Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Contains 25 Results:

Programs

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Program for "Death and Transfiguration", which was based on a Richard Strauss tone poem. Danced by Said Gerrard while she was a pupil of Mary Wigman. This event took place on February 14-15 (year unknown) at the Central High School of Commerce auditorium. 3 programs, 1 original and 2 photocopies.

Dates: 1930 - 1980

Programs, 1939 - 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Programs for the Carousel Theatre Group performance of "Fancy Fanny's Judgment Day". Direction and choreography by Saida Gerrard. Presented by the Young Men's Hebrew Association and performed in the Kaufmann Auditorium, New York City, on February 26, 1939. 4 programs, 2 originals and 2 photocopies.

Dates: 1939 - 1939

Programs, 1939 - 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Program for "Fantasy 1939" performed in the Adelphi Theatre, New York City. Presented by The Federal Theatre Project as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Program. 1 original program.

Dates: 1939 - 1939

Programs, 1947 - 1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Programs for the Charles Weidman and Company productions of "A House Divided" by Lionel Nowak. Saida Gerrard dances in the role of the "slave" in both performances. The first program (photocopy) is for the performance which took place in The Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on April 27, 1947 for the benefit of "Spanish Refugees In Exile". The date and location of the performance listed in the second program (original)are not provided. 2 programs, 1 photocopy and 1 original.

Dates: 1947 - 1947

Programs, 1955 - 1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

Programs for the Guild Opera Company production of "Hansel and Gretel", an opera in three acts by Engelbert Humperdinck. Performances held in the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles from February 5 through April 17, 1955. Dream pantomime staged by Saida Gerrard. 8 original programs.

Dates: 1955 - 1955

Photographs

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-28
Scope and Contents Photographs from the performance of "A Legend of Queen Sabbath". 16 8X10 B/W, 1 5X6.5 B/W, 1 5X6.5 B/W photo card with the inscription "Happy Holidays", 1 5X6.5 B/W print, 1 3.25X5 photographs taken by Lyn Smith, the University of Judaism company photographer. All 4 of the smaller images are of the dancer Adria Chalfin. 19 B/W photographs and 1 print by Lyn Smith.Photographs from the performance of "A Legend of Queen Sabbath". 10 3.75X4.5, 5 5X6.5 B/W, 2 5.75X6.75, 1 8X10, 3...
Dates: 1930 - 1980

Programs , 1980 - 1980

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents Programs for performances of "A Legend of Queen Sabbath" choreographed by Saida Gerrard. Programs for the dance "A Legend of Queen Sabbath" which was performed April 25, 1980 at Temple Emanuel, Los Angeles. Part of the Weiss-Evans Memorial Concert. The concert included a performance of "A Legend of Queen Sabbath" performed by the Saida Gerrard Heritage Dance Company of Los Angeles and choreographed by Saida Gerrard. 4 originals and 1 photocopy. 5 total programs. ...
Dates: 1980 - 1980

Ephemera

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

Information about the dance "A Legend of Queen Sabbath". 5 2-page documents and 5 1-page documents. 15 total pages.

Dates: 1930 - 1980

Programs, 1938 - 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Programs for "The Machine." Choreographed by Saida Gerrard and performed by the Toronto Skating Club. 1 original program taken from the 1938 issue of the periodical Carnival. 1 photocopy. 2 total programs.

Dates: 1938 - 1938

Photographs

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

17 color slides of children and Vic Benn.

Dates: 1930 - 1980