Box MSS 025 Box 11
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Contains 4 Results:
1 pair ballet shoes, Undated
Item — Box: MSS 025 Box 11
Identifier: MSS 025-01
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From the Series:
This collection includes: photographs, publicity publications, magazines, papers, notebooks, VHS tapes, DVDs, cassette tapes, and apparel.Sylvia Lewis' Personal Records include personal correspondence spanning her career, collected newspaper and magazine clippings (called "puff" pieces) concerning Sylvia Lewis' personal life and career, collected tabloid magazines featuring Sylvia in its coverage, and personal headshots taken of Sylvia during her career.Specific...
Dates:
Undated
1 pair tap shoes, Undated
Item — Box: MSS 025 Box 11
Identifier: MSS 025-01
Scope and Contents
"Flat for rehearsal." -Sylvia Lewis
Dates:
Undated
1 pair tap shoes, Undated
Item — Box: MSS 025 Box 11
Identifier: MSS 025-01
Scope and Contents
"For performance." -Sylvia Lewis
Dates:
Undated
1 pair pointe shoes, 1952
Item — Box: MSS 025 Box 11
Identifier: MSS 025-01
Scope and Contents
"… this pair dates from the filming of 'Hans Christian Andersen' in 1951(?). We wore out many pairs during the filming but I decided to keep one pair as a keepsake of that job. … NOTE: Every ballet dancer has her way of winding her ribbons when not using the shoes. Everyday, I wound my ribbons the very same way for many years, as they are wound and tucked now. Please do the same if you are going to unwind them. Arching the instep when putting them away is part of the ritual. Thank you."...
Dates:
1952