Guide to the Eugene Loring Papers
Processed by Roger Berry and Emma Kheradyar; machine-readable finding aid created by
William Landis
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Arts and Humanities--Dance--Dance Performance
Arts and Humanities--Art--Photography
Guide to the Eugene Loring Papers
Collection number: MS-P02
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:
- Roger Berry and Emma Kheradyar
- Date Completed:
- 1997
- Encoded by:
- William Landis and Adrian Turner
© 2000 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Eugene Loring papers,
Date (inclusive): 1925-1986
Date (bulk): (bulk 1933-1979)
Collection number: MS-P002
Creator:
Loring, Eugene, 1914-
Extent:
14.6 linear feet (26 boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: The Eugene Loring Papers are comprised mainly of production photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and ephemera from the various
stages of Loring's career, which culminated in a position as the founding chairman of the University of California, Irvine
Dance Department (1965-1978). The collection contains rich documentation of Loring's early career, particularly in scrapbooks
documenting the road tours of the dance companies Ballet Caravan and Ballet Theatre, and also broadly documents his directorship
of Dance Players. Materials in this collection provide information on two important threads in Loring's diverse career in
dance: his choreographic abilities as a leading developer of an American style of dance and his pedagogical skills (the latter
first surfaced through his association with the American School of Dance). Additionally, the collection includes numerous
performance and portrait photographs of dancers and dance companies collected by Loring and others.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research. Scrapbooks are extremely fragile and require close supervision by Special Collections staff
during use.
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 Archives.
Preferred Citation
Eugene Loring Papers. MS-P02. 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
Gift of Eugene Loring, 1975 and 1980.
Processing History
Preliminary processing by Roger Berry in 1975 and 1980. Processing completed by Emma Kheradyar in 1996-1997. Guide edited
by Laura Clark Brown in 1998 and completed by William Landis in 2000.
Biography/Organization History
Biography
Born on August 2, 1914 as Le Roy Kerpestein in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Eugene Loring studied gymnastics, music, acting and performing
as a young man with the Wisconsin Players. He also studied dance to improve his movement qualities as an actor. He decided
in his early twenties to pursue dance full time.
Loring was admitted in 1934 to the American School of Ballet, founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. They chose
a group of students, including Loring, to perform as the American Ballet Company. This company also performed divertissement
ballets choreographed by Balanchine for the Metropolitan Opera. During this time Loring also danced in the corps de ballet
and as a soloist with the Fokine Ballet.
When the American Ballet and Metropolitan Opera seasons ended each year, a group of dancers including Loring joined Lincoln
Kirstein's independent company Ballet Caravan. Instead of following classical ballet traditions, dancers choreographed pieces
about life in America. The group shared equally in all decision making. Ballet Caravan spent spring and summer caravaning
to small towns across America to perform in small venues. At summer's end they returned to New York for the American Ballet
and Metropolitan Opera seasons.
Eugene Loring's first original ballet was
Harlequin for President. While a dancer/choreographer with Ballet Caravan, he choreographed
Billy the Kid at the suggestion of Lincoln Kirstein, collaborating with Aaron Copland, who composed the musical score.
Billy the Kid became Loring's most famous piece and is in the permanent repertoire of American Ballet Theatre. The Australian Ballet and
the Oakland Ballet also have performed
Billy as part of their repertoire.
Loring choreographed
The Great American Goof, a ballet-play with spoken words (libretto by William Saroyan), for Ballet Theatre in 1940. The work was a compilation of
dance, music, speech, and sliding stage screens. In the same year, Loring appeared on Broadway as an actor in Saroyan's
The Beautiful People.
Loring created his own dance company named Dance Players in 1941, which continued in the same vein as Ballet Caravan. He choreographed
Man From Midian and
Prairie and the company performed
Billy the Kid, along with many of his earlier works such as
Yankee Clipper and
Harlequin for President. The company disbanded in 1942, but Loring reused the name later for other student dance companies.
In 1943 Loring was contracted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to work as a dance director and actor in films. It was a productive period
for Loring as he choreographed dance sequences for the films
Ziegfeld Follies,
Funny Face, and
Silk Stockings, as well as several Broadway shows, including
Carmen Jones,
Kismet,
Park Avenue, and
Silk Stockings. Loring also choreographed extensively for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.
Loring founded the American School of Dance (not affiliated with American School of Ballet) in Hollywood in 1947. The school
remained in existence for over 25 years from the time Loring first arrived in California until a few years before his death.
His goal for the school was to give students training in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, composition and notation. Loring developed
his own dance technique at this time which was known as the "Free-Style Technique," combining ballet and jazz. Its purpose
was to allow students to make easily the technique changes that were required of them professionally. The school had a sizable
faculty roster and actively advertised guest teachers and lecturers. In the 1950s the school was home to the 15-member, semi-professional
dance troupe Dance Players, led by Loring. The company gave over 300 performances to high schools, colleges and civic groups.
