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Fred Alexson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Alexson
Abstract

Material related to Fred Alexson, a dancer with the Boston Ballet and several other production companies, and a founding member of the Association of Performing Arts. Collection. Includes photographs of Alexson and other dancers, dance posters (including some autographed), a dance class diary, career scrapbooks, and a watercolor sketchpad of dance action studies.

Dates: 1960-1980

Joseph Huebner dance photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Huebner
Abstract Joseph Huebner was the University of Notre Dame Library's Fine Arts Bibliographer for 30 years, retiring in 1998. He donated souvenir books, programs, and dance ephemera which were interfiled into the Barzel Dance Research collection, and also donated framed dance photographs showing many ballet stars, including George Balanchine, Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Natalia Makarova, and Ivan Nagy. Also includes a framed photograph of Joffrey dancers Trinity Hamilton and Sam Franke performing...
Dates: approximately 1970-approximately 2005

Amy Osgood papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Osgood
Abstract

Fifteen videotapes of performances and rehearsals by choreographer Amy Osgood and her dance company, Osgood Dances, Inc., which was active in Chicago from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.

Dates: 1980-1991

Dean Diggins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Diggins
Abstract

Material regarding Diggins’s career as a tap dancer and teacher, including class notes while studying with Paul Draper, plus clippings, photographs, programs, publicity items and scrapbooks relating to his ten years as a part of the Mattison Trio. Also, his choreographic notes for tap routines composed for classical music and audio and video tapes of some of those dances.

Dates: 1956-1995

Krassner School of Theatre Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Krassner
Abstract Documents, photographs and artifacts reflecting the history of the dance and theater schools founded and run by the Chicago Krassner sisters, both in Illinois and California, from 1924 to 1978. Includes letters, announcements, clippings, cue cards, instruction sheets and scripts, programs, miscellaneous memorabilia and a large collection of photographs. Also, a history of the Krassner schools by the son of Blossom Krassner, Paul J. Hartman, and artifacts consisting of a videocassette, two...
Dates: 1906-1997

Lucia Mauro papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Mauro
Abstract

Works (books, reviews, and articles), correspondence (including fan mail), teaching materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia documenting the dance, theater, arts writing, interview, broadcast and teaching work of Lucia Mauro. Also contains items documenting her childhood and youth, including her early dance career and coursework in high school and college.

Dates: 1974-2014

Gus Giordano papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Giordano
Abstract

Jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and founder of Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago (est. 1962). Materials include some memorabilia and video footage of Giordano and his Jazz Dance ensemble.

Dates: 1966-1996

Clyde Foster "Dance Chicago" videotapes and programs

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Foster
Abstract

38 Hi-8 tapes and 53 digital tapes of "Dance Chicago" performances, 1996-2000, taken by Clyde Foster at the Athenaeum Theatre, together with programs for 1995-2000, and 2007. Also 3 VHS tapes and 1 U-Matic tape containing excerpts and highlights, 1 VHS tape of the Ballet Theatre of Chicago's Giselle shot by Wayne Kupferer, and two company programs 1994 and ca. 1999.

Dates: 1994-2007

Juanita Nicholson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Nicholson
Abstract

Juanita Nicholson is a dance teacher and former volunteer at the Newberry in Chicago. Papers, which are mainly concerned with the Cecchetti Council of America and the Cecchetti method of teaching ballet, include instruction booklets, syllabi for dance classes and teacher examinations, some miscellaneous class notes, two volumes of piano music, a cassette tape, and phonograph records of Cecchetti Grades One through Five.

Dates: 1952-1983

Nancy Mattei Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Mattei
Abstract

Brochures, clippings, and reviews covering Mattei's career as a dancer at MoMing Dance and Arts Center in Chicago. Also includes some clippings about Mattei's sometime dance partner Charlie Vernon; about dancer-choreographer Jan Bartoszek; and about Chicago performance space Links Hall.

Dates: 1976-2001; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1982

Edith Allard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Allard
Abstract

Letters, postcards, telegrams, contracts and schedules, clippings, photographs and programs of dance performances in Israel and Sweden, two art prints and a small collection of medals.

Dates: 1955-1991

Chicago National Association of Dance Masters Records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CNADM
Abstract

The Chicago National Association of Dance Masters (CNADM) was founded in 1912 and serves as a resource of continuing education for dance teachers and their students. Records include workshop reports, dance notes, and audiovisual recordings of CNADM workshops.

Dates: 1925-ongoing

Dean Badolato Papers

 Collection
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

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

Carey Rose Winski Memorial Foundation Dance Scholarship Competition papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Alter
Abstract

Completed applications for the Carey Rose Winski Memorial Foundation Dance Scholarship Competitions, 1981-2001; also newspaper articles, correspondence, photographs, an audiotape, and some videotapes.

Dates: 1981-2002

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

Alexander Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-BennettA
Abstract

Bennett was a dancer with the Royal Ballet and Ballet Rambert, and former director of the Twin Cities Ballet in Illinois as well as other regional ballet companies. His collection includes many audio and videocassettes, a scrapbook of his dancing career, and some memorabilia.

Dates: 1953-1990

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

Keith Allison Studio records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Allison
Abstract

Material related to the McRae-Allison studio, including dance notations of McRae's choreography and music reel-to-reel tapes, as well as souvenir programs, sheet music, books, and periodicals.

