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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

Diana Huebert papers

 Collection
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

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

Ernestine Stodelle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Stodelle
Abstract

Collection of files kept by Ernestine Stodelle regarding her professional life as dancer, teacher, author and dance critic. Material relates to Stodelle’s own career and her association with dance figures Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Jose Limon and Louis Horst. Consists of correspondence, articles, clippings, lectures, programs, reviews, tributes, photographs, dance descriptions and reconstructions.

Dates: 1925-2006

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

F. Peter Weil collection of photographs of the Tosia Mundstock Dance Group

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Weil
Abstract

85 photographs of an amateur Detroit modern dance group led by German dancer Tosia Mundstock.

Dates: approximately 1946-1950

Doris Humphrey Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Humphrey-Society
Abstract

Records of the Doris Humphrey Society, a cultural non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of dance and dance theory. Includes administrative and promotional files for the Society from the 1980s to late 2000s. Collection also includes photographs, audiovisual, biographical, and promotional materials of Doris Humphrey and her dance career, with personal photographs of her childhood and family. Also includes a small number of materials from the MOMENTA dance company.

Dates: 1870-2011; Majority of material found within 1920-1997

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Weidman, Charles 4
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 3
Doris Humphrey Society 2
Graham, Martha 2
Limón, José 2
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Stodelle, Ernestine 2
Bornarth, Christine 1
Braun, Eric, 1923-1970 1
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Cipponeri, Paul 1
Clemens, Stephanie 1
Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.). Dance Center 1
Crawford, Lezlie 1
Cunningham, Merce 1
Dance Horizons 1
Dance Notation Bureau (New York, N.Y.) 1
Denishawn School of Dancing 1
Dodson, Poonie 1
Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966 1
Erkert, Jan 1
Ettlinger, Suzanne H. 1
Faidy, Abel, 1894-1965 1
Farley, Ginger 1
Frederking, William 1
Gongora, Anthony 1
Green, Louise 1
Grimmer, Ann 1
Grimmer, Margot 1
Guzman, Krenly 1
Hallihan, Juli 1
Hanson, Carrie 1
Ho, Suet May 1
Horst, Louis 1
Huebert, Diana, 1899-1983 1
Ide, Letitia 1
Jan Erkert and Dancers 1
José Limón Dance Company 1
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 1
King, Eleanor, 1906-1991 1
Koplin, Arthur 1
Koplin, Martha 1
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 1
LaSota, Kay Wendt 1
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970 1
Lewis, Murray 1
Lin, Jin-Jin 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
Litz, Katherine, -1978 1
MOMENTA Dance Company 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance Company 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance School 1
Matsumoto, Kōshirō, 1870-1949 1
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 1
Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992 1
Mozen, Dorothy 1
Mundstock, Tosia 1
Nargin, Daniel 1
Nelson, Kim 1
Nikolais, Alwin 1
Ohlberg, Jason 1
Osgood, Charles, 1941- 1
Phyllis Sabold Dance Company 1
Puscewicz, David 1
Redlich, Don 1
Rothblatt, Peter 1
Schulze, Mark 1
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 1
Shearer, Sybil 1
Shineflug, Nana 1
Siegel, Deb 1
Society of the Golden Section (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Spencer, A. C. (Arthur Champlin), 1872- 1
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 1
Thacker, Sharon 1
The Trio 1
Veach, Tim 1
Watt, Nina 1
Weil, F. Peter, 1913-1997 1
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 1
Woodford, Charles Humphrey 1
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