Boyette, William Lawrence

Abstract The Larry Boyette Papers and Photograph Collection primarily contain an assortment of photographs: performance, studio and candids, relating to Boyette's career as a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet (ca.1947-1956), the (American) Ballet Theatre (1957-1959), and photographs from Boyette's tenure as an instructor of dance in his own Ballet Arts Studios in Denver and Boulder (1959-1984) and at the University of Colorado. The collection also includes personal photographs (taken by...

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This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings that are about or related to Larry Boyette and his tenure as a dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and when he was an instructor and director at the Ballet Arts Theater in Colorado.

Scope and Contents This series contains personal and professionally related photographs of Boyette's time as a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet (ca.1945-ca.1955) and (American) Ballet Theater (1956-1959). Included in this category are numerous signed portraits of important opera singers from the Metropolitan Opera and dancers from (American) Ballet Theatre. Additionally, there is a large assortment of candid photographs or "snapshots" from when Boyette was living in New York City and while on tour...

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This series contains administrative documents and production programs from the Ballet Arts Center and programs relating to Larry's tenure as a professional dancer.

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This series contains three scrapbooks, they include; photographs from his tenure at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and American Ballet Theater, photographs from Larry's 78th birthday celebration (2003), and a memorial scrapbook from Larry's celebration of life.