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Modern dance

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1018 Collections and/or Records:

Cuardo Flamenco, 1923

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Identifier: D018.01.0006.00059
Abstract

Ruth St. Denis performs 'Cuardo Flamenco' with other dancers in 1923. Left to right, Ted Shawn, Martha Hardy, Pauline Lawrence, George Steares, Louise Brooks, Ann Douglas, Charles Wiedman, Ruth St. Denis as La Gitana, Leanore Sheffer, Doris Humphrey, J. Roy Busclark, unidentified girl, Therea Sadowska and Robert Gorham.

Dates: 1923

Cuningham, Merce (Mercier Philip) 1919-

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Identifier: D002.01.0001.0103
Abstract

Photographs of dancer and choreographer Merce Cuningham performing his own dances.

Dates: Date Unknown

'Current Biography' By Ruth St. Denis, Poems, 1963

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Identifier: D018.01.0003.0005
Abstract

Materials generated by Suzanne Shelton Buckley during her research for her dissertation and manuscript on Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968), a dancer and choreographer who was a seminal figure in modern dance. The dissertation was published by Doubleday in 1981 as Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis.

Dates: 1963

Dance

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Identifier: D002.01.0003.0015.00001
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The Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians perform in the show ''Dance.''

Dates: 1945

Dance Clippings: Maxine P. Munt, 1937-1946

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Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001
Abstract Scrapbook created by Maxine Munt, a dancer and dance educator who studied at the Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Teachers at Bennington included Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, and Martha Graham. Munt went on to teach modern dance at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Adelphi College (later Adelphi University) in Long Island, New York, Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, and at Colorado College in...
Dates: 1937-1946

Dance Lesson Flyer, between 1879-1968

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Identifier: D018.01.0005.00031
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Drawing of Ruth St. Denis on front of promotional flyer for dance lessons St. Denis and Ted Shawn taught together.

Dates: between 1879-1968

Dance of the Royal Ballet of Siam, 1918

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Identifier: D018.01.0006.00015
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Ruth St. Denis performs in ''Dance of the Royal Ballet of Siam.''

Dates: 1918

Dance Performance of Coppelia, between 1940 November-1960 December

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Identifier: M272.01.0003.00099
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Dance performance of ''Coppelia''.

Dates: between 1940 November-1960 December

Dance Performance of Coppelia, between 1940 November-1960 December

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Identifier: M272.01.0003.00100
Abstract

Dance performance of ''Coppelia''.

Dates: between 1940 November-1960 December

Dance Performance of Coppelia, between 1940 November-1960 December

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Identifier: M272.01.0003.00101
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Dance performance of ''Coppelia''.

Dates: between 1940 November-1960 December