Loring was invited to the White House in 1962 to present
Billy the Kid. He was awarded Dance Magazine's Annual Award in 1968. One year later, he was the founding director of the Los Angeles Dance
Players. At the same time, he developed his lecture series "Dance As a Language." Loring's goal was to educate the audience
about dance in a way that paired narrative with dance. During the same year, he received a creative writing grant from the
University of California to write
Kineseography, about his form of dance notation. Loring worked with the Oakland Ballet in 1976 to stage
Billy the Kid, and in 1978 he re-staged a ballet titled
The Sisters, which had originally premiered with the San Diego Ballet in 1966.
Loring's careers as a choreographer and teacher intertwined for three decades before he became the founding chairman of University
of California, Irvine's Dance Department in 1965. He developed an instructional program for the department with a focus similar
to his American School of Dance. Examinations for technique classes were adjudicated like professional auditions, and students
had different teachers for technique each day. The department's goal was to prepare students for professional jobs immediately
after graduation. Loring used his position as an opportunity to mount new works that were not financially possible using a
professional dance company.
Eugene Loring died in Kingston, New York on August 30, 1982.
Chronology
Refer to the Choreology for dates of Loring's choreographic activities and works.
| 1914 |
Born Le Roy Kerpestein in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 2nd. |
| 1934 |
Professional stage debut with Michel Fokine. |
| 1934 |
Danced in Corps de Ballet and as a soloist with one year of concentrated ballet training. |
| 1934 |
Performed in
Sorcerer's Apprentice and
Prince Igor.
|
| 1935-1938 |
Dancer in Corps de Ballet, then soloist for Balanchine and Kirstein's American Ballet. |
| 1935 |
Danced in his first professional productions as Photographer in
Alma Mater and as Brighella in
Reminiscence.
|
| 1936 |
Joined Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Caravan as a soloist and choreographer (through 1939). |
| 1936 |
Danced Harlequin in his own
Harlequin for President and Satyr in
Promenade (choreographed by William Dollar) for Ballet Caravan (Bennington, Vermont).
|
| 1937 |
Danced Farm Boy in his own
Yankee Clipper and Saltarello in
Folk Dance (Saybrook, Connecticut).
|
| 1938 |
Danced Ray, a Truck Driver in
Filling Station (choreographed by Lew Christensen) for Ballet Caravan (Hartford, Connecticut).
|
| 1938 |
Danced title role in his own
Billy the Kid for Ballet Caravan (Chicago).
|
| 1940 |
Danced title roles in his own
The Great American Goof and in
Peter and the Wolf.
|
| 1940 |
Danced Devil in
Three Virgins and a Devil for Ballet Theatre (New York).
|
| 1940 |
Cast in Saroyan's
The Beautiful People on Broadway.
|
| 1941 |
Founder, choreographer, and principal dancer for Dance Players. |
| ca. 1942 |
Dance Players disbanded. |
| 1943 |
Signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and contracted to work as a dance director and actor. |
| 1945 |
Appeared in the film
National Velvet.
|
| 1948 |
Founder and teacher for the American School of Dance. |
| 1953 |
Appeared in the film
Torch Song.
|
| 1962 |
Directed
Under the Sycamore Tree at the Pasadena Playhouse.
|
| 1965 |
Became first chairman of the Dance Department at the University of California, Irvine. |
| 1965 |
Staged ballets for San Diego Ballet. |
| 1967 |
Recipient of Dance Magazine award. |
| 1980 |
Left UCI. |
| 1982 |
Died in Kingston, New York on August 30th. |
Choreology
Includes major works choreographed by Loring and is not exhaustive.
| 1934 |
First choreography credit for production of
Credentials.
|
| 1936 |
Harlequin for President (music by Scarlatti) for Ballet Caravan (Bennington, Vermont).
|
| 1937 |
Yankee Clipper (music by Bowles) for Ballet Caravan (Saybrook, Connecticut).
|
| 1937 |
Billy the Kid (music by Copland) for Ballet Caravan (Chicago).
|
| 1939 |
City Portrait (music by Brant) for Ballet Caravan (New York).
|
| 1940 |
The Great American Goof (music by Brant) for inaugural performance of Ballet Theatre, New York.
|
| 1942 |
The Man From Midian (music by Wolpe),
Prairie (music by Dello Joio), and
The Duke of Sacramento (music by Dello Joio) for Dance Players.
|
| 1943 |
Choreographed shows on Broadway. |
| 1953 |
Capital of the World (music by Antheil) and
Omnibus for American television (also staged for American Ballet Theatre, New York).
|
| 1954 |
The Legend of the Handsome Stranger (music by Johnson) for Santa Monica Ballet (California).
|
| 1956 |
Worked as a choreographer in collaboration with Fred Astaire in
Funny Face.
