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BOX 1-8 | Photographs, 1944-1956 | ||||||||||||
This series contains black-and-white photo contact sheets, negatives, and photographs (some
mounted) taken by Larry Colwell. Subjects include studio portraits of
individual artists (headshots as well as costumed full body images), group
shots in costume and in rehearsal. The collection includes two images of
choreographer George Balanchine in rehearsal and a photograph of Alexandra Danilova watching a rehearsal. Ballets pictured include John
Taras's The Minotaur (1947); Giselle (Ballet
Russe de Monte Carlo production, undated); Raymonda (Ballet
Russe de Monte Carlo production, 1946); The Snow Maiden
(Nijinska, 1946 production); Balanchine's The Four Temperaments (1946);
Scotch Symphony (Balanchine, 1952); Balanchine's
Serenade (1934); Danses Concertantes (Balanchine, 1944); and Lew Christensen’s 1947 failed
ballet Blackface or Ruthanna Boris's 1951 Cakewalk. Most of the artists are
drawn from ballet, but modern dance artists such as Talley Beatty, Valerie
Bettis, and Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage are also among the subjects.
Also included are a number of mounted photographs of Colwell’s work. Most of the contact sheets and negatives have a unique number assigned. The collection does not include corresponding negatives for the mounted photographs, many of which have markings that indicate they were part of an exhibit or commercial display. |
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Divided first by function (studio or publicity photos, rehearsal photos, art shots), then arranged alphabetically by name of dancer, company, or subject. When no date information is known, filmstrip numbers have been used to help substantiate an order. Unidentified and miscellaneous items are listed at the end of the series or subseries. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1-5 | Studio or publicity photos, 1944-1951, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/1-2 | Beatty, Talley, undated | ||||||||||||
2 contact prints; 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed in tattered attire for unidentified ballet "NYC Ballet book" on verso Filmstrip 4-1132 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3-4 | Beatty, Talley, with unidentified dancer, undated | ||||||||||||
2 contact prints; 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Duo costumed in tattered attire for unidentified ballet "NYC Ballet book" on verso Filmstrip 4-1132 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/5-6 | Beatty, Talley, undated | ||||||||||||
11 8x10 contact prints; 12 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed dance shots; unidentified work Filmstrip 4-1341 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/7-8 | Bettis, Valerie, undated | ||||||||||||
2 8x10 contact prints, 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed poses of unidentified work Filmstrip 4-1200 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/9-10 | Bolender, Todd, with Tanaquil Le Clercq and Maria Tallchief, undated | ||||||||||||
4 8x10 contact prints; 3 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed poses of unidentified work Filmstrip 4-1198 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/11-12 | Boris, Ruthanna, [1947?] | ||||||||||||
2 8x10 contact prints; 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Possibly Lew Christensen's 1947 Blackface for Ballet Society or Boris's 1951 Cakewalk
Filmstrip 4-1048 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/13-14 | Boris, Ruthanna, with Frank Hobi [?}, undated | ||||||||||||
1 8x10 contact print; 1 negative | |||||||||||||
Costumed in pancake tutu in blackface; possibly Blackface or Cakewalk
Filmstrip 4-1048 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/15-16 | Boris, Ruthanna, undated | ||||||||||||
5 8x10 contact prints; 15 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed in pancake tutu for unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-1109 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/17-18 | Boris, Ruthanna, with Leon Danielian, undated | ||||||||||||
1 8x10 contact print; 1 negative | |||||||||||||
"Ballet Russe book" on verso Filmstrip 4-1165 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/19 | Boris, Ruthanna, with Frederic Franklin, undated | ||||||||||||
2 8x10 contact prints from same negative | |||||||||||||
Costumed in pancake tutu for unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-1255 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/20-21 | Boris, Ruthanna, undated | ||||||||||||
5 8x10 contact prints; 9 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed in pancake tutu for unidentified ballet One pose sitting with book Filmstrip 4-1459 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/1-2 | Boris, Ruthanna, undated | ||||||||||||
1 8x10 contact print; 1 negative | |||||||||||||
Costumed in Romantic tutu for unidentified ballet; no filmstrip number | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/3-4 | Cage, John, 1947 | ||||||||||||
4 contact prints, various sizes; 5 negatives | |||||||||||||
Headshots Filmstrip 6-1101 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/5-6 | Celli, Vincenzo, 1946 | ||||||||||||
3 5x8 prints; 3 negatives | |||||||||||||
Headshots Filmstrip 4-708 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/7 | Cunningham, Merce, 1946 | ||||||||||||
3 5x8 contact prints | |||||||||||||
Headshots Filmstrip 4-798 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/8 | Cunningham, Merce, 1946? | ||||||||||||
3 5x8 contact prints [2 from same negative] | |||||||||||||
