Scrapbooks. 1929-50.

Marmein, Miriam, 1897-1970

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Miriam Marmein was a 20th century vaudeville dancer who went on to operate several dancing schools in Boston and New York City. She was a member of the Marmein Dancers, a trio composed of Miriam and her sisters, Phyllis and Irene Marmein. ...

Enters, Angna, 1897-1989

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Angna Enters (born 1897, Anita Enters) was a dancer, mime, and visual artist, performed solo productions such as “The Theater of Angna Enters,” “Pagan Greece,” and “Episodes” from 1924 through the end of the 1960s, most prolifically from 1924-1939, choreographing, designing, and performing all parts. (Enters is sometimes stated to have been born in 1907; this was the birthdate she used but she was born in 1897.) Enters was born in New York City and graduated from North Division High School in M...

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972

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In 1915 they founded the first Denishawn school in Los Angeles with the intent of providing students with a diversified dance education. They believed that a dancer should learn all styles of dance rather than concentrating on one form; therefore, they offered classes in ballet, modern, ethnic, and creative dance. Within a few years Shawn and Miss St. Denis had established Denishawn schools throughout the United States. They built up an extensive repertory of spiritual, ethnic, character, and “m...

Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929

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Serge Diaghilev was a Russian ballet impresario, the founder, producer and artistic director of Ballets Russes. In his late years he turned to book and manuscript collecting. He built up a collection of rare Russian printed books, manuscripts and scores. From the description of Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938 (inclusive), 1925-1929 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80095680 From the guide to the Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938...

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...

Karsavina, Tamara

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Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927

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Isadora Duncan was a dancer and dance teacher who is credited with inventing what came to be known as Modern Dance. From the description of The Isadora Duncan papers. 1904-1927. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 191855381 American dancer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873291 Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) was born 27 May 1878 in San Francisc...

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958

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Ann Hutchinson Guest, born November 3, 1918 in New York, is an American dancer and dance notator. Her initial dance training began in the mid 1930's at the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall, England. When World War II broke out in Europe, she returned to New York where her continued training included ballet, modern, tap, and ethnic dance. In the 1940's she danced with the Welland Lathrop Company and in Broadway musicals, including One Touch of Venus, Billion Dollar Baby, and Kiss Me, Kate. ...

Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981

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Russian-American dancer and teacher. From the description of Papers, ca. 1919-1981. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122576181 Felia Doubrovska (Felizata Dlouzhnevska, Dluzhnevska), 1896-1981,was born in Russia and was trained at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, graduating in 1913. She then joined the Maryinsky Ballet . In 1920 she left for Europe and danced with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, where George Balanchine created roles for her...

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...

Martin, John joseph, 1893-

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"John Martin (1893-1985) was the first critic to write full-time for a major American publication. His appointment to The New York Times demonstrated the importance of dance and hastened the development of dance criticism as an independent, specialized skill. As a tireless champion of modern dance, he helped establish it as a major American contribution to the arts. With remarkable foresight, after a period of disillusionment with the ballet, he predicted the course it could and did follow in re...

Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972

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Argentinita, 1898-1945

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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 ...

Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986

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Russian dancer and choreographer. From the description of Serge Lifar autograph letter to Leonide Massine, ca. 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 370392712 Serge Lifar, dancer, choreographer and author, was born in Kiev, Russia in 1905. He studied with Bronislava Nijinska, who brought him to Paris in 1923 where he joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He became a protege of Diaghilev, was named premiere danseur in 1925, and remained with the company through it s last season i...

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 ...

Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1889-1950.

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