|
| 1958 |
Choreographed for the Ice Capades. |
| 1961 |
A Portrait of a Woman and
Quotations for Idyllwild Arts Foundation (California).
|
| 1966 |
T
he Sisters (music by Ruggles) for San Diego Ballet and Jacob's Pillow Festival (Lee, Massachusetts).
|
| 1966 |
These Three (music by Steinman) for Joffrey Ballet at the City Center (New York).
|
| 1968 |
Prisms, Pinions, Paradox for University of California, Irvine (UCI).
|
| 1969 |
Catulli Carmina (music by Orff) for UCI.
|
| 1970 |
Polyphonica (music by Mendelsohn) for UCI.
|
| 1971 |
Folk Dances of a Mythical Country (music by Allard, Loring, Beaver, Krause) for UCI.
|
| 1973 |
Who Am I ? Where Do I Come From ? What Am I Doing Here? (music by Copland and Badings) for UCI.
|
| 1976 |
The Voice (music by Crumb) for UCI.
|
| 1978 |
Celebration for UCI.
|
| 1978 |
The Tender Land (music by Copland) for Oakland Ballet (California).
|
| 1979 |
American Gothic (music by Copland) for UCI.
|
| 1980 |
Time Unto Time (music by Bartok) for Oakland Ballet (California).
|
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Eugene Loring Papers are comprised mainly of production photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and ephemera from the various
stages of Loring's career, which culminated in a position as the founding chairman of the University of California, Irvine
Dance Department (1965-1978). The collection contains rich documentation of Loring's early career, particularly in scrapbooks
documenting the road tours of the dance companies Ballet Caravan and Ballet Theatre, and also broadly documents his directorship
of Dance Players. Materials in this collection provide information on two important threads in Loring's diverse career in
dance: his choreographic abilities as a leading developer of an American style of dance and his pedagogical skills (the latter
first surfaced through his association with the American School of Dance). Especially well documented are numerous productions
of Loring's signature piece,
Billy the Kid. Additionally, the collection includes numerous performance and portrait photographs of dancers and dance companies collected
by Loring and others.
The collection is organized in the following nine series:
- Series 1. Early years, 1925-1933. 0.1 linear ft.
- Series 2. Early ballet companies, 1934-1939. 0.5 linear ft.
- Series 3. Choreography, 1933-1980. 4 linear ft.
- Series 4. Dance company directorships, 1941-1973. 3.3 linear ft.
- Series 5. American School of Dance, 1947-1971. 1.9 linear ft.
- Series 6. University of California, Irvine, 1965-1986. 0.6 linear ft.
- Series 7. Biographical files, ca. 1930-1979. 0.5 linear ft.
- Series 8. Clugston and Maudlin dance scrapbooks, 1936-1947. 3 linear ft.
- Series 9. Topical files, 1932-1977. 0.7 linear ft.
Removed or Separated Material
Related Collections
A collection of Loring's papers is located at the New York Public Library.
Separated Materials
Approximately 2 linear feet of dance programs unrelated to Loring's choreography or career as a performer, teacher, and dance
company director have been removed to the Dance Programs Collection (MS-P26) in Special Collections and Archives.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Loring, Eugene, 1914- --Archives.
University of California, Irvine--Faculty--Archival resources.
American School of Dance (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Archival resources.
University of California, Irvine. Dept. of Dance--Archival resources.
American Ballet (Dance company)--Archival resources.
Ballet Caravan (Dance company)--Archival resources.
American Ballet Caravan (Dance company)--Archival resources.
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)--Archival resources.
Dance Players (Dance company)--Archival resources.
Los Angeles Dance Theatre (Dance company)--Archival resources.
Billy the Kid (Choreographic work : Loring)--Archival resources.
Dance--Archival resources.
Ballet--United States--Archival resources.
Modern dance--United States--Archival resources.
Choreography--United States--Archival resources.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.--United States--Archival resources.
Dance schools--California--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographic prints.
Scrapbooks.
Dance programs.
Costume design drawings.
Scores.
Oral histories.
Occupations
Choreographers.
Dance teachers.
Dancers.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Clugston, H. N., former owner.
Maudlin, Mildred Ann, former owner.
Series 1.
Early years,
1925-1933.
Physical Description:
0.1 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series documents Loring's early theatrical experience with the Wisconsin Players, ending with his move to New York. The
series is arranged topically.
Box 1 : 1
Jouvet, Louis. "Reflections of an Actor," typescript of pages 33-70, undated
Box 1 : 3
Portrait of Loring by Elton A. Hackett, charcoal on paper, undated
Series 2.
Early ballet companies,
1934-1939.
Physical Description:
0.5 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains photographs, programs, and scrapbooks documenting Loring's work with three dance companies: American
Ballet, Ballet Caravan, and Fokine Ballet. In addition to Loring, photographs in this series also include other dancers, most
notably Lew Christensen, Fred Danieli, William Dollar, Marie Jeanne, and Annabelle Lyon. The series is arranged alphabetically
by the name of the company and then topically within each company.
