Belknap Collection, Theatre and theatre groups 1962- : Kennedy Center.

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Belknap Collection, Theatre and theatre groups 1962- : Kennedy Center.

The collection begins with newsletters dating back to 1962, 9 years before the center opened its doors, detailing plans to build the center, simply called "The National Cultural Center" until Jan. 23, 1964 when President Johnson signed an act to make it the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Clippings, pamphlets, press releases, and broadside flyers suppliment this collection of emphemera relative to the Center.

2 boxes (3 lin. ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7780281

University of Florida

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George A. Smathers Libraries. Dept. of Special and Area Studies Collections.

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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)

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Free to Dance: The African-American Presence in Modern Dance was a three-part television documentary co-produced by the American Dance Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York. The series aired on PBS' Great Performances: Dance in America in 2001 and won an Emmy for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming-Long Form. It chronicled the role of African-American choreographers and dancers in the development of moder...

Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts

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