Guide to the Dance Photograph Collection

Processed by Emma Kheradyar.
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Phone: (949) 824-3947
Fax: (949) 824-2472
Email: spcoll@uci.edu
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© 1997
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Dance Photograph Collection

Collection number: MS-P021

Special Collections and Archives



The UCI Libraries

University of California

Irvine, California

Contact Information

  • Special Collections and Archives
  • The UCI Libraries
  • P.O. Box 19557
  • University of California
  • Irvine, California 92623-9557
  • Phone: (949) 824-3947
  • Fax: (949) 824-2472
  • Email: spcoll@uci.edu
  • URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
Processed by:
Emma Kheradyar
Date Completed:
July 1997
Encoded by:
James Ryan
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Dance Photograph Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1906-1970
Collection number: MS-P021
Extent: Number of containers: 5 document boxes

Linear feet: 2
Repository: University of California, Irvine. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: The Dance Photograph Collection is comprised of publicity images, taken by commercial photographers and stamped with credit lines. Items date from 1906 to 1970. The images, all silver gelatin, document the repertoires of six major companies; choreographers' original works, primarily in modern and post-modern dance; and individual, internationally known dancers in some of their significant roles. The UCI Library created the Dance Photograph Collection by combining purchased items with photographs donated by Olga Maynard.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.

Preferred Citation

Dance Photograph Collection. MS-P 21. Special Collections and Archives, The UCI Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Acquisition Information

The UCI Library created the Dance Photograph Collection by combining purchased items with photographs donated by Olga Maynard.

Processing History

Roger Berry compiled and arranged the collection during the 1970's and 1980's. Fully processed by Emma Kheradyar in July 1997. Guide edited by Laura Clark Brown.

Scope and Content

The Dance Photograph Collection is comprised of publicity images, taken by commercial photographers and stamped with credit lines. Items date from 1906 to 1970. The images, all silver gelatin, document the repertoires of six major companies; choreographers' original works, primarily in modern and post-modern dance; and individual, internationally known dancers in some of their significant roles.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into three series: 1. Dance Companies, 2. Individual Choreographers, and 3. Individual Dancers.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968--Photographs.
American Ballet Theatre--Photographs.
Ballet Society (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs.
Denishawn School of Dancing--Photographs.
New York City Ballet--Photographs.
Kongelige Danske Ballet--Photographs.
Sadlers Wells Ballet--Photographs.
Dance--Archival resources.
Dance--Photographs.
Modern dance--Photographs.
Dancers--Photographs.
Ballet companies--Photographs.
Dance companies--Photographs.

Genres and Forms of Material

Photographic prints.

Occupations

Choreographers.
Dancers.

Index Terms Related to this Collection

Maynard, Olga, former owner.
Online Archive of California.


 

MS-P21 Series 1:  Dance Companies, 1906-1970 and undated

Series 1

Extent: 1.4 linear ft.

Series Scope and Content

The Dance Companies series contains primarily performance photographs for six ballet companies: Ballet Society, (American) Ballet Theatre, Denishawn, New York City Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and Sadler's Wells Ballet.

Arrangement

Performance and non-performance photographs for each dance company have been separated in this series. Performance photographs are arranged alphabetically by the title of the work. Dates of the photographs, when known, have been provided for each work along with a list of identified dancers.
Box 1, Folder 1-4

Ballet Society, 1946-1948

Box 1, Folder 1-3

Performance photographs

Box 1, Folder 1

Divertimento

Box 1, Folder 2

Highland Fling

Box 1, Folder 3

Symphonie Concertante

Box 1, Folder 4

Rehearsal photographs

Box 1, Folder 5-25

(American) Ballet Theatre, 1938-1955

Box 1, Folder 5-24

Performance photographs

Box 1, Folder 5

Aleko

Scope and Content Note

  • Eglevsky, Andre
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Kriza, John
Box 1, Folder 6

Billy the Kid

Scope and Content Note

  • Koesun, Ruth Ann
  • Kriza, John
Box 1, Folder 7

Bluebeard

Scope and Content Note

  • Banks, Margaret
  • Baronova, Irina
  • Chase, Lucia
  • Dolin, Anton
  • Eckl, Shirley
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Markova, Alicia
  • Nello, David
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Romanov, Dimitri
  • Semenoff, Simon
  • Skibine, George
Box 1, Folder 8

