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Dance companies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 410 Collections and/or Records:

Garrett Ammon Oral History, 2015

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Identifier: D009.14.0003.0030.00001

Gwen Bowen Oral History, 2005

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Identifier: D009.04.0005.00006
Abstract Denver, Colo. native Gwen L. Bowen relates her life in dance, beginning with her early childhood education and dance classes studying under Claire Denne and Lillian Cushing. She participated in Denne's summer dance programs at Elitch Gardens in Denver. In 1946, when a high school junior, Bowen was a soloist in the Denver Post Opera. She injured her ankle but kept dancing through several performances. She had torn all of the tendons in her foot and was told she would never dance again....
Dates: 2005

Hannah Kahn Dance Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: D095
Abstract

Beginning in New York City in 1976, the Hannah Kahn Dance Company moved to Colorado in 1988. This collection contains photos, press coverage, programs, and print ephemera.

Dates: 1974-2017

Hanya Holm Dance Company Performs Dance of Work and Play, 1937

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0005.00004
Abstract

Carolyn Durand (later Carolyn Durand Brooks, second from left), Nancy Hauser (front, center), and Henrietta Greenhood (professionally known as Eve Brooks, front row, far right) perform ''Dance of Work and Play,'' choreographed by Hanya Holm, at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Durand, Hauser, and Brooks were all members of the Hanya Holm Dance Company. Other dancers unidentified.

Dates: 1937

Hanya Holm Dance Company Performs Dance of Work and Play, 1937

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0005.00005
Abstract

Carolyn Durand (later Carolyn Durand Brooks), Henrietta Greenhood (professionally known as Eve Brooks), and Nancy Hauser (left to right, front row) perform ''Dance of Work and Play,'' choreographed by Hanya Holm, at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Durand, Hauser, and Brooks were all members of the Hanya Holm Dance Company. Back row and center middle dancers unidentified.

Dates: 1937

Hanya Holm Dancers Outside at Colorado College, circa 1950

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Identifier: M272.01.0004.00060
Abstract

Hanya Holm Dancers Outside at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1950

Hanya Holm Speaks to Students at Colorado College, between 1943-1944

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Identifier: M272.01.0004.00002
Abstract

Dancer, choreographer and dance educator Hanya Holm lectures a group of students outdoors in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Students include: Frances Wessels, Martha Wilcox, Batya Heller, Florita Raup, Louise Metz, Joan Palmer, Vera Sears, and Millie Kaeser.

Dates: between 1943-1944

Heather Waldon and Company Members Perform the Colorado Ballet's ''The Nutcracker'', 1985

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Identifier: D012.06.0006.0001.00005
Abstract

Heather Walden performs as Clara in the opening scene of the Colorado Ballet's ''The Nutrcracker''

Dates: 1985

Homer Garza and Beth Ware of the Colorado Ballet, 1988

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Identifier: D012.06.0006.0004.00006
Abstract

Colorado Ballet Company dancers Homer Garza and Beth Ware rehearse a duet.

Dates: 1988