Papers, 1947-1964.

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Papers, 1947-1964.

Most of Miss Moore's research centers on the dance from the late 1800s through the 1960s. Types of materials include records, lists, a few photographs and plates, typed manuscripts, hand-written research notes, a diary, pamphlets, brochures, flyers, clippings, programs, journals, and maps.

105 folders (6 boxes)

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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 ...

Moore, Lillian K.

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Lillian Moore (1911-1967) was a dancer as well as a teacher and writer. She studied ballet under George Balanchine, Alexandra Fedorova-Fokine and others and modern dance under Charles Weidman. After retirement as a dancer in 1954 she began to teach. From the description of Papers, 1947-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122628229 ...

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...

Fedorova, Alexandra, 1884-1972

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Russian-born dancer (sister-in-law of choreographer, Michel Fokine) who lived in Riga, Latvia and later emigrated to the United States where she operated a ballet school in New Jersey. From the description of Papers, 1930-1970. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122486762 Aleksandra Aleksandrovna (Alexandra) Fedorova-Fokine, 1884-1972, Michel Fokine's sister-in-law, graduated from the Maryinsky Ballet School in 1902, and was accepted into the Maryins...