Caprichos

Scope and Content Note

  • Koesun, Ruth Ann
  • Kriza, John
Box 1, Folder 9

Dim Lustre

Scope and Content Note

  • Kaye, Nora
  • Tudor, Anthony
Box 1, Folder 10

Don Quixote

Scope and Content Note

  • Serrano, Lupe
Box 1, Folder 11

Fancy Free

Scope and Content Note

  • Reed, Janet
  • Robbins, Jerome
Box 1, Folder 12

Gala Performance

Scope and Content Note

  • Alonzo, Alicia
  • Baronova, Irina
  • Conrad, Karen
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Lloyd, Barbara
  • Moylan, Mary Ellen
Box 1, Folder 13

Gift of the Magi

Box 1, Folder 13

Ballet is Born

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Bentley, Muriel
  • Foss, Lucas (composer)
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Kriza, John
  • Semenoff, Simon
  • Tallchief, Maria
Box 1, Folder 14

Goyescus

Box 1, Folder 15

Graduation Ball

Scope and Content Note

  • Koesun, Ruth Ann
  • Lloyd, Barbara
Box 1, Folder 16

Helen of Troy

Scope and Content Note

  • Robbins, Jerome
Box 1, Folder 17

Offenbach in the Underworld

Scope and Content Note

  • Kaye, Nora
  • Koesun, Ruth Ann
  • Kriza, John
Box 1, Folder 18

On Stage

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Risika, Cynthia
  • Sahi, Rozika
Box 1, Folder 19

Pillar of Fire

Scope and Content Note

  • Chase, Lucia
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Koesun, Ruth Ann
  • Laing, Hugh
  • Tudor, Anthony
Box 1, Folder 20

Princess Aurora

Scope and Content Note

  • Baronova, Irina
  • Dolin, Anton
  • Gibson, Ian
  • Lyon, Annabelle
  • Popva, Nina
  • Skibine, George
  • Toumanova, Tamara
Box 1, Folder 21

Rodeo

Scope and Content Note

  • Horn, Catherine
  • Kriza, John
Box 1, Folder 22

Romeo and Juliet

Scope and Content Note

  • Laing, Hugh
  • Markova, Alicia
  • Tudor, Anthony
Box 1, Folder 23

Undertow

Scope and Content Note

  • Gollner, Nana
  • Kidd, Michael
  • Laing, Hugh
  • Lanese, Lillian
  • Tallchief, Marjorie
Box 1, Folder 24

Waltz Academy

Scope and Content Note

  • Alonso, Ferdinando
  • Kavan, Albia
  • Lang, Harold
Box 1, Folder 25

Non-performance photographs

Scope and Content Note

  • Banks, Margaret
  • Bruhn, Erik
  • Chase, Lucia
  • Johnson, Gale F.
  • Karnilova, Maria
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Koesun, Ruth Ann
  • Morris, June
  • Oswald, Doreen
  • Reed, Janet
  • Serrano, Lupe
  • Whitney, Fern
  • Wiley, Alexander (Senator)
  • Wise, Irma
Box 1, Folder 26-61

Denishawn, 1906-1939

Box 1, Folder 26-35

Ruth St. Denis, 1906-1917

Box 1, Folder 26-33

Performance photographs

Box 1, Folder 26

Bakawali

Box 1, Folder 27

The Colbras, 1906

Box 1, Folder 28

Egypta, 1910

Box 1, Folder 29

Incense, 1906

Box 1, Folder 30

O-Mika, 1913

Box 1, Folder 31

Peacock

Box 1, Folder 32

Radha, 1904 and 1906

Box 1, Folder 33

Siamese Ballet

Box 1, Folder 34-35

Non-performance photographs

Box 1, Folder 36-49

Denishawn Dance Company, 1915-1929

Box 1, Folder 36-45

Performance photographs

Box 1, Folder 36

Egyptian Ballet

Box 1, Folder 36

1915 performance

Scope and Content Note

  • Andrews, Florence
  • Denipites, Carol
  • Forman, Ada
  • Loomis, Margaret
  • Monzan, Chule
  • Niles, Claire
  • Shawn, Ted
  • Siwnand, Yvonne
  • St. Denis, Ruth
  • Staff, Vanda
Box 1, Folder 36