Access
Scrapbooks are extremely fragile and must be used under close supervision of a Special Collections staff member.
Box 1 : 4
Photographs, ca. 1934-1936.
Note
Dances include
Alma Mater,
Divertissement, and
Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Box 1 : 6
Reviews and publicity, 1935-1936
Box 14 : 2
Scrapbook, New York season, 1937.
Note
Included with Ballet Caravan Inaugural tour scrapbook, 1936.
Box 1 : 7
Dance repertoire, ca. 1936-1938.
Note
Dances include
Encounter,
Filling Station,
Promenade,
Pocahontas,
Spanish Ballet, and
Show Piece.
Box 1 : 8
Loring choreography, ca. 1936-1938.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid,
Harlequin for President, and
Yankee Clipper.
Box 14 : 1
Loring choreography,
Billy the Kid, ca. 1936-1938.
Box 1 : 9
Programs and publicity, ca. 1938-1939 and undated
Box 14 : 2
Scrapbooks, undated.
Note
Include programs, photographs, telegrams, and clippings containing publicity and reviews.
Box 14 : 2
1936, Inaugural tour.
Note
Includes American Ballet, New York season, 1937.
Box 22OS : 2
1938, Spring tour.
Note
Includes 1938-1939 season.
Box 1 : 10
Fokine Ballet, souvenir program, 1934
Series 3.
Choreography,
1933-1980.
Physical Description:
4 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series documents Eugene Loring's emergence as a choreographer in collaboration with other companies following his success
with the Ballet Caravan. He continued to contribute repertoire to dance, light opera companies, film, and television concurrently
with his teaching endeavors. Materials include photographs, programs, musical scores, and clippings. The series is organized
in two subseries: Subseries 3.1. Dance, 1939-1980. Subseries 3.2. Musical theater and other choreography, 1933-1979.
Subseries 3.1.
Dance,
1939-1980.
Physical Description:
2 linear ft.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries documents Eugene Loring's choreography as performed by dance companies throughout the world. The subseries
is arranged alphabetically by name of company or institution with whom Loring was collaborating, and then topically.
Access
Scrapbooks are extremely fragile and must be used under close supervision of a Special Collections staff member.
Box 1 : 11-12
Australian Ballet,
Billy the Kid
Box 1 : 11
Choreology (partial) by Barbara Nimmo, 1977
Box 1 : 12
Photograph, program, and reviews, 1977
Box 1 : 13 - 2 : 10, 15 : 1
Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre)
Box 1 : 13
Billy the Kid, cast list and photographs, ca. 1940.
Note
Dancers include John Butler, Ruth Ann Koesun, and John Kriza.
Box 15 : 1
Photograph of John Butler, 1960
Box 1 : 14
Biographical information and photographs of Loring, 1940-1941 and undated
Box 1 : 15
1940-1944.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid.
Box 1 : 16
1947-1951.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid.
Box 1 : 17
1952-1975.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid,
The Capital of the World, and
The Great American Goof.
Box 2 : 1
1976.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid.
Box 2 : 2
General information on the company, 1970
Box 2 : 3
Performance photographs of other choreographers' works, undated.
Note
Includes
Rodeo and
Les Sylphides.
Box 2 : 4
Publicity, 1947-1955 and undated.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid and
The Capital of the World.
Box 2 : 5
Reviews, clippings and typescripts, 1940-1980.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid.
Box 24OS
Scrapbook, 1939-1941.
Note
Includes cards, handbills, fan letters, telegrams, programs, photographs (including Loring in William Saroyan's
The Beautiful People on Broadway) and clippings of reviews and publicity. Dances include
Billy the Kid and
The Great American Goof.
Box 2 : 6
1941-1946.
Note
1941 season program contains the essay "A Heritage for Ballet in America" by Loring. Dances include
Billy the Kid and
The Great American Goof.
Box 2 : 7
1947-1951.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid.
Box 2 : 8
1953-1957.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid,
The Capital of the World, and
The Great American Goof.
Box 2 : 9
1960-1976.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid.
