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Dancing Cansinos photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 8000
Abstract
The Dancing Cansinos photograph album consists of photographs and ephemera relating to the Dancing Cansinos, a family of professional dancers who emigrated from Spain and eventually settled in Los Angeles. The troupe consisted of Antonio, Sr. and Carmen Cansino; their children Eduardo, Elisa, Paco, Jose, Antonio, Jr., Rafael, and Angel; Gabriel Cansino, a cousin; and, briefly in the 1930s, Margarita Carmen Cansino, who later became known as the actress Rita Hayworth. Rita Hayworth's parents...
Dates:
1920 - 1939
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Saida Gerrard papers
Collection
Identifier: 0341
Abstract
The collection consists of costumes, manuscripts, programs, photographs, and clippings pertaining to choreographer/dancer Saida Gerrard from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Dates:
1930 - 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Charles James Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: 0333
Abstract
Correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Russell Meriwether Hughes ("La Meri")-- ethnic dance icon, instructor, friend (and one-time lover) of Charles Miller who saved the materials which comprise this collection. The collection also includes Miller's own research material and dissertation on Edward Gordon Craig, published in 1957.
Dates:
1945 - 1989
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Barbara Morgan dance photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1021
Scope and Contents
The Barbara Morgan dance photographs comprise 36 photographs taken by Barbara Morgan (1900-1992), an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers. The prints in the collection show well-known dancers and choreographers in various poses and performances, including Valerie Bettis, Si-Lan Chen, Merce Cunningham, Asadata Dafora, Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Pearl Primus, and others. Morgan originally took these photographs between 1935 and...
Dates:
1935 - 1945; Printed late 1930s through 1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Rudy Perez archive
Collection
Identifier: 0309
Abstract
The Rudy Perez archive consists of the papers, clippings, programs, books, videos, costumes and photographs from the work of modern dance choreographer Rudy Perez (1929- ), currently based in Los Angeles.
Dates:
1965 - 2020
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library