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Description

1. .25 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

1. The Gala Performance to Save the Dance Collection photographs consist of approximately 115 black and white 5" x 7" photographs of the performances taken during the evening of January 24, 1972 by photographer Fred Fehl. The gala was held as a benefit fundraiser at the City Center of Music and Drama to ensure the preservation and maintenance of the dance collection held at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts located in Lincoln Center. Dance companies that participated during the event such as the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet, Theatre, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater all contributed various works to event-goers. Works choreographed by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Butler among others were included as part of the night's repertoire. Notable names in the dance world such as Merce Cunningham, Margot Fonteyn, and Judith Jamison were also photographed during the event.

Subject

1. Mazzo, Kay, dancer
2. Villella, Edward, 1936- dancer
3. Kirkland, Gelsey, dancer
4. Helgi Tómasson, 1942- dancer
5. Balanchine, George, choreographer
6. Robbins, Jerome, choreographer
7. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer
8. Ailey, Alvin, choreographer
9. Rhodes, Lawrence, dancer
10. Jamison, Judith, dancer
11. Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016, dancer
12. McBride, Patricia, 1942- dancer
13. D'Antuono, Eleanor, dancer
14. Martins, Peter, 1946- dancer
15. Hayden, Melissa, dancer
16. Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer
17. Fracci, Carla, dancer
18. New York Public Library. Library & Museum of the Performing Arts
19. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection
20. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater > Photographs
21. New York City Ballet > Photographs
22. American Ballet Theatre > Photographs
23. Ballet > Photographs
24. Modern dance > New York (State) > New York
25. Performing arts > Photographs

Genre/Form

1. Photographs.

Call number

1. *MGZEB 18-2789

Source (note)

1. Fred Fehl;

Author

1. Fehl, Fred, photographer.

Title

1. Gala Performance to Save the Dance Collection photographs.

Production

1. 1972

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Source

1. Gift; Fred Fehl; 1991.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Photographers.

Research call number

1. *MGZEB 18-2789