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Modern dance

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1012 Collections and/or Records:

Wigman Class, 1935

 Item
Identifier: D109.0001.0001.00007
Abstract Photograph of students attending a Wigman class. Charlotte is seated in front, second from left. Inventory description provided: "My mother sent me to Desden, Germany to leard modern dance from Mary Wigman. It was a pretty amazing experience for a 17-year old from Oklahoma. My family said I could stay longer than the summer if I wanted- in those days people didn't dash across the ocean, and I was going at great sacrific to my parents. But then I found that in order to graduate, dancers had...
Dates: 1935
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D109, Charlotte York Irey Papers / Box 1: Scrapbook, Photos, Wedding, and Memorial Material / Scrapbook

Wigman, Mary, 1952-1961

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Identifier: D002.01.0004.0107
Abstract

Photographs of modern dance pioneer Mary Wigman at rehearsals.

Dates: 1952-1961
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D002, The Dance Archive Photograph Collection / Photographs / Box 4: Jerome Robbins - George Zoritch

Wilcox, Martha

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Identifier: D002.01.0004.0079
Abstract

Photograph of modern dancer Martha Wilcox in the studio.

Dates: Date Unknown
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D002, The Dance Archive Photograph Collection / Photographs / Box 5: Oversize Photographs

With My Red Fires

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0111.00004
Abstract

Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and the ensemble perform together in ''With My Red Fires.''

Dates: Date Unknown
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D002, The Dance Archive Photograph Collection / Photographs / Box 2: Danca Nova - Gelsey Kirkland / Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958

Yogi, 1908

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Identifier: D018.01.0020.00033
Abstract

Ruth St. Denis performs ''Yogi.''

Dates: 1908
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D018, Suzanne Shelton Buckley Papers on Ruth St. Denis and Other Dance Subjects / Research on Ruth St. Denis / Box 20: Photographs

Yogi, 1908

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Identifier: D018.01.0020.00034
Abstract

Ruth St. Denis performs ''Yogi.''

Dates: 1908
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D018, Suzanne Shelton Buckley Papers on Ruth St. Denis and Other Dance Subjects / Research on Ruth St. Denis / Box 20: Photographs

Yogi, between 1879-1985

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Identifier: D018.01.0020.00039
Abstract

Ruth St. Denis performs in ''The Yogi.'

Dates: between 1879-1985
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D018, Suzanne Shelton Buckley Papers on Ruth St. Denis and Other Dance Subjects / Research on Ruth St. Denis / Box 20: Photographs

Yogi, 1954

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Identifier: D018.01.0020.00040
Abstract

Ruth St. Denis performs ''The Yogi'' at the Jacob's Pillow Theatre in 1954.

Dates: 1954
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D018, Suzanne Shelton Buckley Papers on Ruth St. Denis and Other Dance Subjects / Research on Ruth St. Denis / Box 20: Photographs

Young Girl Dances Outside, circa 1950

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Identifier: M272.01.0001.0003.00013
Abstract

A dance student at the University of Denver (DU) Lamont School of Music Dance Department leaps through the air in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1950
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M272, Sears Family Papers / Photographs / Box 1: Vera Sears Photographs / Vera- Dance Students

Young Girls are Instructed in a Dance Class, 1952

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0007.00029
Abstract

Vera Sears (not pictured) instructs a group of young girls at the Children's Dance Theatre at the Lamont School of Music in Denver, Colorado. Lucy Brooks (left), daughter of Carolyn Durand Brooks and Marshall Brooks, and Melissa Weller (right) are pictured.

Dates: 1952
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D025, Marshall and Carolyn Durand Brooks Photography and Dance Collection / Photographs / Box 1: Photographs / Photographs

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