Ballet dancers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 were...
Dates:
1928-1976; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1973
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
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
Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers
Collection
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