Cook, Ray, 1934-
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or records:
Collection
Found in:
Music Division
Dance Notation Collection
Identifier: ML31.D35
Abstract
The Dance Notation Collection consists of scenarios, scores in codified dance notation, and descriptions of dance dating from 1893 to 1983, many of which originated from copyright deposits submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office to register rights for choreography. Most of these scores are recorded in Labanotation (also known as Kinetography Laban), the system of dance notation that Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958) developed. George Balanchine, Doris Humphrey, Kurt Jooss, Léonide Massine, and...
Dates
1893-1983; Majority of material found within 1947-1983
Collection
Found in:
Music Division
Larry Warren Collection on Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton
Identifier: ML31.W365
Abstract
This collection documents the research conducted by dancer, choreographer, and educator Larry Warren (1932-2009) while writing his biographies Lester Horton: Modern Dance Pioneer (1977) and Anna Sokolow: The Rebellious Spirit (1991). The clippings, correspondence, dance notation, interviews, notes, photographs, programs, scrapbooks, and writings collected or created by Warren reveal his process in capturing the lives of two...
Dates
1903-2007; Majority of material found within 1967-1990