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Dance

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

After being married, 1992

 Item — Multiple Containers
Overview

Video of After being married a three part performance piece that explores a womans feelings about being a mother, student and wife. Follows a couple from their wedding through the birth of their first child to the eventual failure of their marriage.

Dates: 1992

Dance Repertory Companies Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 028
Scope and Contents

This collection encompasses programs, playbills, and memorabilia pertaining to American and International dance companies, from the early 1900s to the 2000s. The bulk of the collection contains playbills, however there are also souvenir programs from various dance companies and a few newspaper articles pertaining to performances. The majority of the collection pertains to the Boston Ballet from the late 60s to the early 2000s.

Dates: 1934 - 2005

Helen Shea Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 019
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials related to the life of Helen Shea. The collection includes photographs, costumes, programs, original works, correspondence, and other materials from her career as a dancer. The material dates from approximately 1920 to 1999, with the majority produced during the span of her dancing career, from about 1920 to 1942. The bulk of the material is made up of photographs, original writings, and correspondence regarding Shea's best-known performance piece, Leda and...
Dates: Bulk; 1920 - 1999

Nightmare Diaries, 2024

 Item
Identifier: vm_2024spring_gardner_nathanial.pdf
Overview ""Nightmare Diaries" is a devised film about our relationship with our dreaming selves. A dancer, plagued by nightmares of a shrouded visitor, tracks down a reclusive psychotherapist who can communicate through dreams. A former patient, harmed by the doctor's process, arrives to stop him—instead, she decides to help, seeing hope in this dancer, where the doctor sees redemption. But the dancer has her own path to take. The script was developed in collaboration with the actors over weeks of...
Dates: 2024

Sylvia Lewis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 025
Scope and Contents

The collection includes materials related to Sylvia Lewis' career including but not limited to: photographs, contracts, scripts, sheet music, publicity publications, magazines, lobby cards, posters, personal correspondence, 16mm films, VHS tapes, DVD's, costumes/apparel.

Dates: mid-1930s to early 2010s

The Castle's, 2024

 Item
Identifier: sf_2024spring_agee_carrie.pdf
Overview ""The Castles"a prequel to Dirty Dancing is a full-length screenplay that delves into the untold past of Johnny Castle, set in 1930's New York City. The story follows the tumultuous relationship between Arabella Armstrong, a New York aristocrat, and Isaac Castle, a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. The screenplay opens with Arabella and Isaac's unlikely romance, which leads to an unplanned pregnancy and a hasty wedding. As their marriage progresses, cracks begin to show as Isaac...
Dates: 2024

Variety Protected Materials Department Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 017
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials submitted in sealed envelopes for copyright protection by the Variety Protected Materials Department between 1912 and 1938. The bulk of the material consists of scripts for Vaudeville, radio, and other creative productions, and photographs and drawings of set designs and costumes. The materials also often include illustrations or photographs of a skit concept, trick, or performance props and apparatuses. Also included are musical scores and lyrics. Some...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1916-1924; 1912 - 1938