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Arthur Mitchell Collection, 1800s-2021, bulk 1934-2019
107 linear feetArthur Mitchell (1934-2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. This collection contains materials related to his career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet, and his later professional work with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and others. The collection includes administrative records, appointment books, correspondence, invitations, notes, notebooks, photographs, posters, programs, and audio and video recordings.
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Serge Prokofiev Archive, 1917-2012
294 linear feetSerge Prokofiev (1891–1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, and seminal figure in the history of twentieth-century music. The Serge Prokofiev Archive (SPA) contains 58 original music manuscripts and over 10,000 letters and documents primarily from 1918-1936, the years Prokofiev spent in the West. The SPA also includes an expansive collection of music manuscript copies, published scores, concert programs, scholarly books and articles, photographs, and audio and video material, making it the premier research collection for studying Prokofiev's life, work and legacy.
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American Ballet Theatre Ballet Program: 1 June 2009 Box iv.55, Folder 24
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- American Ballet Theatre Ballet Program: 1 June 2009
Organization: American Ballet Theatre
Lillie Ronvo Collection of Dance and Music Materials, 1915-2002, bulk 1952-1991
3.94 linear feetLillie Rovno was deployed by the United States military in Germany, Japan, Alaska, and Hawaii, and continued to travel the world in later years. A scholar of Russian culture interested in performance arts, Rovno collected materials on a broad array of art forms: Kabuki and Japanese visual arts, ballet, Jewish music, and Italian music. The collection includes numerous photos, some autographed, of prominent ballet performers from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and the U.S., with many of the photos documenting visits of Soviet ballet companies to the U.S. in the 1980s and early 1990s. The collection also contains musical scores from Italy, the U.S., and Israel, including Israeli songbooks from the early 1950s.
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Desmond Heeley papers, 1884-2018, bulk 1946-2016
32 Linear FeetTwo-time Tony-award winner Desmond Heeley (1931-2016) was a British-American costume and set designer who worked primarily in theater, ballet, and opera. His productions have graced the stages of major theaters in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, and Europe, including the Royal Opera House, the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, Australian Ballet, and the Stratford Festival in Ontario. This collection contains Heeley's sketches and designs, along with production documents, photographs, correspondence, audio recordings, and other memorabilia relating to his life and work.
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Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019
21.5 linear feetA collection of original artwork, published books, printed ephemera, and branded merchandise by the writer and artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000), assembled by Andrew Alpern.
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Los Angeles Times Calendar, 1986 March 2 Box 17, Folder 19, Item 55
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- on page 52) about a ballet titled Murder by the American Ballet Theatre. Also with a sidebar titled
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With a large Gorey cover drawing showing a funeral procession, to illustrate an article (starting on page 52) about a ballet titled Murder by the American Ballet Theatre. Also with a sidebar titled "Edward Gorey's Danse Macabre" that includes a photograph of Gorey with a cat on his shoulder.