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Ruth Page papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Page
Abstract

Personal papers of dancer and choreographer Ruth Page. Materials include correspondence, choreographic and technical notes, address books, programs, press clippings and scrapbooks, journals writings, photographs, business records, audio recordings, and musical scores. Featured dance works include The Bells, Carmen, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Frankie and Johnny, and Billy Sunday.

Dates: 1892-1997

Margot Grimmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Grimmer
Abstract

Material relating to the career of Chicago dancer Margot Grimmer, including clippings, advertising items, programs, a few miscellaneous incoming letters, and numerous photographs.

Dates: 1956-1984

Ruth Levy dance photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-LevyR
Abstract Ruth Levy, who performed as a dancer with the Pavley/Oukrainsky Junior Ballet, received a master’s degree in photography at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1972. This collection includes her slides, negatives, proof sheets, and prints of dancers in several companies, including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the American Ballet Theatre, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Joffrey Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Ruth Page Chicago Ballet among others. Some of these photographs...
Dates: 1928-1976; Majority of material found within 1970-1973

Djalaal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Djalaal
Abstract

Chicago performer and instructor in dance and exercise. Djalaal has studied Middle Eastern, Indian, North African, modern, flamenco and other exotic dance forms, and for thirty years has been teaching belly dancing at area colleges and cultural organizations. Small collection consists of advertising and publicity items, clippings, photographs, programs, and a few of her writings.

Dates: 1974-2000

William Frederking dance photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Frederking
Abstract

Black and white photographs of Chicago area dance companies and dancers taken by professional photographer William Frederking. Also included are publicity materials related to the dance companies and dancers Frederking photographed as well as personal materials such as correspondence.

Dates: 1985-2016; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2000

Jan Erkert and Dancers Records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Erkert
Abstract

Jan Erkert founded jansdances in 1979 as a vehicle for her own works. The company evolved to Jan Erkert & Dancers and explored collaboration with other types of artists and dance presentations. The records include awards, clippings, newsletters, photographs, publicity materials, and videocassettes.

Dates: 1974-2000

Chicago Moving Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CMC
Abstract

Performance and administrative records of the Chicago Moving Company, a contemporary dance company founded by Nana Shineflug. Includes photographs, performance records, publicity materials, reviews, programs, newsletters, school program files and curriculum, and records of the annual dance concert “Dance Shelter.” Also includes financial and grant records.

Dates: 1968-2019; Majority of material found within 1986-2019

Edna L. McRae papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-McRae
Abstract Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Edna McRae started dancing in Chicago Public Schools and studied with Andreas Pavley, Serge Oukrainsky, and Adolph Bolm, among others. She operated a ballet school in Chicago from 1925 to 1964, becoming known as the grande dame of the Chicago Ballet community. Papers include correspondence, biographical information, brochures, clippings, programs, numerous photographs, personal and dance notation notebooks, card files, address books, and eight albums...
Dates: 1910-1990

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Ensemble Espanol
Abstract

Material collected by Libby Komaiko, founder of the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, relating to her and the dance company. Consists mostly of photographs of Komaiko and other dancers, plus a few clippings, flyers, posters, programs, and miscellaneous pieces. Also, two copies of a videotape entitled “The First 20 Years, 1976-1996.”

Dates: 1974-2003

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

Stone-Camryn School of Ballet records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Stone-Camryn
Abstract

Chicago's Stone-Camryn School of Ballet was founded in 1941 by established dancers Walter Camryn and Bentley Stone. It became one of the most successful American ballet schools in placing its graduates in professional companies, and in creating new generations of dance teachers. Archives include personal and biographical material from Stone and Camryn, school records, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, programs, clippings, and choreographic notes.

Dates: 1865-1988; Majority of material found within 1910-1988

Mark Turbyfill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Turbyfill
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of dancer, poet and painter Mark Turbyfill, including three copies of his unpublished autobiography and many copies of published and unpublished poems. Also, articles and reviews by and about Turbyfill, a few pieces of correspondence, clippings, dance programs, photographs, a cassette tape of him reading, and a published genealogy of the Turbyfill family.

Dates: 1911-1985

Ellen Goldsmith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goldsmith
Abstract Large collection of photographs relating to the ballet, opera and cinema, dating from the 1940s through the early 1970s, amassed by Ellen (Teddy) Goldsmith, backstage worker at the Civic Opera House, home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Many of the photographs are professional portraits of opera stars and ballet dancers – many autographed – and hundreds of personal and backstage snapshots. Also, a group of photos of movie stills, popular celebrities and performers, plus a small amount of...
Dates: 1933-2007

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Names
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Bornarth, Christine 2
Chicago Moving Company 2
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Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 2
Fernandez, Royes 2
Frederking, William 2
Gongora, Anthony 2
Ho, Suet May 2
Jan Erkert and Dancers 2
New York City Ballet 2
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 2
Royal Ballet 2
Schulze, Mark 2
Shineflug, Nana 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 2
Ailey, Alvin 1
Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 1
American Ballet Theatre 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Aragno, Anna 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Baker, Anna 1
Balanchine, George 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Barr, Howard, 1922-2014 1
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Bonnefoux, Jean-Pierre 1
Bortoluzzi, Paolo, 1938- 1
Braun, Eric, 1923-1970 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Burke, Dermot 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago Public Library 1
Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Chryst, Gary 1
Cipponeri, Paul 1
Cole, Margi 1
Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.). Dance Center 1
Corkle, Francesca 1
Crawford, Lezlie 1
D'Antuono, Eleanor 1
Danais, Starr 1
Dance COLEctive 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Darpana Academy of the Performing Arts 1
De Conville, Phillipe 1
De Mille, Agnes 1
Diamond, Matthew, 1951- 1
Djalaal 1
Dobson, Deborah 1
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 1
Dodson, Daryl 1
Dodson, Poonie 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Dunham, Katherine 1
Dunne, James 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Ellis, Christine Du Boulay, 1923- 1
Endō, Akira 1
Ensemble Español 1
Erkert, Jan 1
Falco, Louis 1
Farley, Ginger 1
Fleming, Libby Komaiko 1
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Frasz, Paula 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Graham, Martha 1
Green, Louise 1
Gregory, Cynthia 1
Grimmer, Ann 1
Grimmer, Margot 1
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 1
Guzman, Krenly 1
Hagen, Walter 1
Hallihan, Juli 1
Hanson, Carrie 1
Hedwig Dances 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 1
Howard, Alan, 1930- 1
Hubbard Street Dance Company 1
Illinois Ballet 1
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