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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

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

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

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 3
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 2
Chicago Moving Company 2
Shineflug, Nana 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
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Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Balanchine, George 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Bornarth, Christine 1
Braun, Eric, 1923-1970 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 1
Chicago Opera Ballet 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Cole, Margi 1
Dance COLEctive 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Dunham, Katherine 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Ellis, Christine Du Boulay, 1923- 1
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 1
Ensemble Español 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Fleming, Libby Komaiko 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Frasz, Paula 1
Frederking, William 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Gongora, Anthony 1
Graham, Martha 1
Grimmer, Ann 1
Grimmer, Margot 1
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 1
Hedwig Dances 1
Ho, Suet May 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 1
Howard, Alan, 1930- 1
Hubbard Street Dance Company 1
Illinois Ballet 1
Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man 1
Jan Erkert and Dancers 1
Karsavina, Tamara 1
Kaye, Danny 1
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 1
Kitt, Eartha 1
Kraus, Alfredo 1
Kriza, John 1
LaSota, Kay Wendt 1
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 1
Mann, Cheryl 1
Marceau, Marcel 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance Company 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance School 1
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 1
McGinley-Gallivan, Dardi 1
McRae, Edna L. 1
McRae, Elma Marie 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Mordine and Company Dance Theater 1
New York City Ballet 1
Nilsson, Birgit 1
Oukrainsky, Serge, 1886-1972 1
Parzer, Sabine Fabie 1
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 1
Phyllis Sabold Dance Company 1
Price, Leontyne 1
Putnam, Samuel, 1892-1950 1
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 1
Royal Ballet 1
Sayers, Lionel 1
Schulze, Mark 1
Taylor-Appling, Wendy 1
Tebaldi, Renata 1
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 1
Tobey, Mark 1
Trefilova, Vera, 1875-1943 1
Trinity Irish Dance Company 1
Uppman, Theodor, 1920-2005 1
Van Praagh, Peggy 1
Vickers, Jon 1
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960 1
XSIGHT! Performance Group 1
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 1
Zanasi, Mario 1
Zoritch, George, 1917-2009 1
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