Box 2 : 10
Telegrams to Loring, 1953
Box 3 : 1
Billy the Kid, cast list, clippings of reviews, and programs, 1979-1980
Box 23OS : 1
Clippings of reviews, 1979
Box 3 : 2
Company information, 1969-1980
Box 3 : 3
Brigham Young University,
Sand in Their Shoes, performance photographs, 1959
Box 3 : 4
Dayton Ballet Company,
Billy the Kid, programs, publicity, and clippings of reviews, 1976
Box 3 : 5
Joffrey Ballet,
These Three, review, 1966
Box 23OS : 1
Los Angeles Dance Theater,
Billy the Kid, feature story clipping, 1972
Box 3 : 6
Michigan Opera Theatre,
The Tender Land, clippings, drawing, photograph of Loring with Aaron Copland, program, and publicity, 1978
Box 3 : 7
Billy the Kid Museum (Lincoln County, New Mexico) souvenirs, 1978 and undated
Box 3 : 8
Clippings of reviews and programs, 1975-1978
Box 3 : 10
Photographs of
Billy the Kid reunion and Walter Terry lecture with Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, 1977 and undated
Box 23OS : 1
Clippings of feature stories and reviews, 1976-1978
Box 3 : 11
Correspondence, 1976-1979 and undated
Box 3 : 12
The Sisters, clippings of reviews, photographs, program, and publicity, 1977
Box 3 : 13
The Tender Land, clippings of reviews, photographs, and program, 1978-1979
Box 3 : 14
Time Unto Time, clippings of reviews and program, 1980
Box 3 : 15-16
San Diego Ballet,
The Sisters
Box 23OS : 1
Clippings of feature stories and reviews, 1966
Box 3 : 15
Performance at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, programs and review, 1966
Box 3 : 16
Photographs (including Loring rehearsing cast), program, and staging sketch, 1966
Box 3 : 17
San Francisco Opera Ballet, programs for various operas Loring choreographed, 1958
Box 3 : 18
Santa Monica Ballet,
The Legend of the Handsome Stranger, clippings of reviews, photographs, and program, 1954
Subseries 3.2.
Musical theater and other choreography,
1933-1979.
Physical Description:
2 linear ft.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries documents Eugene Loring's choreography for Broadway, film, television, and light opera. The subseries is arranged
alphabetically by medium or name of company with which Loring was collaborating, and then topically.
Box 3 : 19
Carmen Jones, programs and clipping of feature story, 1943
Box 23OS : 1
Clippings of two-part feature story, 1943
Box 3 : 20
Silk Stockings, programs and telegrams from Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein, 1954-1955
Box 7 : 1 - 8 : 5
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Box 7 : 1 - 8 : 2
Animation sketchbooks by Dr. Seuss, photocopies, ca. 1951.
Physical Description:
6 folders.
Box 8 : 5
Screenplay by Dr. Seuss, revised second draft, 1951
Box 8 : 6
Buttro Square,
Fiesta,
Mark of the Renegade, and
Story of a Dancer, publicity and rehearsal photographs and clipping, 1947-1951 and undated
Box 8 : 7
Clippings concerning Loring in Hollywood, 1943
Box 23OS : 1
Clippings concerning Yolanda and the Thief and Audrey Hepburn, including photograph of Hepburn at the barre with Loring, 1976 and undated
Box 8 : 8
The Toast of New Orleans,
Yolanda and the Thief, and
Ziegfield Follies, photographs, 1944-1950
Box 3 : 21-22
Loras Players (Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa). Dancers participating in these productions were from Dance Players, a performing
group from the American School of Dance, which Loring ran.
Box 3 : 21
Finian's Rainbow, performance photographs, program, clippings of reviews, and telegram, 1955
Box 23OS : 1
Clipping of feature story, 1955
Box 3 : 22
Oklahoma, photographs and
Annie Get Your Gun, publicity, 1956-1961
Box 4 : 1 - 6 : 3
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera
Box 4 : 1
The Great Waltz, programs, portrait photograph of Loring, clipping of feature story, and telegrams, 1949-1965
Box 4 : 2
Kismet, clippings of publicity and reviews, 1953
Box 4 : 3
Kiss Me Kate, rehearsal photograph with Loring, 1964
Box 4 : 4
The Desert Song and
Kiss Me Kate, undated
Box 4 : 5
Little Mary Sunshine and
West Side Story, 1960-1966
Box 5 : 1
Little Mary Sunshine, 1959
Box 5 : 8
Of All Things and
The Student Prince, programs, 1950-1966
Box 6 : 1-2
Song books, words and music to popular songs from ca. 1900-ca. 1950, undated.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Box 6 : 3
Three Wishes for Jamie, program, publicity, and scrapbook of clippings, 1951-1952
Box 6 : 4
Academy Awards best song nominees list and program, and
Cavalcade of Books photograph, 1953-1966.
Note
Loring choreographed the 1966 Academy Awards production.
Box 6 : 5
Dance in America, public television production of
Billy the Kid, rehearsal photographs and clipping, 1976-1978
Box 6 : 6
Omnibus production of
Billy the Kid for television, annotated draft typescript and publicity, ca. 1953
Series 4.
Dance company directorships,
1941-1973.
Physical Description:
3.3 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains photographs, programs, and scrapbooks documenting Loring's directorship of two major dance companies,
Dance Players and the Los Angeles Dance Theater. The series is arranged alphabetically by the name of the company and then
topically within each company.
Access
Scrapbooks are extremely fragile and must be used under close supervision of a Special Collections staff member.
