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Scope and Content Note
The Larry Colwell Dance Photographs collection consists primarily of large-format contact prints and negatives. Subjects include some of the most famous ballet artists of the 1940s and 1950s, affiliated with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as well as George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Society (which became New York City Ballet). Other significant photographic subjects are Talley Beatty, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. A small amount of professional papers are also included: a one-page biography, clippings and articles about Colwell and his oeuvre, Colwell's own writing on dance photography, and flyers related to exhibits of his work.