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1. Bronislava Nijinska collection, circa 1740-1996

   approximately 35,000 items. 165 containers. 27 mapcase folders. 11 microfilm reels. 88.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Bronislava Nijinska Collection documents the life and professional activities of Bronislava Nijinska, a choreographer, dancer, and teacher who lived and worked in Europe, Argentina, and the United States from 1911 until her death in 1972. The collection was created by Nijinska with additions by her daughter, Irina Nijinska, and Irina's husband Gibbs S. Raetz. Material types include business papers, choreographic notes, correspondence, personal papers, photographs, posters, programs, scrapbooks, theatrical designs, and writings. Subjects include Nijinska's extensive work as a choreographer and revivals of her work, her roles as a dancer, and her writings on dance. There is a significant amount of material on her brother, dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, as well as companies she worked with including the Ballets de Madame Ida Rubinstein, Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev, and the companies founded by the Marquis de Cuevas.

2. Jane Dudley papers, 1909-2001

   Approximately 1,230 items. 11 boxes. 9.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Jane Dudley was an American dancer and choreographer known early in her career for her work with the Martha Graham Company, the New Dance Group, and as a co-founder of the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio. She went on to serve as artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company in Israel before joining the faculty of the London School of Contemporary Dance. Her papers primarily consist of clippings, correspondence, musical scores, photographs, and programs related to her professional life.

3. Maxine Glorsky papers relating to Martha Graham, 1940-2019

   3,455 items. 31 containers. 18 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection of Maxine Glorsky focuses on her relationship with the Martha Graham Dance Company as its stage manager during the 1970s and early 1980s. It also incorporates substantial material from Jean Rosenthal, Graham’s lighting designer during the 1940s and 1950s. The collection includes many cue sheets for both stage management and lighting purposes, lighting plots, related technical materials, business papers for Glorsky’s Technical Assistance Group (TAG) Foundation and Rosenthal’s Theatre Production Service (TPS), correspondence, and a modest amount of publicity, news clippings, and programs.

4. Cesi Kellinger collection of dance materials, 1842-1994

   approximately 220 items. 6 containers. 2.25 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Cesi Kellinger (1922-2014) was an antiquarian bookseller based in Pennsylvania. This collection consists of dance-related photographs, illustrations, books, promotional materials, performance programs, articles and clippings, and correspondence dating between 1842 and 1994. These items pertain to the careers of prominent dancers, choreographers, and educators, including Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham. Kellinger collected the items and donated them to the Library of Congress in 2011.

5. Larry Warren collection on Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton, 1903-2007

   approximately 4,550 items. 15 containers. 9 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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 major figures in twentieth-century modern dance and have the potential to shed new light on the lives and careers of these artists. The bulk of the collection is devoted to Warren's research on Sokolow, but there is also significant documentation on the movement technique Horton created and taught.

6. Nicole Plett collection of dance research materials, 1935-2003

   approximately 200 items. 3 containers. 1.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Nicole Plett (née Bronowski) is an American dance critic and writer on dance and art. The Nicole Plett Collection of Dance Research Materials consists primarily of photographs and negatives of Eleanor King and other dancers performing King’s choreography. It also contains notes from and portions of interviews that Plett conducted with dance artists, Plett’s publications on dance, and an assortment of clippings, programs, and promotional material related to King’s professional activities as a choreographer and dancer.