Dance Notation Bureau Collection 1930-

Horton, Lester, 1906-1953

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Lester Iradell Horton (January 23, 1906 – November 2, 1953) was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. In 1931, Horton created his first solo concert choreography, Kootenai War Dance. That same year he was invited to perform this dance along with a new choreography Voodoo Ceremonial at the Los Angeles Olympics. His success garnered an invitation to perform at the Paramount Theatre on the same bill as Judy Garland and the Garland sisters for a two-week run.In 1932, Lester Horton formed ...

Graham, Martha, 1894-1991

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Martha Graham, a pioneer in the establishment of American modern dance, was one of the principal choreographers of the twentieth century. Her work, which spanned more than seven decades, resulted in the development of a movement technique and a body of 180 choreographic works. Known also for her innovative collaborations, Graham worked with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who created over thirty-five designs for Graham works; lighting designer Jean Rosenthal; costume designer Halston; and many composers...

Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884

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Fanny Elssler (1810-1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period. She introduced theatricalized folk dance (character dance) into ballet. She was celebrated for her spirited, spectacular dancing and for her technique, especially her point work. Fanny Elssler died in Vienna on 27 November 1884....

Cunningham, Merce, 1919-2009

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Merce Cunningham is a choreographer. He started his career as a dancer with Martha Graham's company, and then left to start his own company. The company, which was created over 50 years ago, is still flourishing. Merce Cunningham was born in Centralia, Washington. He first started formal dance training at the Cornish Institute of Allied Arts in Seattle. From 1939 to 1945 he was a soloist in the Martha Graham Company. While performing with Martha Graham, Cunningham bega...

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972

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In 1915 they founded the first Denishawn school in Los Angeles with the intent of providing students with a diversified dance education. They believed that a dancer should learn all styles of dance rather than concentrating on one form; therefore, they offered classes in ballet, modern, ethnic, and creative dance. Within a few years Shawn and Miss St. Denis had established Denishawn schools throughout the United States. They built up an extensive repertory of spiritual, ethnic, character, and “m...

Heard, Terry

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McKayle, Donald, 1930-

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Choreographer and educator Donald McKayle was born on July 6, 1930 in New York City, New York to Eva Wilhelmina Cohen McKayle and Philip Augustus McKayle. Inspired by a Pearl Primus performance, he began dancing his senior year in high school, and won a scholarship to the New Dance Group in 1947.In 1948, McKayle choreographed his first piece of work with the New Dance Group, and premiered his solo piece,Saturday's Child. From 1951 to 1969, McKayle founded and directed his own dance company, Dona...

Aveline, Albert

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Gerbes, Angelika Renate, 1942-

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Venable, Lucy

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Kowalski, Alfons

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Marriett, Jane

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Maletic, Vera, 1928-

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Preston-Dunlop, Valerie Monthland

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Vilzak, Anatole, 1896-1998

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Dauberval, 1742-1806

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Green, Paul (Paul M.)

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Wolz, Carl

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Carl Wolz (1932-2002) was an influential choreographer, scholar, educator, and dance advocate. Born and educated in St. Louis, he served in the Navy during the Korean War and went on to major in Art History at the University of Chicago. He developed an interest in dance in college and began taking classes. He attended the Juilliard School for dance and began working with the Lucas Hoving Dance Company in 1960. He danced with the Hoving Company as well as for the St. Louis Municipal ...

Fox, Ilene

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Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973

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Mary Wigman, German modern dancer and choreographer, was born Mary Wiegmann, November 13, 1886 in Hanover. She trained first with Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in Hellerau and Dresden and later with Rudolf von Laban in Anscona, Switzerland and in Munich. Her debut as a concert dancer and choreographer occurred in 1919. Successful performances encouraged her to open her own school in Dresden, where among her first students were Yvonne Georgi, Gert Palucca, and Harald Kreutzberg. By 1925, her students inc...

Posin, Kathryn

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Komparu, Zenou

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Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988

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Ronin, Oshra

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Paul Taylor dance company

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Connecticut College. School of Dance.

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Topaz, Muriel

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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 direct...

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...

