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Dance Horizons records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Dance Horizons
Abstract Films, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of a Highland Park modern dance venue consisting of three separate, but interrelated groups (The Trio, Dance Horizons, North Shore Dance Workshop) operated by Martha Koplin, Suzanne Ettlinger, and Dorothy Mozen, and active from 1958-1977. The three offered classes for children and adults, and held and filmed workshops with visiting artists including Merce Cunningham, Daniel Nagrin, Katherine Litz, Alwin...
Dates: 1958-1977

Judith and Bruce Sagan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Sagan
Abstract Material relating to the business career of Judith Sagan who founded the Harper Theater Dance Festival with her husband Bruce Sagan in 1965. This organization became the Harper Dance Foundation in 1970. A large portion of the collection concerns the Illinois Arts Council which supported the Sagans’ festival activities and on whose board both later served. Includes articles, clippings, correspondence, contracts, grant applications, programs, notes and other miscellaneous items concerning both...
Dates: 1965-1986

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Hubbard
Abstract

Hubbard Street Dance Company (renamed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 1993) was founded by dancer and choreographer Lou Conte in 1977 and has become one of the most successful and most internationally known dance companies to hail from Chicago. Records include administrative files, publicity materials, and audiovisual records of performances of the company.

Dates: 1971-2014

Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract

Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.

Dates: 1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930

Diana Huebert papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Huebert
Abstract

Material collected by dancer Diana Huebert (Mrs. Abel Faidy), the bulk consisting of programs and photographs of herself and other dancers. Also, some articles she wrote or saved, including an autobiographical sketch, choreographic notes, and miscellaneous material relating to her husband, architect and designer Abel Faidy.

Dates: 1916-1983

Illinois Ballet records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Illinois Ballet
Abstract The Illinois Ballet was founded in 1959 by two former Sadler's Wells ballet dancers, Richard Ellis and Christine Du Boulay. The company presented several seasons of performances per year until its demise in 1972. The company remained constant with four soloists and ten corps members, and included two dancer/choreographers, Hy Somers and Dom Orejudos (aka Etienne). Collection consists of numerous performance photographs, programs and publicity material, a few pieces of correspondence and...
Dates: 1959-1972

Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble (CRDE) records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Chicago-Repertory
Abstract

A troupe that showcased the works of Chicago choreographers, the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble was founded in 1981 by Tara Mitton and headquartered at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts building until its dissolution in 1992. Records include administrative files, photographs, publicity, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1981-1992

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Cook, Mollie Price 1
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De Jesus, Ron 1
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Duato, Nacho 1
Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966 1
Edgerton, Glenn 1
Ellis, Christine Du Boulay, 1923- 1
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 1
Ettlinger, Suzanne H. 1
Ezralow, Daniel 1
Faidy, Abel, 1894-1965 1
Farley, Ginger 1
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gilmore, Blanche 1
Graham, Martha 1
Harman, Lillian 1
Harman, Moses, 1830-1910 1
Harper Dance Foundation 1
Harper Theater Dance Festival 1
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Huebert, Diana, 1899-1983 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Illinois Arts Council 1
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Johnston, Arthur Oliver, 1890-1972 1
Johnston, Chester 1
Johnston, Robert Harman, 1920-2011 1
Johnston, Virna Harman Walker 1
Kalver, Gail 1
Koplin, Arthur 1
Koplin, Martha 1
Kylian, Jiri, 1947- 1
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970 1
Lewis, Murray 1
Lindlahr Sanitarium 1
Litz, Katherine, -1978 1
Lou Conte Dance Studio 1
Mitton, Tara 1
Mozen, Dorothy 1
Nakagawa, Julie 1
Nargin, Daniel 1
Nikolais, Alwin 1
O'Brien, George Harman, 1905- 1
O'Brien, George Robert 1
Redlich, Don 1
Reitman, Ben L. (Ben Lewis), 1879-1942 1
Rossner, Karl 1
Rossner, Ollie S. 1
Sagan, Bruce 1
Sagan, Judith 1
Sappington, Margo 1
Society of the Golden Section (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Stein, Barbara 1
Taylor-Corbett, Lynne 1
Tharp, Twyla 1
The Trio 1
Vincent, James (James F.) 1
Virna Harman Walker Studio of Dancing (Chicago, Ill.) 1
White, Lillie 1
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 1
Wise, Belva Harman 1
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