Box 6 : 7-14, 15 : 2 - 16 : 1
Box 6 : 7
Costume sketch photographs and event programs, 1942 and undated.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid,
The Duke of Sacramento,
Harlequin for President, and
The Man from Midian.
Box 23OS : 2
Costume sketches and fabric samples for
Billy the Kid, ca. 1942
Box 6 : 8-10, 15 : 2 - 16 : 1
Performance and rehearsal photographs, all dances choreographed by Loring
Box 6 : 8, 15 : 2-3
Billy the Kid, ca. 1942.
Physical Description:
3 folders.
Note
Features Loring dancing the role of Billy.
Box 15 : 4
The Duke of Sacramento, 1942
Box 6 : 9, 15 : 5-6
Harlequin for President, ca. 1942.
Physical Description:
3 folders.
Box 6 : 10, 15 : 7
The Man from Midian, ca. 1942.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Box 6 : 11
Portrait photographs of company members, undated. Includes Lew Christensen, Bettina Dearborn, Freda Flier, Arlene Garver,
Mary Howard, Bobbie Howell, Michael Kidd, Erik Kristen, Betty Leighton, Eugene Loring, Janet Reed, Zachary Carlson Solov,
Eileen Whitson, and Anne Wilson.
Box 6 : 12
Publicity photographs taken at the company's summer residence in New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1942
Box 6 : 13
Rehearsal photographs, undated
Box 6 : 14
Roster, "The Original Dance Players," undated
Box 25OS
Scrapbooks, 1941-1942.
Physical Description:
2 scrapbooks.
Note
Include clippings, programs, and a poster.
Box 9 : 1-6, 16 : 2
Los Angeles Dance Theater
Box 9 : 1
Clippings of reviews and feature stories, 1970-1973
Box 9 : 2
Company sponsorship information, 1970-1971
Box 9 : 3-4
Junior company, The Dance Players
Box 9 : 3
Class and performance photographs, undated
Box 9 : 4
Dance notes and notations, undated
Box 23OS : 4
Publicity poster, undated
Box 9 : 5
Photographs, 1972 and undated.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid.
Box 16 : 2
Photographs and photomontages, undated.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid and
The Sisters.
Box 9 : 6
Programs, 1970-1971.
Note
Dances include
Billy the Kid,
The Capital of the World,
Folk Dances in a Mythical Country,
Prisms, and
The Sisters.
Box 23OS : 4
Publicity poster, undated
Box 26OS
Scrapbook of announcements and clippings, 1969-1971
Series 5.
American School of Dance,
1947-1971.
Physical Description:
1.9 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains photographs, clippings, advertisements, notes, and a scrapbook documenting Loring's directorship of the
American School of Dance in Los Angeles and performance activities of the school's student company, especially the lecture/demonstration
"Dance as a Language." Also included are a large number of photographs of dancers and dance companies that formed part of
the school's study collection. The series is arranged topically.
Access
Scrapbooks are extremely fragile and must be used under close supervision of a Special Collections staff member.
Box 9 : 7
American School of Dance News, 1950
Box 9 : 8-12, 16 : 3
American School of Dance study collection
Box 9 : 8
Clippings, undated.
Note
Includes feature article on Tanaquil LeClercq.
Box 9 : 9
Diaghilev in death, and portraits and performance photographs from Colonel William de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,
undated.
Physical Description:
75 photographs.
Note
Dancers include Irina Baronova, Andre Eglevsky, Marina Franca, Natalie Krassovska, Alicia Markova, Leonide Massine, Tatiana
Riabouchinska, Mia Slavenska, Nini Theilade, and George Zoritch.
Box 9 : 10, 16 : 3
Miscellaneous photographs, undated.
Physical Description:
36 photographs in 2 folders.
Note
Photographs, several autographed, include Alicia Alonso, Patricia Bowman, Yvette Chauvire, Ruth Currier, Ninette de Valois,
William Dollar, Paul Draper, Margot Fonteyn, Melissa Hayden, Robert Helpmann, Hanya Holm, Nora Kaye, Ethery Pagaua, Nathalie
Philippart, Moira Shearer, Ruth St. Denis, and Igor Youskevitch.
Box 9 : 11
New York City Ballet, undated.
Physical Description:
13 photographs.
Note
Ballets include
Age of Anxiety,
Allegro Brilliante,
Media,
Seven Deadly Sins,
Stars and Stripes,
Swan Lake, and
Western Symphony.
Box 9 : 12
Mary Wigman, undated.
Physical Description:
6 photographs.
Box 9 : 13
Clippings on Loring and miscellaneous dance brochures and newsletter, 1954-1970 and undated
Box 9 : 14
Dance class syllabi, undated
Box 9 : 15
Dance Magazine advertisements for the school, 1970
Box 9 : 16-18
Dance Players (student company)
Box 9 : 16
"Dance is a Language" program, programs and other materials, 1955-1961 and undated
Box 9 : 17-18
Performance and rehearsal photographs, 1961 and undated.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Box 10 : 1
Holiday cards, some containing correspondence to Loring, 1947-1953 and undated
Box 10 : 2
Asamyuta and rhythmic movement, undated
Box 10 : 4
Class instruction, undated
Box 10 : 5
Faculty, undated.