1916 performance

Scope and Content Note

  • Day, Ernestine
  • Shawn, Ted
  • St. Denis, Ruth
Box 1, Folder 37

Jurgen, 1929

Scope and Content Note

  • Allen, Beatrice
  • Austin, Anna
  • Beck, Regina
  • Chace, Marian
  • Dennis, Estelle
  • Lorens, Olive
  • Shawn, Ted
  • St. Denis, Ruth
Box 1, Folder 38

The Lamp, 1928

Scope and Content Note

  • Allen, Beatrice
  • Austin, Anna
  • Chace, Miriam
  • Day, Ernest
  • Dennis, Estelle
  • Douglas, Anna
  • Duncan, Lillian
  • Griggs, Campbell
  • Schaefer, Buddy
  • Symiton, Doro
Box 1, Folder 39

Mysteries of Dionysus, 1920

Scope and Content Note

  • Shawn, Ted
  • Denishawn dancers
Box 1, Folder 40

Quadro Flamenco, 1923

Scope and Content Note

  • Brooks
  • Douglas
  • Gorham
  • Graham, Geordie
  • Hardy
  • Humphrey
  • Lawrence
  • Sadowska
  • Scheffer
  • Weidman
Box 1, Folder 41

Sevillianas or Pas de Quatres, ca. 1925

Scope and Content Note

  • Graham, Geordie
  • Shawn, Ted
  • Weidman, Charles
Box 1, Folder 42

Spanish Impressions, 1922 or 1923

Scope and Content Note

  • Shawn, Ted
  • St. Denis, Ruth
Box 1, Folder 43

Straussiana, 1925

Scope and Content Note

  • Day, Ernestine
  • Douglas, Anne
  • Shawn, Ted
  • St. Denis, Ruth
  • Weidman, Charles
Box 1, Folder 44

Tillers of the Soil, 1916

Scope and Content Note

  • Shawn, Ted
  • St. Denis, Ruth
Box 1, Folder 45

Vision of the Aissova, 1924

Scope and Content Note

  • Denishawn dancers
  • Shawn, Ted
  • St. Denis, Ruth
Box 1, Folder 46-49

Non-performance photographs, 1922-1927

Scope and Content Note

  • Portrait of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, Japan, 1927
  • The company in Tokyo, 1925
  • Ted Shawn and Denishawn dancers at Al Mariarden (Denishawn School, Peterborough, New York, 1922
  • Denishawn House, New York, 1927
Box 1, Folder 50-61

Ted Shawn, 1921-1939

Box 1, Folder 50-59

Performance photographs

Box 1, Folder 50

Birth of the Soul, 1939

Box 1, Folder 51

Death of Adams

Box 1, Folder 52

Church Services

Box 1, Folder 53

Four American Sketches, 1922

Box 1, Folder 54

Gnossienne, 1923

Box 1, Folder 55

Jurgen

Box 1, Folder 56

Malagueña, 1921

Scope and Content Note

  • Graham, Martha
  • Shawn, Ted
Box 1, Folder 57

Savage Dagger Dance

Box 1, Folder 58

Tango Tears

Box 1, Folder 59

Xochitl

Scope and Content Note

  • Graham, Martha
  • Shawn, Ted
Box 1, Folder 60-61

Non-performance photographs

Box 1, Folder 60

Ted Shawn portraits

Box 1, Folder 61

Ted Shawn with pupils, 1928

Box 2-3, Folder 1-54/1-7

New York City Ballet, 1948-1955

Box 2-3, Folder 1-54/1-6

Performance photographs

Box 2, Folder 1

Allegro Brillante

Scope and Content Note

  • Fallis, Barbara
  • George, Carloyn
  • Magallenes, Nicholas
  • Milberg, Barbara
  • Mitchel, Arthur
  • Rapp, Richard
  • Tallchief, Maria
  • Vasquez, Roland
  • Walczak, Barbara
  • Watts, Jonathon
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 2

Afternoon of the Faun

Scope and Content Note

  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Moncion, Francisco
Box 2, Folder 3

Agon

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Mitchel, Arthur
  • Tobias, Roy
  • Watts, Jonathon
Box 2, Folder 4

