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Modern dance

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1012 Collections and/or Records:

3 Epitaphs

 Item
Identifier: D002.01.0003.0114.00001
Abstract

Three members of the Paul Taylor Dance Company perform in Taylor's dance ''3 Epitaphs.''

Dates: 1977-1991

A Dance to the Bunny Spirit You Released When I Ran You Over With My Car, 1997

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Identifier: D002.01.0004.0049.00004
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Deborah Reshotko, artistic director for the Speaking of Dance dance company, performs in ''A Dance to the Bunny Spirity You Released When I Ran You Over With My Car.''

Dates: 1997

A Stravinsky Montage

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Identifier: D002.01.0003.0083.00007
Abstract

Michael Ballard and Janis Brenner, both of the Murray Louis Dance Company, perform in Murray Louis' dance ''A Stravinsky Montage.''

Dates: 1984

A Tagore Poem, between 1879-1968

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00002
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Ruth St. Denis performs with veena in "A Tagore Poem," choreographed after a visit to Rabindranath Tagore's university in Calcutta.

Dates: between 1879-1968

AcU - Physical Education Modern Dance Photos, 1966-1984

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Identifier: U201.01.0071.0011
Abstract

Contains negatives, black and white images and contact sheets relating to phsyical education modern dance.

Dates: 1966-1984

Alfred Brooks Oral History, 2004 February 25

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Identifier: D009.03.0005.00001
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With the assistance of a former student, Ann Musman Quigley, Alfred Brooks recalls his early years in Kansas City, Mo., and his studies at the Juilliard School. He relates his career with Hanya Holm and her dance troupes, and talks about dancing with Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey. He taught dance in New York with Holm and later with his wife, Maxine Munt, before moving to Denver.

Dates: 2004 February 25

Alfred Brooks Oral History Transcript, 2004

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Identifier: D009.03.0002.0002.00001
Abstract

With the assistance of a former student, Ann Musman Quigley, Alfred Brooks recalls his early years in Kansas City, Mo., and his studies at the Juilliard School. He relates his career with Hanya Holm and her dance troupes, and talks about dancing with Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey. He taught dance in New York with Holm and later with his wife, Maxine Munt, before moving to Denver.

Dates: 2004

Algerian, between 1879-1985

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Identifier: D018.01.0020.00069
Abstract

Ruth St. Denis performs ''Algerian'' in full costume.

Dates: between 1879-1985

Amadeus and Light, 1997

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Identifier: D048.01.0001.0004
Abstract

(1) DVD with written description of short dance piece set to music by Amadeu Wolfgang Mozart.

Dates: 1997

American Ballet Theatre, 1971-1973

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Identifier: D018.01.0003.0002
Abstract

Materials generated by Suzanne Shelton Buckley during her research for her dissertation and manuscript on Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968), a dancer and choreographer who was a seminal figure in modern dance. The dissertation was published by Doubleday in 1981 as Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis.

Dates: 1971-1973