Sergeev, K. M. (Konstantin Mikhailovich), 1910-1992

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Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910

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Coralli, Eugene, 1779-1854

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Joffrey, Robert

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Walker, Norman, 1892-1963

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Holden, Richard

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Floyd, Jo

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Marsh, Candee Caryl

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Sokolow, Anna

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Dancer, choreographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Anna Sokolow, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513535 ...

Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-

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Artist, dancer, and choreographer, Geoffrey Holder, was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on August 20, 1930. While in Port-of-Spain, Holder attended Queens Royal College, but received much of his education in dancing and painting from the Holder Dance Company, his older brother Boscoe's dance troupe.Holder premiered in his brother's dance company at the age of seven, and by 1947, he was in charge of the troupe. After being seen by dancer Agnes de Mille in 1952, Holder was invited to New York to ...

Corvino, Alfredo, 1916-2005

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Blum, Odette

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Bournonville, August, 1805-1879

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Koner, Pauline

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Pauline Koner, one of America’s foremost modern dance choreographers and performers, was born in New York on June 26, 1912 to Russian immigrants Samuel and Ida Ginsberg Koner. Unlike most American modern dancers, she did not trace her artistic beginnings to Isadora Duncan or Ruth St. Denis. In fact, she was already an established figure in the modern dance movement when she affiliated with the Humphrey-Limón Dance Company in 1946. Yet this was not the style in which she initially tr...

Howard, Fred (Fred Ervin)

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Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982

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American dancer and choreographer. From the guide to the Valerie Bettis collection, ca. 1941-1967, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Valerie Elizabeth Bettis was born on December 20, 1919, in Houston, Texas to Royal Holt and Valerie Elizabeth Bettis. Her father died when she was thirteen, and her mother later married Hugh Prather. Bettis began ballet lessons when she was ten with Rowena Smith in Houston. She also studied with Tina Flade,...

Duncan, Jeff, 1930-1989

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Dancer and founder of Dance Theater Workshop in New York City. From the description of Dance Theater Workshop papers, 1963-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122415502 American dancer, choreographer, and teacher Jeff Duncan was well known for his work with Anna Sokolow, his own company, and as a co-founder of the Dance Theater Workshop (DTW). Duncan began his dance training in college and later studied with Hanya Holm, Alwin Nikolais, and José Lim...

Horst, Louis

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Louis Horst was born to Conrad and Leva Horst on the twelfth of January, 1884, in Kansas City, Missouri. Horst began to study piano at an early age. He became a professional accompanist, playing for silent films, stock theater companies, Broadway rehearsals, and later for many of the modern dance personalities of the thirties and forties. In 1915, Horst joined the Denishawn Company as accompanist; his wife, Betty, was a member of the company. He remained with Denishawn u...

Butler, John, 1920-1993

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Difficult to classify, John Butler (1918-1993) was an American dancer and choreographer who achieved considerable success by combining his training in classical ballet and modern dance to forge his own path as an independent choreographer, creating numerous works for dance and opera companies, as well as for television. Butler grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi, but moved to New York in 1942 to pursue opportunities to train as a dancer, including a scholarship with the Sc...

Byrom, Franklin

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Ailey, Alvin, 1931-1989

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Alvin Ailey (b. Jan. 5, 1931, Rogers, TX–d. Dec. 1, 1989, New York, NY) was an African-American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. He is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance. In 1977, Ailey was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988. In 2014, President Barack Obama selected Ailey to be a posthumous recip...

Saint-Léon, Arthur, 1821-1870

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Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958

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Ann Hutchinson Guest, born November 3, 1918 in New York, is an American dancer and dance notator. Her initial dance training began in the mid 1930's at the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall, England. When World War II broke out in Europe, she returned to New York where her continued training included ballet, modern, tap, and ethnic dance. In the 1940's she danced with the Welland Lathrop Company and in Broadway musicals, including One Touch of Venus, Billion Dollar Baby, and Kiss Me, Kate. ...

