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Modern dance

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1049 Collections and/or Records:

Container 25: Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum

 File — Frame D049.0025: Series D049.01; Series D049.04 [Barcode: U186019761710]
Identifier: D049.01.0025
Abstract

Two (2) framed posters, both autographed by performers: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum; David Taylor Dance Theatre The Nutcracker, December 18-23, 2008.

Dates: 1990-2019

Container 25: The Nutcracker, 2008

 File — Frame D049.0025: Series D049.01; Series D049.04 [Barcode: U186019761710]
Identifier: D049.04.0025
Abstract

Two (2) framed posters, both autographed by performers: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum; David Taylor Dance Theatre The Nutcracker, December 18-23, 2008.

Dates: 2008

Correspondence, 1960

 Series
Identifier: D043.01
Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence on bibliographic material requested by a newspaper and correspondance from Ted Shawn.

Dates: 1960

Cranbourne, Nancy, 2020

 File
Identifier: D009.19.0007.0019
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains mp4s and release forms for the 2020 Legends of Dance honorees: Judy Bejarano, Nancy Cranbourne, Jan Justis, Chandra Kuykendall, Maria Vazquez, and John "Mr. Tap" Williams.

Dates: 2020

Credo

 Series
Identifier: D043.02
Scope and Contents

This series contains one single document titled, "Credo" written by Ted Shawn.

Dates: 1910-1990

Cuardo Flamenco, 1923

 Item
Identifier: D018.01.0006.00059
Abstract

Ruth St. Denis performs 'Cuardo Flamenco' with other dancers in 1923. Left to right, Ted Shawn, Martha Hardy, Pauline Lawrence, George Steares, Louise Brooks, Ann Douglas, Charles Wiedman, Ruth St. Denis as La Gitana, Leanore Sheffer, Doris Humphrey, J. Roy Busclark, unidentified girl, Therea Sadowska and Robert Gorham.

Dates: 1923

Cuningham, Merce (Mercier Philip) 1919-

 File
Identifier: D002.01.0001.0103
Abstract

Photographs of dancer and choreographer Merce Cuningham performing his own dances.

Dates: Date Unknown

'Current Biography' By Ruth St. Denis, Poems, 1963

 File
Identifier: D018.01.0003.0005
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: 1963

Dance

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Identifier: D002.01.0003.0015.00001
Abstract

The Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians perform in the show ''Dance.''

Dates: 1945

Dance Clippings: Maxine P. Munt, 1937-1946

 Item
Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001
Abstract Scrapbook created by Maxine Munt, a dancer and dance educator who studied at the Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Teachers at Bennington included Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, and Martha Graham. Munt went on to teach modern dance at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Adelphi College (later Adelphi University) in Long Island, New York, Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, and at Colorado College in...
Dates: 1937-1946