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William Skipper papers

Title: William Skipper papers, 1915-1987.
Author: Skipper, William.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 185 Box 1	Offsite
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Description

17 linear feet (38 boxes)

Summary

The William Skipper papers include correspondence, manuscript drafts, office files, photographs, and sheet music.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Clippings.
Manuscripts.
Photographs.
Sheet music.

Source (note)

University of Alabama at Mobile

Biography (note)

Dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, William "Billy" Skipper (1921-1987) had a varied career.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 185

OCLC

80719172

Author

Skipper, William.

Title

William Skipper papers, 1915-1987.

Biography

Dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, William "Billy" Skipper (1921-1987) had a varied career. He started as a dancer, performed in several Broadway shows, eventually turned to choreography, and later became a Las Vegas showman, as well as a filmmaker and producer. Following his graduation from high school in Mobile, Alabama in 1939, Skipper became part of Ted Shawn's Men Dancers at Jacob's Pillow and briefly appeared with Jack Cole's group. Billed as Billy Skipper, Jr., he danced on Broadway in Higher and Higher (1940), Panama Hattie (1940), and Banjo Eyes (1941) before joining the Coast Guard in 1942. Upon his discharge, Skipper returned to Broadway, appearing in Annie Get Your Gun (1946) and Lend an Ear (1948). His last Broadway show was the revue, Almost Crazy (1955), which he choreographed. Skipper continued to choreograph for musical theater throughout the United States, worked occasionally in films, and appeared in, directed, or choreographed over 200 television productions. From 1965-1967 he was a member of the faculty of the drama department at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, but left in 1967 to become the director of the Ruth St. Denis Foundation. Although Skipper had won a scholarship to study with Ted Shawn, he was a protégé of Ruth St. Denis, working on a film that documented her choreography, The First Lady of American Dance, and serving as her official and unofficial booking agent over the years. Among Skipper's other notable film projects was a documentary, Tallulah and the Bankheads.

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Occupation

Choreographers.

Dancers.

Independent filmmakers.

Added Author

Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968.

Blechman, Marcus.

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 185

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