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Photographic scrapbooks.

Title
Photographic scrapbooks.
Author
Nirska, Mira
Publication
[1935?-1964?]

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Vol. 2PictureSupervised use *MGZEB 86-90Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Vol. 1PictureSupervised use *MGZEB 86-90Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description
2 albums; 45 x 30 cm. and 42 x 46 cm.
Subject
  • Nirska, Mira
  • Ista (Dancer)
  • Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928
  • Dancers > Scrapbooks
  • Butterfly dance (Hopi dance)
  • Theatrical paraphernalia > Patents
  • Variety dancing
Genre/Form
Scrapbooks.
Biography (note)
  • American specialty dancer.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of estate of Mira Nirska.
Call Number
*MGZEB 86-90
OCLC
NYPG92-F396
Author
Nirska, Mira.
Title
Photographic scrapbooks.
Imprint
[1935?-1964?]
Summary
Chiefly photographs of Mira Nirska in her Butterfly dance. Also contains press clippings, programs, itineraries, and hand-colored photographs of her travels.
Vol. 1 includes the U.S. patent of her "Accoutrement for choreography" (1961) used in her Butterfly dance, as well as copies of Loie Fuller's British and U.S. patents (1893 and 1894) for her "Garment for dancers" used in her Serpentine dance. Also included is material on a plagiarized version performed by Ista, the Butterfly Girl, in 1963-1964.
Vol. 2 contains additional photographs of Nirska's Butterfly dance and material on her trips to Africa, India and Indonesia.
Biography
American specialty dancer.
Provenance
Gift of estate of Mira Nirska.
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Local Subject
Variety dancing.
Research Call Number
*MGZEB 86-90
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