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Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers

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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

Ruth Levy dance photographs

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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

Dean Badolato Papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Badolato
Abstract

Materials related to Dean Badolato, a choreographer and director born and raised in the Chicagoland area. Includes clippings, letters, photographs, programs, VHS tapes, and artifacts.

Dates: 1959-1999; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1986

Doris Humphrey Society records

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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

Hope Abelson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Abelson
Abstract

Materials related to the theater career, business, and personal life of Chicago theater producer and philanthropist Hope Abelson, including scripts, theater mementos, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings.

Dates: 1914-2008; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

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Aragno, Anna 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Baker, Anna 1
Barr, Howard, 1922-2014 1
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company 1
Bolger, Ray 1
Bonnefoux, Jean-Pierre 1
Bortoluzzi, Paolo, 1938- 1
Burke, Dermot 1
Chicago Public Library 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Chryst, Gary 1
Clemens, Stephanie 1
Cook, Mollie Price 1
Corkle, Francesca 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
D'Antuono, Eleanor 1
Danais, Starr 1
Darpana Academy of the Performing Arts 1
De Conville, Phillipe 1
De Mille, Agnes 1
Denishawn School of Dancing 1
Diamond, Matthew, 1951- 1
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Dobson, Deborah 1
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 1
Dodson, Daryl 1
Doris Humphrey Society 1
Dunne, James 1
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 1
Endō, Akira 1
Falco, Louis 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 1
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gilmore, Blanche 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gregory, Cynthia 1
Hagen, Walter 1
Harman, Lillian 1
Harman, Moses, 1830-1910 1
Hines, Gregory 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Ide, Letitia 1
Jamison, Judith 1
Joffrey Ballet 1
Joffrey, Robert 1
Johnston, Arthur Oliver, 1890-1972 1
Johnston, Chester 1
Johnston, Robert Harman, 1920-2011 1
Johnston, Virna Harman Walker 1
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 1
Kazan, Elia 1
King, Eleanor, 1906-1991 1
Kirkland, Gelsey 1
Kivitt, Ted 1
Kwak, Sung 1
Labis, Attilio 1
League of Chicago Theatres 1
Levy, Ruth 1
Limón, José 1
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 1
Lindlahr Sanitarium 1
Lookingglass Theatre Company 1
MOMENTA Dance Company 1
Makarova, Natalia, 1940- 1
Maule, Michael 1
McBride, Patricia, 1942- 1
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Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018 1
Muller, Jennifer, 1949- 1
National Dance Company of Senegal 1
New York City Ballet 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Communication 1
O'Brien, George Harman, 1905- 1
O'Brien, George Robert 1
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 1
Pavley, Andreas, 1892-1931 1
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 1
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Reitman, Ben L. (Ben Lewis), 1879-1942 1
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Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 1
Rossner, Karl 1
Rossner, Ollie S. 1
Royal Ballet 1
Sarabhai, Mrinalini 1
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 1
Shearer, Sybil 1
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 1
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1
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