Dates: 1916-1968

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

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

Dorothy Hild papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Hild
Abstract Former Director of Entertainment at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago and founder of the dance troupe Africana Dancers. Papers include correspondence, clippings, financial information, photographs, publicity, sheet music for her productions and dance numbers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel as well as the auto and fair shows Dorothy Hild directed under the auspices of Barnes - Carruthers, and files from her instruction at various YMCA and YWCA locations in Chicago. Additionally, the papers...
Dates: 1847-1984; Majority of material found within 1929-1980

Joseph Imbrogno dance collection

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Imbrogno
Abstract

Dance moving image and sound recordings collected by Joseph Imbrogno. Collection originally included dance books that have been weeded.

Dates: approximately 1960s-1990s

Kehl School of Dance records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Kehl
Abstract This Madison, Wisconsin dance school was founded by dancer Frederick W. Kehl in 1880. Kehl's Dancing Academy introduced thousands to the art of dance throughout Wisconsin, and the school is currently in its 4th generation of dancers and dance teachers from the Kehl family. Records include dance routines created by Leo Kehl and others, programs, photographs, school records, and information about Leo Kehl and Edna Christensen's involvement with the Chicago National Association of Dance...
Dates: 1920s-2011

Chicago Dance History Project oral history interviews and records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CDHP
Abstract

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Dates: 2016-ongoing

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The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives 20031
 
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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 90
Photographs -- 1951-2000 27
Photographs -- 1901-1950 22
Photographs 16
Programs 15
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Dance companies -- Illinois -- Chicago 13
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 12
Dancers -- Portraits 12
Correspondence 11
Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 11
Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Clippings (information artifacts) 10
Dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Videocassettes 9
Women dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Programs -- 1951-2000 8
Sound recordings 8
Audiovisual materials 7
Dance schools -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Moving images 7
Publicizing 7
Clippings -- 1901-1950 6
Manuscripts, American 6
Modern dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Photographs -- 1851-1900 6
Scrapbooks 6
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 6
Ballet dancers 5
Clippings -- 1951-2000 5
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 5
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 5
Dance companies -- United States 5
Dance teachers 5
Programs -- 1901-1950 5
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 5
Sheet music 5
Audiocassettes 4
Chicago (Ill.) 4
Dance -- Study and teaching 4
Modern dance 4
Negatives (photographs) 4
New York (N.Y.) 4
Photographs -- 2001-2050 4
Scores (documents for music) 4
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 4
AIDS (Disease) and the arts 3
Alternative mass media -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Ballet 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 3
Choreography 3
Contracts 3
DVDs 3
Dance companies 3
Dance photography 3
Fliers (printed matter) 3
Male dancers 3
Posters 3
Reports 3
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 3
Theater programs -- 1901-1950 3
Underground press publications -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Administrative records 2
Art -- Exhibitions 2
Audiotapes 2
Authors, American -- 20th century 2
Ballet dancers -- Photographs 2
Ballet programs 2
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 2
Calligraphy (visual works) 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 2
Choreographers -- United States 2
Clippings -- 2001-2050 2
Color photographs 2
Compact discs 2
Concert programs 2
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 2
Dance critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Dance notation 2
Dance teachers -- Middle West 2
Dancers -- Photographs 2
Diaries 2
Drawings (visual works) 2
Fire fighters -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Invitations 2
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Membership lists 2
Menus 2
Modern dance -- Study and teaching 2
Moving images -- 1951-2000 2
Nightclubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Opera companies -- Photographs 2
Philanthropists -- United States 2
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Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 2
Playbills -- 1901-1950 2
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Names
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 11
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 6
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Barzel, Ann 5
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 5
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MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 5
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 5
American Ballet Theatre 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 4
Graham, Martha 4
Lipinski, Dolores 4
Shearer, Sybil 4
Weidman, Charles 4
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Balanchine, George 3
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Chicago National Association of Dance Masters 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Ellis, Christine Du Boulay, 1923- 3
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 3
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Howard, Alan, 1930- 3
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 3
Lyric Opera of Chicago 3
McRae, Edna L. 3
Morrison-Shearer Foundation 3
New York City Ballet 3
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 3
Ruth Page Foundation 3
Stigler, Elisa 3
Tallchief, Maria 3
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 3
Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 2
Arpino, Gerald 2
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil 2
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 2
Bataille, Claire 2
Baum, Edna Lucile 2
Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976 2
Bornarth, Christine 2
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 2
Camryn, Walter 2
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 2
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 2
Chicago City Ballet 2
Chicago Moving Company 2
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 2
Cunningham, Merce 2
Dean, Laura, 1945- 2
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 2
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 2
Donaldson, Virginia 2
Doris Humphrey Society 2
Edgewater Beach Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection (Newberry Library) 2
Farley, Ginger 2
Fernandez, Royes 2
Frederking, William 2
Freeman, Marion 2
Giordano, Gus 2
Gongora, Anthony 2
HMS Media, Inc. 2
Hild, Dorothy 2
Ho, Suet May 2
Holmes, Berenice 2
Hubbard Street Dance Company 2
Huebert, Diana, 1899-1983 2
Illinois Arts Council 2
Illinois Ballet 2
Jan Erkert and Dancers 2
Joffrey, Robert 2
Kehl, Leo T. 2
Koesun, Ruth Ann 2
Kriza, John 2
Levy, Ruth 2
Limón, José 2
Lundgren, Harriet, 1907-1996 2
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004 2
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 2
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 2
Monk, Meredith 2
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
Morrison, Robert Bruce, 1902-1966 2
Newhouse, Kathie 2
Nicholson, Juanita 2
Olshansky, Eugene 2
Orejudos, Domingo 2
Oukrainsky, Serge, 1886-1972 2
Pryor, Ruth, 1906-2001 2
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 2
Royal Ballet 2
Schulze, Mark 2
Shineflug, Nana 2
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 2
Stifler, Venetia Chakos 2
Stodelle, Ernestine 2
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