Hill, Martha, 1900-1995

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Martha Hill, a pioneer in the field of dance instruction, served as the first director of dance at The Juilliard School from 1951 until 1985. Martha Hill was born in East Palestine, Ohio in 1900. Miss Hill (as she was known throughout her life) graduated from the Battle Creek (Michigan) Normal School of Physical Education in 1920, and taught ballet and Swedish gymnastics there and at Kansas State Teachers College. In 1926, Hill moved to New York City to study with Martha...

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Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009

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Chlistowa, Xenia

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Benesh, Rudolf

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Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.

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Rudolf Laban was born December 15, 1879 in Bratislava, Slovakia. After studying architecture at the Ècole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Laban moved to Munich at age 30 and began his research on Bewegungskunst, or the movement arts. In 1915 Laban established the Choreographic Institute in Zürich and later founded branches in Italy, France, and Europe. His greatest contribution to dance was his 1928 publication of Kinetographie Laban, a dance notation system that came to be called Labanotation. It is...

Rotman, Leslie

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Weidman, Charles

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Dancer, choreographer, teacher. From the description of Papers, ca. 1908-1975. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122519030 Biography/History Saida Gerrard: b. April 9, 1923, Toronto, Canada. d. May 4, 2005, Los Angeles, California. Saida Gerrard was a performer, choreographer, student and teacher of modern dance. She grew up in Toronto, Canada in a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. Her parents ...

Harpe, Bill

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Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992

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Hanya Holm - dancer, teacher, choreographer - is recognized as one of the four early pioneers of modern dance in the United States, as well as one of the 20th century's most sought-after choreographers of musical theater. She was born Johanna Josepha Eckert on March 3, 1893 in Worms-am-Rhine, Germany. Her father was a wine merchant; her mother was a housewife and inventor with successful patents to her credit. Holm's early education, at the Konvent der Englischen Fräulein in Mainz, was followed ...

Edwards, Bettina

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Anthony, Mary

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Stodelle, Ernestine, 1912-2008

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Ernestine Stodelle, one of the foremost chroniclers of modern dance in America, was born in 1912 in Oakland, California. Her professional dance career began when she became a member of the pioneer modern dance company of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman (1929-1935). She jointly choreographed works with Jose Limon, Eleanor King and Letitia Ide in the Little Group, a subsidiary ensemble of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, and later became a partner and choreographer with Jose Limon and his company....

Rogers, Molly

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Feld, Eliot

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Maslow, Sophie

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Dancer, choreographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Sophie Maslow, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528556 ...

Robbins, Jerome

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American dancer, choreographer, and ballet master. From the description of Jerome Robbins scrapbooks [microform]. 1937-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81722948 From the description of Jerome Robbins scrapbooks. 1986-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79096064 American ballet dancer and choreographer primarily associated with American Ballet Theatre in the 1940s and the New York City Ballet since 1949; also, theatrical director and choreographer whose producti...

Hoving, Lucas

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Lucas Hoving (1912-2000) was a modern dancer, choreographer and teacher. He was born Lucas Hovinga in Holland, and studied dance with Florrie Rodrigo and Yvonne Georgi in Amsterdam before earning a scholarship to the Jooss School in England. While in New York on a 1941 tour he studied at the Martha Graham School. When the Jooss Company disbanded due to World War II, Hoving was invited to join the Martha Graham Company. He appeared in Graham's tribute to Emily Dickinson, Letter to th...

Kinch, Myra

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Myra Kinch was born in 1904. A graduate of UCLA, she trained as a dancer with Muriel Stuart, Eugenia Eduardova, and Vincenzo Celli. She also studied abroad in Germany in the 1920s. In the 1930s, Kinch returned to the United States to become director and choreographer of the West Coast Dance Project of the Federal Theater Project, a program created under the New Deal. In 1948 Kinch was named head of the modern dance department at the Jacob’s Pillow dance school and summer festival, where she rema...

Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997

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Ballerina and dance educator Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova (1903-1907) was born in Petergof, Russia. In 1911, she began studying dance at the Russian Imperial Ballet School in Leningrad. There she met George Balanchine, with whom she would maintain a life-long friendship. In 1920, Danilova danced with the Maryinsky Ballet. She joined Balanchine's Soviet State Dancers for a tour of Western Europe in 1924. In December of that year, Sergey Diaghilev brought both her and Balanchine into his acclai...

