Papers, 1955-1980.

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Papers, 1955-1980.

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Consists of materials used by Weller in her teaching of ballet, including course syllabi and recordings as well as choreography and music. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence between Weller and other members of the dance community, including Cyril Beaumont, Ivor Guest, Rudy Jenkins, Monty Morris, Patricia Schuster, Walter Toscanini, and George Zoritch. Also includes programs from various ballet companies and a few photographs, among other items.

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Weller, Gladys Lasky, 1922-1988.

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Gladys Lasky Weller, ballet teacher, choreographer, and dance scholar, came to the United States in 1954 from London, England, after years of classical training at the Royal Ballet School, La Scala, and with the Royal Danish Ballet. She opened a dance studio in Macon, Georgia, in 1956 and founded the Macon Ballet Guild. She was a lifelong member of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Imperial Society of Dance Teachers, as well as a director of Dance Masters of America. She was elected to member...

Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971

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Cia Fornaroli was a prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher and director, and Walter Toscanini was a dance historian, collector and curator, primarily in Milan and New York. Lucia Fornaroli Toscanini (b Oct 16, 1888, Milan Italy; d Aug 16, 1954, New York, NY), wife of Walter Toscanini and daughter of Giovanni Fornaroli and Santina Volonté, better known as Cia Fornaroli, was a disciple of the Academy of Dance of Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Instructed by Adelaide Vignanò...

Macon Ballet Guild.

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Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976

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Zoritch, George, 1917-2009

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Morris, Monty,

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Guest, Ivor Forbes.

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Schuster, Patricia

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Jenkins, Rudy,

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