Age of Anxiety

Scope and Content Note

  • Robbins, Jerome
Box 2, Folder 5

Á la Françaix

Scope and Content Note

  • Eglevsky, Andre
Box 2, Folder 6

Apollo

Scope and Content Note

  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 7

Arcade

Scope and Content Note

  • Farrell, Suzanne
  • Mitchel, Arthur
Box 2, Folder 8

Bourrée Fantastique

Scope and Content Note

  • Bliss, Herbert
  • Bolender, Todd
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Reed, Janet
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 9

The Cage

Scope and Content Note

  • Kaye, Nora
  • Magalanes, Nicholas
  • Mousney, Yvonne
Box 2, Folder 10

Cake Walk

Scope and Content Note

  • Bliss, Herbert
  • Hobi, Fred
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Mousney, Yvonne
  • Tompkins
Box 2, Folder 11

Caracole

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Eglevsky, Andre
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
  • Tallchief, Maria
  • Williams, Jilliana
Box 2, Folder 12

The Card Party

Scope and Content Note

  • Eglevsky, Andre
  • Moncion, Francisco
Box 2, Folder 13

Concerto Barocco

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
Box 2, Folder 14

Divertimento no. 12

Scope and Content Note

  • Blum, Anthony
  • Bruhn, Erik
  • Lland, Micheal
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 15

The Duel, 1951

Scope and Content Note

  • Dollar, William
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Moncion, Fransisco
Box 2, Folder 16

Electronics

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
Box 2, Folder 17

Episodes

Scope and Content Note

  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Graham, Martha
  • Wilson, Sallie
Box 2, Folder 18

Fanfare

Scope and Content Note

  • Mousney, Yvonne
Box 2, Folder 19

Filling Station

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Reed, Janet
Box 2, Folder 20

Firebird

Scope and Content Note

  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Maule, Michael
  • Moncion, Francisco
  • Tallchief, Maria
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 21

The Five Gifts

Scope and Content Note

  • Millberg, Barbara
Box 2, Folder 22

The Four Temperaments

Box 2, Folder 23

La Glorie

Scope and Content Note

  • Kaye, Nora
  • Laing, Hugh
Box 2, Folder 24

Gounod Symphony

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Jeanne, Marie
  • Prokovsky, Andre
Box 2, Folder 25

Illuminations

Scope and Content Note

  • Laing, Hugh
  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Milberg, Barbara
  • Paul, Mimi
  • Tallchief, Maria
Box 2, Folder 26

Interplay

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Lland, Micheal
  • Tobias, Roy
Box 2, Folder 27

Jones Beach, March 28, 1951

Scope and Content Note

  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
Box 2, Folder 28

Lady of the Camellias

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Laing, Hugh
Box 2, Folder 29

Liebeslieder Walzer

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Carter, Bill
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
  • McBride, Patricia
  • Verdy, Violette
  • Watts, Jonathan
Box 2, Folder 30

Medea

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Mitchel, Arthur
  • Verdy, Violette
Box 2, Folder 31

Metamorphosis

Scope and Content Note

  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
Box 2, Folder 32

Modern Jazz Variations

Box 2, Folder 33

Monumentum Pro Gesualdo

Box 2, Folder 34

Movements for Piano and Orchestra, ca. 1963

Scope and Content Note

  • Barnett, Robert
  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Gavin, Gloria
  • Kirchala, Leslie
  • Meary, Patricia
  • Shire, Ellen
  • Van Aroldingan, Karen
Box 2, Folder 35

Native Dancers

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 36

The Nutcracker

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Barnett, Robert
  • Bliss, Herbert
  • Bolender, Todd
  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Eglevsky, Andre
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
  • Reed, Janet
  • Wilde, Patricia
  • Jacques d'Amboise, press releases
Box 2, Folder 37

Orpheus

Scope and Content Note

  • Elglevsky, Andre
  • Tallchief, Maria
Box 2, Folder 38

Pas de Deux

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Tallchief, Maria
Box 2, Folder 39

Pas de Deux Romantique

Scope and Content Note

  • Bliss, Herbert
  • Kai, Una
Box 2, Folder 40

Pas de Trois

Scope and Content Note

  • Elglevsky, Andre
  • Green, Judith
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Tallchief, Maria
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 41

Pas de Dix

Box 2, Folder 42

Picnic at Yintagel, August 23, 1953

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Moncion, Francisco
  • Mousney, Yvonne
Box 2, Folder 43