Note
Includes Anna Austin, Madame Azuma, Barbara Bailey Plunk, Barbara Barrie, Selma Jean Cohen, Jack Cole, Margaret Craske, Ernest
Flatt, Saida Gerard, Ruth Godfrey, Lotti Goslar, Aaron Guara, Paul Haakon, Mary Jane Hill, Ted Howard, Ruth Lert, Eugene Loring,
Olga Lunick, Eleanor Marra, James Penrod, Carl Ratcliff, Bob Regger, Margaret Sales, Geri Salkin, Trudi Schoop, Jack Tygett,
Margaret Westberg, and Sallie Whalen.
Box 16 : 4-5
Faculty and students, undated.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Note
Includes Devi Dja, Frederick Franklin, and Eugene Loring.
Box 10 : 6
Faculty receptions, student groups, and miscellaneous others, undated
Box 10 : 7
Publicity and brochures, 1949-1971
Box 21OS
Scrapbook of clippings, brochures, and publicity, 1948-1955
Series 6.
University of California, Irvine (UCI),
1965-1986.
Physical Description:
0.6 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series documents Loring's tenure as chairman of the Dance Department at UCI. The materials--chiefly photographs, clippings,
and programs--primarily document performances of Loring's choreography and other student and faculty recitals at UCI. Also
included are photographs of Antony Tudor taken while he was a visiting faculty member in the Dance Department. The series
is arranged topically.
Box 10 : 8
Clippings regarding Loring, 1965-1979
Box 23OS : 1
Clippings and UC Irvine newspaper issues, 1969-1986 and undated
Box 10 : 9
Correspondence and thank-you cards, 1978-1979 and undated
Box 10 : 10
American Gothic, photographs, 1979
Box 10 : 11
Billy the Kid, photographs, slides, and ephemera, 1976
Box 11 : 1, 17 : 2
Catulli Carmina, photographs, 1969.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Box 11 : 2
The Sisters, photographs, 1978
Box 11 : 3
Unknown production, photographs, undated
Box 11 : 4
Clippings and press release, 1982
Box 11 : 5, 17 : 3
Photographs of Loring and his ballets, undated.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Box 11 : 6
Loring teaching class, photographs, undated
Box 11 : 7
Oakland Ballet tribute to Loring at UC Irvine, autographed program and poster, 1981
Box 23OS : 5
Poster for faculty dance concert, 1978
Box 11 : 8
Programs for faculty and MFA student dance concerts, 1975-1979 and undated
Box 11 : 9
Visiting faculty, photographs of an Antony Tudor ballet and of Tudor teaching, undated
Series 7.
Biographical files,
ca. 1930-1979.
Physical Description:
0.5 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series is comprised of materials such as magazine articles, photographs, and an oral history transcript, which document
Loring's career as a dancer and choreographer. The series is arranged topically.
Box 11 : 10-12
Magazine articles about Loring
Box 12 : 1-2
New York Public Library Dance Collection, transcript of oral history interview of Loring by Marilyn Hunt, 1975-1976.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Box 12 : 3
Photographs, miscellaneous, 1955 and undated
Box 12 : 4-5, 17 : 1
Portrait photographs of Loring
Box 12 : 6
Theater productions, 1962 and undated
Series 8.
Clugston and Maudlin dance scrapbooks,
1936-1947.
Physical Description:
3 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of scrapbooks that were not compiled by Eugene Loring and the provenance of which is not entirely clear.
The H.N. Clugston scrapbook contains clippings concerning the Ballet Russe from British periodicals and newspapers from 1938-1940.
The clippings were supplied by Durant's Press Cuttings service of London. The clippings in the scrapbook are supplemented
by additional loose clippings that were never mounted in the scrapbook. The remaining five scrapbooks belonged to Mary Ann
Maudlin, who was the goddaughter of the Russian ballerina Alexandria Danilova and a chorus dancer in
Three Wishes for Jamie, a musical choreographed by Loring for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. These scrapbooks contain photographs, programs,
clippings, and ephemera chiefly concerning the Russian ballet. Many of the photographs are autographed. The original order
of the materials within the scrapbooks has been maintained, except in those places where items have come loose from the scrapbook
pages.
Access
Scrapbooks are extremely fragile and must be used under close supervision of a Special Collections staff member.
Box 20OS
Clugston, H. N., scrapbook, 1938-1940.
Note
Scrapbook contain clippings concerning the Russian ballet from English periodicals such as
Bystander,
Picture Post, and
Sketch.
Box 12 : 7
Loose clippings not inserted in scrapbook, 1937-1940 and undated
Box 18OS-20OS
Maudlin, Mildred Ann.
