Interview with Donald Saddler. 1978-79.

Osato, Sono, 1919-2018

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Sono Osato (大里 ソノ) was a groundbreaking Japanese-American dancer and actress, who joined the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and later performed with Ballet Theatre, and appeared on Broadway, creating roles in the musicals One Touch of Venus and On the Town. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the oldest of three children of Shoji Osato (1885–1955) and Frances Fitzpatrick (1897–1954). In 1925, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where her father opened a photography studio. In 1927, when she ...

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...

Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976

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Film choreographer; interviewee's full name is William Berkeley Enos. From the description of Reminiscences of Busby Berkeley : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343053 ...

Maracci, Carmelita, 1911-1987

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American dancer, choreographer, and teacher working in ballet and Spanish dance techniques. From the description of Correspondence, 1947-1978, with Agnes de Mille. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485987 Carmelita Maracci, a dancer, choreographer and teacher, was born in Goldfield, Nevada, in 1911, the daughter of a French-German mother and a Spanish-Italian father. Her paternal grandmother came from Montevideo, Uruguay; Maracci was told by her ...

Bolm, Adolf, 1884-1951

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Adolph Bolm (b. Sept. 25, 1884 in St. Petersburg, Russia; d. April 18, 1951 in Hollywood, Calif.) was a ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet master, and dance teacher. From the description of Adolph Bolm collection, 1895-1982 (bulk 1908-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 671239720 Biographical Note Adolph Bolm was born in St. Petersburg in 1884, entered the Imperial Ballet School in 1894, and became a dancer with the M...

Ballet Theatre.

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Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982

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Music composer and philanthropist. From the description of Diaries, [1952?]-1970. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144655065 ...

Saddler, Donald

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Donald Saddler is a choreographer, director, and dancer in the disciplines of film, stage, ballet, and opera. He was born in 1920 in Van Nuys, California and took up dancing in order to recover his strength after a bout of scarlet fever. He spent his high school vacations dancing in the chorus of MGM musicals such as the 1937 production, Rosalie. Saddler was an original member of Ballet Theatre, and danced with the company from 1940-1943 before heading to Alaska for serv...

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 ...

St.Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968

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Ruth St. Denis was an American dancer and dance teacher. From the description of Postcard, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007242 Dancer and faculty member. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1926-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538190 Ruth St. Denis was one of the pioneers of modern dance. She first gained attention dancing with David Belasco's company, an experience which exposed her to European and Asian tradition...

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...

Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986

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Lucia Hosmer Chase Ewing was born March 24, 1897 in Waterbury, Connecticut to Irving Hall Chase, President of Waterbury Clock Company, and Elizabeth Hosmer Kellogg Chase. Lucia was the middle child of five sisters: Marjorie, Eleanor (Mrs. Charles P. Taft), Elizabeth I. (Mrs. John Griffith Davies), and Dorothy (Mrs. Edward Carmody). Lucia was educated at St. Margaret's School and Bryn Mawr College. She then moved to New York City to study theatre at the Theatre Guild Scho...

Mordkin, Mikhail, 1881-1944

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Russian-born ballet dancer who performed with the Ballets Russes and Anna Pavlova and later founded the Mordkin School of Dance in New York. From the description of Papers, ca.1885-1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122408583 Mikhail Mikhailovich Mordkin, Russian dancer and teacher, was born in Moscow on December 9, 1880 into the family of the violinist of the Imperial Theatres. At the age of nine he entered Moscow Imperial Ballet School. Upon ...

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...

Kriza, John, 1919-1975.

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Hunt, Marilyn, 1937-

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Keeler, Ruby

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Introduced Liza in George Gershwin's Show girl. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270896307 ...