

The papers of span the years 1901-1979. The bulk of the collection, both in size and importance, consists of correspondence and performance-related material from the period c.1950-1977. Most of the material relates to her professional life, with its continuing search for work and funding as well as ideas for dances. Katherine Litz

9 document boxes (180 folders, 1,546 items

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6310878

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Katherine Litz, modern dancer, teacher and choreographer, was born on July 26 1912 in Denver, Colorado. She studied dance with Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. She performed with the Humphrey-Weidman Concert Company and with Agnes DeMille. During the 1940s she danced in Broadway musicals and choreographed a section of "Ballet Ballads." Litz worked with Al Carmines on several productions at Judson Memorial Church in New York, and presented programs of her own works i...

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