Note
Scrapbooks contain clippings from newspapers and magazines, pamphlets, programs, correspondence, and photographs, many autographed.
Scrapbooks mainly document the Russian ballet during the mid-20th century, but also contain articles on many other kinds of
dance. Dancers include Irina Baronova, Natalie Krassovska, David Lichine, Leonide Massine, Anna Pavlova, Paul Petroff, Janet
Reed, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Mia Slavenska, Tamara Toumanova, Vera Zorina, and others.
Box 18OS
No. 1, 1936-1941 and undated
Box 18OS
No. 2, 1938-1941 and undated
Box 19OS
No. 3, 1937-1947 and undated
Box 19OS
No. 4, 1940-1941 and undated
Box 20OS
No. 5, 1936-1940 and undated
Series 9.
Topical files,
1932-1977.
Physical Description:
0.7 linear ft.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes miscellaneous photographs, clippings, and other materials concerning dancers and dance companies that
were collected by Loring during his lifetime. Some of the photographs are autographed to H.N. Clugston (see scrapbook in Series
8), and it is unclear how these came to be in Loring's papers. The series is arranged topically.
Box 12 : 8
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Box 23OS : 7
Clippings, publicity, and service call sheets, 1937-1943
Box 12 : 8
Photographs, undated.
Note
Dances include
Gaite Parisiènne,
Ghost Town,
The Nutcracker,
Polka Game, and
Scheherazade.
Box 12 : 9
Cabaret Concerts Company, photographs, undated
Box 12 : 10
Photographs, programs, and publicity, 1951 and undated.
Note
Dancers include Joan Collenette and Lila Zali, with director and choreographer Lasar Galpern.
Box 12 : 11
Lester Horton Dance Theater, photographs, undated.
Note
Dancers include Carmen de Lavallade, Vida Solomon, and James Truitte.
Box 12 : 12
San Francisco Ballet, photographs, undated.
Note
Dancers include Ruby Asquith, Carolyn George, Elena Maz, Peter Nelson, Lois Treadwell, and Jocelyn Vollmar.
Box 12 : 13, 33OS : 6
Dance periodicals not containing articles about Loring, 1932-1975.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Note
Includes scattered issues of
The American Dancer,
Ballet Dancer,
Dance,
Dance News,
The Stage, and
Style en France.
Box 12 : 14
Dance sequences in film musicals, photographs, and
Tales of Hoffman, program and cast list, 1951 and undated.
Note
Includes among others Leslie Caron, Marge Champion, Gene Kelley, Janet Leigh, Gene Nelson, and Debbie Reynolds.
Box 13 : 1
Federal Theatre Project, programs, 1938 and undated
Box 13 : 2
Collins, Janet. Programs, publicity, and clippings, 1949-1951 and undated
Box 23OS : 8
Cunningham, Merce. Clippings, 1977
Box 13 : 3
Photographs, undated.
Note
Includes Diana Adams, Alicia Alonso, Haruyo Azuma, Jean Babilée, Irina Baronova, Herbert Bliss, John Butler, Gisella Caccialanza,
Yvette Chauviré, Yvonne Chouteau, and Lew Christensen.
Box 13 : 4
D-G, photographs, undated.
Note
Includes Fred Danieli, Norman Dello Joio, Devi Dja, Anatal Dorati, Freda Flier, Frederick Franklin, and Lotte Goslar.
Box 13 : 5
H-K, photographs, undated.
Note
Includes Paul Haakon, Bernice Holmes (autographed), Alba Kavan, Michael Kidd, John Krisa, and Efrem Kurtz (autographed).
Box 13 : 6
L, photographs, undated.
Note
Includes Tanaquil Le Clerq, Zoya Leporska, Bella Lewitzky, David Lichine (autographed), Serge Lifar, and José Limón.
Box 13 : 7
M-R, photographs, undated.
Note
Includes Alicia Markova, Milada Mladova, Michael Mordikin (autographed), Mary Ellen Moylan, Bronislava Nijinska, Nina Novak,
Keith Page, Marie Jeanne Pelus, Janet Reed, Janice Roman, Lubov Rostova, and Lubov Roudenko.
Box 13 : 8
S, photographs, undated.
Note
Includes Ruth St. Denis, Trudi Schoop, Roman Segana, Uday Shankar, Mia Slavenska, Igor Stravinsky (autographed), Olga Suarez,
and Sujata.
Box 13 : 9
T-Z, photographs, undated.
Note
Includes Maria Tallchief, John Taras, Gertrude Tyven, Eileen Whitson, Ethyl Winters, Igor Youskevitch, and Vera Zorina (autographed).
Box 23OS : 8
Maynard, Olga. "The Male Dancer,"
San Diego Union clipping, 1966
Box 13 : 10
Watercolor sketches of dancers and a stage set, undated
