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| BOX 10-15, 35-38, 42-43, 45, 48-49, 51-55 MAPCASE 3 | Production Files, 1928-1996 (bulk 1936-1955) | ||||||||||||
| Information related to specific productions and choreographic works put on by Lester Horton and the Dance Theater company is organized in this series. Material types include costume and set renderings, photographs, programs, scripts, typed scenarios, and licensing agreements with composers. | |||||||||||||
| Organized as two subseries, Individual Works and Programs. | |||||||||||||
| Individual Works, 1928-1981 | |||||||||||||
| This subseries consists primarily of photographs and design renderings of individual dance works created or considered by Horton or the Dance Theater. Some files contain scripts or written dance scenarios. The majority of the pieces were created by Horton, but works presented by the company after his death are also included such as Alvin Ailey's According to St. Francis. There is a significant amount of material documenting the different iterations and revisions to Horton's Salome. Also found in this subseries are six props and costume pieces used in performance. Unless otherwise noted, all productions listed are choreographic works. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by title of work. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 36/1 | 7 Scenes with Ballabilli, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/9 | According to St. Francis, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| Photograph and scenario | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/10 | Annie Get Your Gun (musical), 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Typescript | |||||||||||||
| Another Touch of Klee | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/3 | Costume and set designs, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/11, 36/2-3 | Photographs, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 42/6 | The Art Patrons, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/12 | Aztec Ceremonial, 1933 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/1 | Bal Caribe, 1953-1956 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes Bolero, Kandyan, and Miss Salome | |||||||||||||
| Bamboo Alley | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/4 | Costume designs, 1951-1955 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/2 | Photographs, 1951-1955 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/3 | Barrel House, 1948-1949 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 36/4-5, 48/1 | Batucada, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/5 | Beguine, undated | ||||||||||||
| Costume designs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/4 | The Beloved, 1948-1974 | ||||||||||||
| Choreographic notation, photographs, and programs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/5 | A Bouquet for Molly, 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs and scenario | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes scenario for The Cottonwood Leaves are Whisperin' | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/6 | Brown County, Indiana, 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs, scenario, and set designs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/6 | Cakewalk, undated | ||||||||||||
| Costume designs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 36/6 | Carmen, 1948-1949 | ||||||||||||
| Photograph | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/7 | Carnival in (Bahia, Recife or ?), circa 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Scenario | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/8 | Carolina and the Quaker, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scenario | |||||||||||||
| Chronicle | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/9, 36/7, 42/7 | Costume and set designs, circa 1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/10, 36/7, 42/7 | Photographs, circa 1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/11 | Chungsville, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Photograph | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/12 | Crèation du Monde, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/13 | Cuba Antigua, circa 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| Cumbia | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/7 | Costume designs, circa 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/14 | Photographs, circa 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/15 | Dancing Americans, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scenarios | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/16 | Danzón, 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/17 | De Morte, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scenario | |||||||||||||
| Dedications in Our Time | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/18, 48/2 | Photographs, 1952-1954, 1981 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 51 | Two leather bandoliers, circa 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Used in Dedication to José Clemente Orozco | |||||||||||||
| BOX 51 | Purple shawl, circa 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Used in Dedication to José Clemente Orozco | |||||||||||||
| BOX 52 | Straw sombrero, circa 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Used in Dedication to José Clemente Orozco | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/19 | Dybbuk, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scenario | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/1 | The Empty Chair, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/2 | The Family, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scenario | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 36/8 | The Flop, circa 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/3 | Frevo, 1950-1954 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/4 | Girl Crazy (musical), 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Annotated typescript | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/5 | Jenny and the Bench of the Lamb, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| Liberian Suite | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/8, 48/3 | Costume designs, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/6 | Cue sheet, licensing agreement, photographs, and scenario, 1952-1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 36/9, 48/4 | Photographs, 1952-1956 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE-DRAWER 3/4 | Set design, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/7 | Lonely Hearts (play), 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Annotated typescript | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 42/8 | Lysistrata, 1936-1937 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| Medea | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/8, 36/10 | Photographs, 1951-1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 53 | Prop: mirror of brass and wood, 1951-1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/9 | Medicine Show, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scenario | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 42/9 | The Mine, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/10 | Mirror, Mirror, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| Mound Builders | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/9 | Costume designs, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 42/10 | Photographs, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| On the Upbeat | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes Brush off Blues, Chassidic, Kathak, and Pwe Bop | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/11 | Licensing agreements and photographs, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 38/1, 48/5-6 | Photographs, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/12 | The Park, 1949-1950 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs and scenario | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/13 | Los Penitenties, circa 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Costume and set designs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/14 | Phoenix Aground, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scenario | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 38/2 | Plumed Serpent, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| Prado de Pena | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/15, 38/3-5, 48/7-8 | Photographs, 1952-1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 12/15 | Program and scenario, 1952-1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 54 | Prop: yellow papier-mâché figure, 1952-1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 13/1 | Pueblo Eagle Dance, 1929 | ||||||||||||
| Photograph | |||||||||||||
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