Papers, 1950-1980.

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Papers, 1950-1980.

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Scrapbooks, correspondence, programs, resumes, photos, notebooks, and newsclippings. Includes material documenting Girvin's career as a professional ballet dancer in New York in the 1950s and as a dance teacher in the Bay Area in the 1970s at such studios as Menlo Park Academy of Dance, Dimensions Dance Theatre, East Bay Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Academy of Ballet, Shawl/Anderson Dance Center, Classical Ballet Center of Berkeley, Dancer's Repertory Theatre, Sacramento Civic Ballet, and Orinda Academy of Ballet. Dance class notebooks record exercises used in classes at the School of American Ballet, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, the Royal Academy of Dance, the Ballet Theatre, and the Cecchetti Society.

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East Bay Ballet Theatre.

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Dimensions Dance Theatre.

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Orinda Academy of Ballet.

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San Francisco Academy of Ballet.

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Menlo Park Academy of Dance.

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Cecchetti Society

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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

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Sergei Denham (1896-1970) was a Russian-born banker and director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Leonide Massine (1896-1979) was Russian dancer and choreographer and artistic director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. From the description of Records concerning Leonide Massine, 1939-1969 (inclusive), 1942-1954 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557063 The Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo was a company that existed between 1938 and 1962 under the directorship of Sergei...

Dancer's Repertory Theatre.

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Royal Academy of Dance.

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Classical Ballet Center of Berkeley.

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School of American Ballet

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Sacramento Civic Ballet.

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Shawl/Anderson Dance Center.

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Girvin, Charles Frederick, 1935-

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Professional ballet dancer and teacher. Received early training in ballet from Dean Crockett in Sacramento and studied at the School of American Ballet from 1953-1957. Performed with the New York City Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre. Retired from dancing in 1957 and worked for the U.S. Coast Guard and various freight businesses. Became active as a dance teacher in the Bay Area in the 1970s. From the description of Papers, 1950-1980. (Museum of Performa...