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Reintroducing Bronislava Nijinska!

Posted by: Libby Smigel

The Bronlislava Nijinska Collection is now fully processed and available for study in the Music Division's Performing Arts Reading Room, Library of Congress. Archivist Morgen Stevens-Garmon, who headed the team that processed the collection, synopsizes Nijinska's career as a dancer and choreographer, and tells the story of the collection's arrival at the Library.

Rockettes tap dancer Ann Murphy posing arms outstretched onstage and in costume

High Kicks for Days: Celebrating the Rockettes with Photographs and Memorabilia

Posted by: Libby Smigel

Rockettes dancer Ann Murphy (born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1942) danced with the precision tap dance company from the 1960s through the 1970s. Now her photographs, programs, and other Radio City Music Hall memorabilia are available to the public in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room, thanks to Murphy's generous gift of her legacy materials.

Michio Itō raising arms in gesture in loose long-sleeved top and flowing pants stepping forward on left foot, in an outdoor setting, photograph by Arnold Genthe

Celebrating Choreographer Michio Itō

Posted by: Libby Smigel

Choreographer Michio Itō had a profound impact on the development of modern dance in the United States, with collaborations and friendships with Martha Graham, Lester Horton, and Ted Shawn, among many others. Selected images from a recent gift of materials documenting Itō’s career in the United States are shown here alongside other images available in the Library of Congress to highlight the Japanese-born artist’s legacy during Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month.