Headshots Filmstrip 4-1270 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/9-10 | Danielian, Leon, with Nathalie Krassovska, undated | ||||||||||||
6 8x10 contact prints; 6 negatives | |||||||||||||
Assorted poses; costumed (pancake tutu) for unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-1063 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/11-12 | Danielian, Leon, undated | ||||||||||||
7 8x10 contact prints; 11 negatives | |||||||||||||
Assorted poses Filmstrip 4-1093 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/13-14 | Danielian, Leon, with Mary Ellen Moylan, circa 1944 | ||||||||||||
9 8x10 contact prints; 9 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for Balanchine's Danses Concertantes
Filmstrip 4-1277 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/15-16 | Danilova, Alexandra, with Frederic Franklin, undated | ||||||||||||
2 8x10 contact prints; 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-1161 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/17-18 | Franklin, Frederic, undated | ||||||||||||
3 8x10 contact prints; 4 negatives | |||||||||||||
Headshots and mid-shots Filmstrip 4-1095 |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/19-20 | Franklin, Frederic, undated | ||||||||||||
2 contact prints: one 5x8; one 8x10; 4 negatives | |||||||||||||
Leaps or jumps, costumed for unidentified ballet No filmstrip number |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/1 | Hobi, Frank, undated | ||||||||||||
4 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for unidentified ballet(s) Filmstrip 4-1526 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/2-3 | Krassovska, Natalie, 1946 | ||||||||||||
1 5x7 contact print; 1 negative | |||||||||||||
Unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-679 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/4 | Krassovska, Natalie, 1946 | ||||||||||||
1 negative | |||||||||||||
Possibly Nijinska's Snow Maiden
Filmstrip 4-679 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/5-6 | Krassovska, Natalie, 1946 | ||||||||||||
3 contact prints of various sizes; 7 negatives | |||||||||||||
"Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo" on verso; possibly Raymonda
Filmstrip 4-835 and 1 conjoined contact sheet with contact print lacking filmstrip number |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/7-8 | Krassovska, Natalie, 1947? | ||||||||||||
2 photos: 1 5x7; 1 8x10 | |||||||||||||
Costumed and with castanets; role unidentified Filmstrip 4-1055 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/9 | Krassovska, Natalie, undated | ||||||||||||
1 negative | |||||||||||||
Costumed headshot No filmstrip number |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/10-11 | Le Clercq, Tanaquil, circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
3 contact prints; 3 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for John Taras's Minotaur
Filmstrip 4-1133 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/12-13 | Le Clercq, Tanaquil, with Francisco Moncion, circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
4 contact prints | |||||||||||||
Costumed for John Taras's Minotaur
Filmstrip 4-1133 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/14-15 | Le Clercq, Tanaquil, circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
5 contact prints; 5 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed in tartan, possibly Scotch Symphony
Filmstrip 4-1133 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/16-17 | Le Clercq, Tanaquil, undated | ||||||||||||
2 contact prints; 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed in robe in unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-1133 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/18-19 | Le Clercq, Tanaquil, undated | ||||||||||||
1 contact print; 1 negative | |||||||||||||
Costumed in pancake tutu for unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-1198 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/20-21 | Le Clercq, Tanaquil, with Maria Tallchief, 1947 | ||||||||||||
1 5x7 oontact print; 1 negative | |||||||||||||
Costumed in pancake tutu for unidentified ballet Filmstrip 4-1198 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/22-23 | Le Clercq, Tanaquil, 1947 | ||||||||||||
1 5x7 oontact print; 1 negative | |||||||||||||
Costumed in pancake tutu for unidentified ballet No filmstrip number |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/24 | Magallanes, Nicholas, 1950 | ||||||||||||
11 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed headshot Filmstrip 4-1531 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/25-26 | Moncion, Francisco, circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
3 contact prints; 3 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for John Taras's Minotaur
Filmstrip 4-1133 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/27-28 | Moylan, Mary Ellen, undated | ||||||||||||
2 contact prints; 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for Four Temperaments
"NYC Ballet book" on verso Filmstrip 4-1126 |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/29-30 | Moylan, Mary Ellen, with Fred Danieli [?], undated | ||||||||||||
2 contact prints; 2 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for Four Temperaments
Filmstrip 4-1127 |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/1-2 | Moylan, Mary Ellen, 1948 | ||||||||||||
9 contact prints; 8 negatives | |||||||||||||
Costumed for Giselle; full-length shots Filmstrip 4-1276 |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/3-4 | Moylan, Mary Ellen, 1948 | ||||||||||||
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