Pied Piper

Scope and Content Note

  • Todd Bolender
Box 2, Folder 44

Prodigal Son

Scope and Content Note

  • Laing, Hugh
  • Moncion, Francisco
  • Mousney, Yvonne
Box 2, Folder 45

Quator

Scope and Content Note

  • Maiodano, Robert
  • Paul, Mimi
Box 2, Folder 46

Raymonda Variations

Scope and Content Note

  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 47

Roma

Scope and Content Note

  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
Box 2, Folder 48

Scotch Symphony

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Elglevsky, Andre
  • Tobias, Roby
  • Tallchief, Maria
  • Walczak, Barbara
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 2, Folder 49

Serenade

Scope and Content Note

  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Walczak, Barbara
Box 2, Folder 50

The Seven Deadly Sins

Scope and Content Note

  • Kent, Allegra
  • Lenya, Lotte
  • Tobias, Roy
Box 2, Folder 51

Souvenirs

Box 2, Folder 52

Stars and Stripes

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Mitchel, Arthur
Box 2, Folder 53

Still Point

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Hayden, Melissa
Box 2, Folder 54

Sylvia: Pas de Deux

Scope and Content Note

  • Eglevsky, Andre
  • Tallchief, Maria
Box 3, Folder 1

Symphonie Concertante

Scope and Content Note

  • Adams, Diana
  • Bolender, Todd
  • Leclerq, Tanaquil
  • Tallchief, Maria
Box 3, Folder 2

Swan Lake

Scope and Content Note

  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Watts, Jonathan
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 3, Folder 3

Tyl Ulenspiegel, March 3, 1953

Scope and Content Note

  • Hobi, Frank
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Tompkins, Beatrice
Box 3, Folder 4

La Valse

Scope and Content Note

  • Bliss, Herbert
  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • Moncion, Francisco
  • Rodham, Robert
  • Tobias, Roby
Box 3, Folder 5

Waltz Scherzo

Box 3, Folder 6

Western Symphony

Scope and Content Note

  • Bliss, Howard
  • Bolender, Todd
  • Leclercq, Tanaquil
  • George, Caroline
  • Hayden, Melissa
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
  • Walczak, Barbara
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 3, Folder 7

Portraits of individual dancers

Scope and Content Note

  • Bliss, Howard
  • Bolender, Todd
  • Bruhn, Erik
  • Christensen, Lew
  • d'Amboise, Jacques
  • Dollar, William
  • Eglevsky, Andre
  • Fallis, Barbara
  • George, Carolyn
  • Hobi, Frank
  • Jeanne Marie
  • Kaye, Nora
  • Kent, Allegra
  • Laing, Hugh
  • Moncion, Francisco
  • Mousney, Yvonne
  • Reed, Janet
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Stowell, Kent
  • Tobias, Roby
  • Tomkins, Beatrice
  • Wilde, Patricia
Box 3, Folder 8-23

Royal Danish Ballet, dates are unknown

Box 3, Folder 8-23

Performance photographs

Box 3, Folder 8

Apollon Musagetes

Scope and Content Note

  • Kronstam, Henning
  • Mollerup, Mette
  • Monakill
  • Peterson, Kirsten
  • Simone, Kristen
  • Thornberg, Vivi
Box 3, Folder 9

Blood Wedding

Box 3, Folder 10

Carmen

Scope and Content Note

  • Andersen, Verner
  • Bjornsson, Fredbjorn
  • Flindt, Flemming
  • Kehlet, Niels
  • Kronstam, Henning
  • Petersen, Kirsten
  • Sand, Inge
  • Simone, Kristen
Box 3, Folder 11

Coppelia

Scope and Content Note

  • Andersen, Ruth
  • Bjorn Larsen, Niels
  • Bjornsson, Fredbjorn
  • Sand, Inge
  • Vessel, Paul
  • Williams, Stanley
Box 3, Folder 12