Intravaia, Toni

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Marion, Sheila

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Chalif, Louis H. (Louis Harvy), 1876-1948

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Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966

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Dancer, choreographer. Real name, Helen Becker. From the description of [Programs and announcements], 1928-1965. 1928-1965 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 777009427 (written by Walter Terry) Helen Tamiris, one of the major pioneers in the development of modern dance in America and one of Broadway's best known choreographers, was born Helen Becker in 1905 in New York City's Lower East Side. The urge to dance was there from the start, bu...

Farber, Viola

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Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979

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Bates, Cecil

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Limon, Jose

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Eglevsky, Andre

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Dance Notation Bureau (New York, N.Y.)

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The Dance Notation Bureau (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) was founded in 1940 by Ann Hutchinson Guest, Helen Priest Rogers, Eve Gentry, and Janey Price. The DNB mission is to advance the art of dance through the use of a system of notation, creating dance scores using the symbol system called Labanotation, named for Rudolf Laban who first published the system in 1928. In 1942, choreographer Eugene Loring requested a notation score of his Billy the Kid, the first ballet recorded in the Unit...

Wagoner, Dan

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Bartenieff, Irmgard

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Bodmer, Sylvia

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Lind, Betty

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Mahoney, Billie

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Bowman, Patricia

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Lange, Roderyk

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Amowitz, Georgette Weisz

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Tharp, Twyla

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Twyla Tharp is American modern dancer and choreographer. She was born 1 July 1941 in Portland, Indiana and grew up in Rialto, California. She attended Pomona College and received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1963. As a child she studied ballet, tap, flamenco, baron twirling, acrobatics, and several musical instruments. While in California, she studied dance with Beatrice Collenette, Wilson Morelli, John Butler, Carmen de Lavallade, and at the Lester Horton stu...

Louis, Murray

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American dancer and choreographer; b. 1926. From the description of Murray Louis collection, 1948-1979. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70960212 ...

Beatty, Talley, 1918-1995

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Talley Beatty (22 December 1918 – 29 April 1995) was born in Cedar Grove, Louisiana, a section of Shreveport, but moved with his family as a child to Chicago, Illinois. He is considered one of the greatest African American choreographers. After studying with Katherine Dunham and being associated with her company for several years, Beatty went on do solo work and choreograph his own pieces, which center on the social issues, experiences, and everyday life of African Americans. Beatty began stu...

McGehee, Helen

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Betz, Irma Otte

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Feigenheimer, Irene

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Ku, Ming Shin

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Corey, Mary

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Sutton, Julia

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Rodriguez, Jon

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Rainer, Yvonne, 1934-

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Choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and writer, Yvonne Rainer is celebrated as a pioneer of postmodern dance. Her often experimental and challenging work has been widely influential throughout her long career. From the description of Yvonne Rainer papers, 1933-2006, bulk 1959-2001. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 669289563 Biographical / Historical Note Choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and writer, Yvonne Rain...

Sergeev, Nikolaĭ Grigorʹevich, 1876-1951

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Russian dancer, and choreographer responsible for bringing knowledge of Russian ballet to the West, Sergeev was with the Mariinsky Theatre (1894-1918) as soloist, stage manager, and régisseur. In the West, he revived ballets from the Mariinsky repertoire using the choreographic notations he had brought with him. From the description of Nikolai Sergeev dance notations and music scores for ballets, 1888-1944 (inclusive), 1902-1931 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612379533 ...

Champion, Gower, 1919-1980

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Champion was born in Geneva, IL, June 22, 1919; grew up in Los Angeles, CA; appeared in Broadway musical reviews, including Streets of Paris, Lady comes across, and Count me in, 1939-41; appeared with wife Marjorie Bell (Marjorie Celeste Belcher) as dancing team, Marge and Gower Champion, NYC, 1947; appeared in various movies, including Show Boat, Lovely to look at, Everything I have is yours, Give the girl a break, and Mr. Music; various television appearances on Toast of the town, GE Theatre, ...

Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901

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Pierson, Rosalind

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Blaine, Vera

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Nunlist, Elizabeth M.

