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Photographic scrapbooks.
- Title
- Photographic scrapbooks.
- Author
- Nirska, Mira
- Publication
- [1935?-1964?]
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Vol. 2 | Picture | Supervised use | *MGZEB 86-90 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Vol. 1 | Picture | Supervised use | *MGZEB 86-90 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 2 albums; 45 x 30 cm. and 42 x 46 cm.
- Subject
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Variety dancing.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZEB 86-90