Fanfare and Flower Festival at Genzano

Box 3, Folder 13

Graduation Ball, ca. 1956

Scope and Content Note

  • Melchert, Arne
  • Rode, Lizzie
  • Sand, Inge
Box 3, Folder 14

Konservatoriet

Scope and Content Note

  • Petersen, Kristen
  • Raun, Hanne Marie
  • Schaufuss, Frank
Box 3, Folder 15

Miss Julie

Box 3, Folder 16

Moon Reindeer

Scope and Content Note

  • Fatum, Ole
  • Flindt, Flemming
  • Ostergaard, Solveig
  • Raun, Hanne Marie
Box 3, Folder 17

Napoli

Scope and Content Note

  • Andersen, Ruth
  • Bauer, Elin
  • Bjornsson, Fredbjorn
  • Mollerup, Mette
  • Ralov, Kirsten
  • Schanfuss, Kate
  • Segerkog, Viveka
  • Thornberg, Vivi
Box 3, Folder 18

Romeo and Juliet

Scope and Content Note

  • Bjornsson, Fredbjorn
  • Flindt, Flemming
  • Petersen, Kristen
  • Schaufuss, Frank
  • Williams, Stanley
Box 3, Folder 19

Serenade

Scope and Content Note

  • Andersen, Ruth
  • Aoado, Kjed
  • Vanqpoa, Mona
Box 3, Folder 20

La Sonnambula

Scope and Content Note

  • Bjornsson, Fredbjorn
  • Jensen, Svend Erik
  • Kronstam, Henning
  • Sand, Inge
  • Schanne, Margrethe
  • Vangsas, Mona
Box 3, Folder 21

La Sylphide

Scope and Content Note

  • Flindt, Flemming
  • Jensen, Svend Erik
  • Kronstam, Henning
  • Larsen, Neils Bjorn
Box 3, Folder 22

Whims of Cupid

Box 3, Folder 23

Unidentified dance

Box 3, Folder 23

Non-performance photographs

Box 4, Folder 1-22

Sadler's Wells Ballet, 1933-1970

Scope and Content Note

Includes works performed as the Royal Ballet after the 1947 charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I
Box 4, Folder 1-21

Performance photographs

Box 4, Folder 1

Apparitions

Scope and Content Note

  • Fonteyn, Margot
  • Helpmann, Robert
Box 4, Folder 2

Checkmate

Scope and Content Note

  • Grey, Beryl
  • May, Pamela
  • Turner, Harold
Box 4, Folder 3

Cinderella

Scope and Content Note

  • Ashton, Frederick
  • Helpmann, Robert
  • Shearer, Moira
Box 4, Folder 4

Coppelia

Scope and Content Note

  • Holden, Stanley
Box 4, Folder 5

Daphnis and Chloe

Box 4, Folder 6

Don Quixote

Scope and Content Note

  • Fonteyn, Margot
  • Helpmann, Robert
Box 4, Folder 7

Façade

Scope and Content Note

  • Ashton, Frederick
  • Clare, Stella
  • Holden, Stanley
  • Shearer, Moira
Box 4, Folder 8

Hamlet

Scope and Content Note

  • Fonteyn, Margot
  • Helpmann, Robert
Box 4, Folder 9

Homage to the Queen

Box 4, Folder 10

Job

Scope and Content Note

  • Helpmann, Robert
Box 4, Folder 11

Miracle of the Gorbals

Scope and Content Note

  • Helpmann, Robert
Box 4, Folder 12

Pineapple Poll

Scope and Content Note

  • Brown, David
  • Clare, Stella
Box 4, Folder 13

The Prospect Before Us

Box 4, Folder 14

The Quest

Scope and Content Note

  • Shearer, Moira
Box 4, Folder 15

The Rake's Progress

Scope and Content Note

  • Helpmann, Robert
Box 4, Folder 16

Scenes de Ballet, 1948

Box 4, Folder 17

The Sleeping Beauty

Scope and Content Note

  • Fonteyn, Margot
  • Sommes, Micheal
Box 4, Folder 18

Swan Lake

Note

Le Lac des Cygnes was the title used by the company until the 1960's

Scope and Content Note

  • Field, John
  • Fonteyn, Margot
  • Grey, Beryl
  • Helpmann, Robert
Box 4, Folder 19

Sylvia

Scope and Content Note

  • Nadia Nerina
Box 4, Folder 20

Symphonic Variations

Scope and Content Note

  • Fonteyn, Margot
  • Shearer, Moira
Box 4, Folder 21

A Wedding Bouquet

Box 4, Folder 21

Unidentified dance

Scope and Content Note

  • Shearer, Moira
  • Somes, Micheal
Box 4, Folder 22

Non-performance photographs

Scope and Content Note

Includes portraits of Frederick Ashton, Constant Lambert, and Ninette de Valois
 

MS-P21 Series 2:  Individual Choreographers, 1922-1968 and undated

Series 2

Extent: 0.4 linear ft.

