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Selden (Elizabeth) Dance Collection
MS.P.022
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Elizabeth Selden dance collection
Creator:
Selden, Elizabeth S.,
1888-
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.022
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1923-1930 and undated
Abstract: This collection includes materials
collected by modern dance choreographer, theorist, and critic Elizabeth Selden.
Language of Material:
English .
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or
to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Elizabeth Selden dance collection. MS-P022. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
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.
Gift of Sunni Bloland and Nancy Lee Ruyter, 1995.
This collection was created by Elizabeth Selden and held by Sunni Bloland, a friend and
colleague of Selden's. Sunni Bloland transferred the records to UC Irvine dance faculty
member Nancy Ruyter, who in turn donated them to the UC Irvine Special Collections
Department.
Processed by Joanna Lamb, 2009.
Elizabeth Selden was a dance choreographer, theorist, and critic with a modern dance focus.
She published two works related to dance theory and criticism in the 1930s.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection includes materials collected by modern dance choreographer, theorist, and
critic Elizabeth Selden. The collection comprises primarily undated dance photographs and
clippings of dancers from various unknown sources. The photographs and clippings include a
number of notable images and dances from choreographers such as Martha Graham, Margaret
Gage, Ruth St. Denis, as well as Selden's own work. Additionally, the collection contains
loose plates from Selden's book,
The Dancer's Quest: Essays on the
Aesthetic of Contemporary Dance
, sketches, two dance programs, a performance
flyer, and one
Dance Observer newsletter from 1930.
This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by material type.
Related materials can be found in the Ruth Clark Lert Dance Library and Archive.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographic prints -- 20th century.
Dance -- Photographs.
Dance--United States--20th century.
Sketches -- 20th century.
Choreography -- United States -- History -- Sources
Dance cards
Dancers -- Photographs.
Selden, Elizabeth S., 1888- --
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