Papers on Afro-American social dance circa 1869-1987

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Papers on Afro-American social dance circa 1869-1987

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19853

The Collection documents professional life as dancer, choreographer, scholar and filmmaker, and to a lesser degree, her personal life through notebooks, poetry and correspondence. Most important are the research notes and drafts of her many scholarly writings on the development of Afro-American social dance in this country. Mura Dehn Mura Dehn's

24 document boxes (2,533 items in 327 folders

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Mura Dehn, born in 1902 in Odessa, Russia, performed as a modern and jazz dancer, directed her own jazz dance company, and, most notably, documented the history of Afro-American social dance in her writings and on film. From the description of Papers on Afro-American social dance, ca. 1869-1987. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122314129 Mura Dehn, born in 1902 in Odessa, Russia, is most widely known for her study and documentation of Afro-American...

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