Scope and Content Note

The Individual Choreographers series includes photographs of various choreographers' works.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by choreographer's surname within the following three groupings: ballet, modern dance, and post-modern dance.
Box 4, Folder 23

Ballet

Box 4, Folder 23

Massine, Leonide

Scope and Content Note

Includes Aleko, Capriccio Espagnole, The New Yorker , St. Francis, and Le Tricorne
Box 4, Folder 24-28

Modern Dance

Box 4, Folder 24-26

Graham, Martha

Box 4, Folder 24

Performance portraits

Scope and Content Note

Works include Cave of the Heart, Deaths and Entrances, Episodes, Every Soul is a Circus, Judith, Letter to the World, Night Journey, and Salem Shore
Box 4, Folder 25

Performances with company

Scope and Content Note

  • Appalachian Spring (with Erick Hawkins)
  • Deaths and Entrances
  • Letter to the World
  • Pagan Poem (with Charles Weidman)
  • Punch and Judy (with Ethel Builer, Merce Cunningham, Jane Dudley, Jean Erdman, and Erick Hawkins)
Box 4, Folder 27

Humphrey, Doris and Charles Weidman

Box 4, Folder 27

Portraits, 1922

Box 4, Folder 27

Performance photographs

Scope and Content Note

  • Choral Preludes
  • Circular Descent
  • Dionysiacs
  • Duo Drama
  • Inquest
  • Schools for Husbands
  • The Shakers
Box 4, Folder 28

Robbins, Jerome

Scope and Content Note

Portraits
Box 4-5, Folder 29-38/1-6

Post-Modern

Box 4, Folder 29

Barton, Eddie

Scope and Content Note

Pop #1
Box 4, Folder 29

Brecht, George

Scope and Content Note

Comb Music, includes Fred Herko
Box 4, Folder 29

Brown, Carolyn, 1958

Scope and Content Note

Summer Space
Box 4, Folder 30

Brown, Trisha, 1963-1967

Scope and Content Note

  • Homemade
  • Lightfall
  • Rulegame 5
  • Skunk Cabbage, Salt Grass and Waders
Box 4, Folder 31

Childs, Lucinda, 1963-1966

Scope and Content Note

  • Chromelodeon
  • Geranium
  • Vehicle
Box 4, Folder 32

Dunn, Judith, 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

  • Colorado Plateau
  • Witness II
Box 4, Folder 32

Hay, Alex, 1965-1966

Scope and Content Note

  • Grass Field
  • Leadville
Box 4, Folder 32

Hay, Deborah, 1963-1965

Scope and Content Note

  • City Dance
  • Victory 14
Box 4, Folder 33

Holder, Tony

Scope and Content Note

  • Lightweight
Box 4, Folder 33

Huot, Robert

Scope and Content Note

  • War
Box 4, Folder 33

Louis, Murray

Scope and Content Note

  • Junk Dances, with Phyllis Lambert
Box 4, Folder 33

McDowell, John Herbert

Scope and Content Note

  • Eight Pas de Deux, Pas de Trois and Finale
Box 4, Folder 34

Monk, Meredith

Scope and Content Note

  • The Beach (revised edition)
Box 4, Folder 35

Moore, Jack

Scope and Content Note

  • Pigeon Feeding Prohibited
Box 4, Folder 35

Morris, Robert

Scope and Content Note

  • Arizona
  • Site
Box 4, Folder 35

Passloff, Aileen

Scope and Content Note

  • Men's Dance
Box 4, Folder 36

Paxton, Steve

Scope and Content Note

  • Deposit
  • Physical Things
Box 4, Folder 37

Rainer, Yvonne

Scope and Content Note

  • Room Service, with Carla Blank, Sally Gross, and Yvonne Rainer
  • Seascapes, 1962, with Yvonne Rainer
  • Terrain
  • Unidentified dances, with Yvonne Rainer and Peter Sahl
Box 4, Folder 38

