Amata Grassi papers, 1881-1975.

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Amata Grassi papers, 1881-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58465119

This collection contains personal documents relating to Grassi and her family, correspondence between her and her husbands and friends, a number of photographs of Amata's family and of her trips, a phonograph record, and a collection of home movies.

3 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7765762

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Grassi, Amata

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Amata Grassi was born in New York on June 1, 1894. Originally named Anna Beatrice Koch she chose her stage name after her mother, Caroline Grasse (1837-1917). Amata Grassi began her dancing career with Anna Pavlova in 1917. In the following year, while touring in Buenos Aires, she met her future first husband, Chester Hale (Chamberlin). Soon after they left the famous dancer to form their own company. She also danced with the Adolph Bolm Ballet Intime and the Chicago Opera Co., toured in vaudevi...