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Balanchine, George

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Ballet dancer and ballet and theater choreographer; the major ballet figure in the twentieth century. From the description of Correspondence and contracts, 1949-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533853 George Balanchine (1904-1983) was a Russian-American dancer and choreographer. In 1921 he graduated from the Theatre School in Petrograd. He left Russia in 1924, and the same year he was engaged by Serge Diaghilev as a choreographer for his company Ballet...

Denton, Meg Abbie

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Merce Cunningham dance company

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Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) was an innovative modern dancer, choreographer, and dance company founder. Following two years of formal training and work with the dance company of Martha Graham, Cunningham started his own company in 1953 to experiment with concepts in modern dance. From the description of Merce Cunningham Dance Company photographs of dancers and performances, 1956-1987 (inclusive), 1968-1987 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612259309 From the guide to th...

International Council of Kinetography Laban

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Sergievsky, Orest, 1911-

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Rudko, Doris

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Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942

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Mikhail Fokine, Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and ballet director, was born in St. Petersburg May 5, 1880. He was trained at the Imperial Theatre School, St. Petersburg where he graduated in 1898. He was a dancer and choreographer at the Maryinsky Theatre and teacher at the Imperial Theatre School. His choreography for the Maryinsky included The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova and Le Pavillion d'Armide. From 1909-1912, Fokine was chief choreographer for Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev, p...

Ballet Rambert

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Scott, Marion

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Chicago-born dancer and choreographer Marion Scott studied with Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Helen Tamiris and Daniel Nagrin, José Limón, Hanya Holm, and Anna Sokolow. She performed in the companies of Graham and Humphrey-Weidman, and was a leading dancer in the Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Company from 1955-1965. She was a teaching assistant to both Humphrey and Tamiris, and, in 1963, was made a Doris Humphrey fellow at Connecticut College. In the late 1940's she began performing her...

Alpoku, Albert

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Branitzka, Nathalie

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Moore, Jack

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Ichinohe, Saeko

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Joffrey Ballet

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Collecting area: Records created by the Joffrey Ballet, the Joffrey II, the American Ballet Center, and Robert Joffrey; also records documenting ballet repertory. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511433 Founded in 1956, the Joffrey Ballet is one of the premiere ballet companies in the United States. From the description of Playbills and souvenir programs, 1959-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155476097 ...

Lichine, David

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David Lichine (1910-1972) was a noted choreographer, teacher, and dancer. He was born in Rostov-on-Don, in Russia. His family left Russia during the revolution and settled in Constantinople. He was later sent to Paris for his education, studying dance in Paris with Lubov Egorova and Bronislava Nijinska. He made his debut with Ida Rubinstein's Company in 1928 and with Anna Pavlova's company in 1930. Lichine danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1932 to 1945, wh...

Knust, Albrecht

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Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-

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Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948- ) is a Russian-American dancer, choreographer and actor. Born in Riga, he received his early training at the Vaganova Academy in Leningrad. He joined the Kirov ballet in 1967. Recognizing his talent, Soviet choreographers soon began creating works for him. In 1974 while on tour with the Bolshoi ballet, Baryshnikov moved to Canada and joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. After appearing as a guest artist with several companies, he began dancing with the New Yo...

American Ballet Theater

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Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982

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Eugene Loring was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. From the description of Eugene Loring collection, ca. 1938-1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517370 Dancer, choreographer. From the description of Reminiscences of Eugene Loring : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574179 Eugene Loring, influential American dancer, choreographer, and teacher, is best ...

Schuman, Nona

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Rogers, Helen Priest

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Dancer, teacher. From the description of Reminiscences of Helen Priest Rogers : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451301 ...

Guest, Ann Hutchinson

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Ann Hutchinson Guest, born November 3, 1918 in New York, is an American dancer and dance notator. Her initial dance training began in the mid 1930's at the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall, England. When World War II broke out in Europe, she returned to New York where her continued training included ballet, modern, tap, and ethnic dance. In the 1940's she danced with the Welland Lathrop Company and in Broadway musicals, including One Touch of Venus, Billion Dollar Baby, and Kiss Me, Kate. ...

Katz, Barbara, 1956-

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Taylor, Paul

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