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1965-1966

Scope and Content Note

  • Map Room II
  • Linoleum
  • Pelican, with Carolyn Brown and Alex Hay
  • Unidentified dance, with Deborah Hay
Box 5, Folder 1

Redlich, Don

Scope and Content Note

  • Reacher
Box 5, Folder 1

Rothlein, Arlene, 1963

Scope and Content Note

  • Morning Raga With Yellow Chair
Box 5, Folder 1

Schlicter, Joseph, 1963

Scope and Content Note

  • Fauna
Box 5, Folder 2

Schmidt, Beverly, 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

  • The Billmyer Piece
  • The Seasons
Box 5, Folder 2

Schneeman, Carolee, 1963

Scope and Content Note

  • Lateral Spy
Box 5, Folder 3

Waring, James, 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

  • At the Hallelujah Gardens, with David Gordon and James Waring
  • Divertimento
  • Imperceivable Elongations #1
  • # 34 Stanzas in Mediation, with Gary Gross, Deborah Hay, Fred Herko, and Deborah Lee
Box 5, Folder 4

Witman, Simone, 1967

Scope and Content Note

  • Face Tunes
  • Two at Once
Box 5, Folder 5-6

Events

Box 5, Folder 5

Avante Garde Exhibition, 1968

Scope and Content Note

Featuring the Jeff Duncan Dance Company in Statement
Box 5, Folder 6

A Collaborative Event, November 20, 1963)

Scope and Content Note

A performance at Judson Memorial Church featuring Lucinda Childs and sculptures by Charles Ross
 

MS-P21 Series 3:  Individual Dancers, 1912-1936

Series 3

Extent: 0.2 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

The Individual Dancers series contains photographs of four dancers of international stature and historical significance, all of whom achieved the status of premiere ballerina asoluta. The four--Alexandra Danilova, Margot Fonteyn, Tamara Geva, and Alicia Markova--appear in portraits depicting their most famous roles and in performance photographs.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by the ballerinas' surnames. For each ballerina, portraits are followed by performance photographs.
Box 5, Folder 7-10

Danilova, Alexandra

Box 5, Folder 7

Portraits, 1936

Physical Description: Signed
Box 5, Folder 8

Performance photographs, solo, 1943 and undated

Scope and Content Note

  • Beautiful Danube
  • Coppelia
  • Giselle
  • Serenade
  • Swan Lake
  • Unidentified ballets
Box 5, Folder 9-10

Performance photographs, with male partners

Box 5, Folder 9

Danielian, Leon

Scope and Content Note

  • Danses Concertantes
  • Mademoiselle Fifi
Box 5, Folder 9

Franklin, Frederic

Scope and Content Note

  • Coppelia
  • Mozartina
  • Night Shadow
  • Nutcracker
  • Saratoga
  • Scheherazade
  • Seventh Symphony
Box 5, Folder 10

Kranter, Marvin and Roland Velasquez

Scope and Content Note

  • Madmoiselle Fifi
Box 5, Folder 10

Youskevitch, Igor

Scope and Content Note

  • Seventh Symphony
  • Swan Lake
Box 5, Folder 10

Unidentified partners

Box 5, Folder 11-12

Fonteyn, Margot

Box 5, Folder 11

Performance photographs, solo

Scope and Content Note

  • Apparitions
  • Cinderella
  • Don Quixote
  • Giselle
  • Hamlet
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Swan Lake
  • Unidentified ballets
Box 5, Folder 12

Performance photographs, with male partners

Scope and Content Note

  • Helpmann, Robert
  • Hurok, Sol
Box 5, Folder 13

Geva, Tamara

Box 5, Folder 13

Portrait and performance photographs

Physical Description: All signed

Scope and Content Note

  • Body and Soul "Three's a Crowd with Clifton Webb"
  • Errante
  • Grotesque Espagnol
  • On Your Toes
  • Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Box 5, Folder 14

Markova, Alicia

Box 5, Folder 14

Portraits

Box 5, Folder 14

Performance photographs, 1940 and undated

Scope and Content Note

  • Camille, with Anton Dolin
  • Nutcracker
  • Giselle, with Serge Lifar
  • Poker Game, with Marc Platoff
  • Rouge et Noir, with André Eglevsky and Igor Youskevitch
  • Swan Lake