Anita Zahn professional and personal papers, 1920-1991.

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Creator

Zahn, Anita.

Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division

Extent

• 9.5 linear ft. (134 folders)

Scope/Contents Notes

The papers cover the seventy-year career of Anita Zahn as dancer and teacher and consist mainly of clippings, programs and press material.

Of particular interest are materials relating to the Elizabeth Duncan School of Dance, correspondence with Elizabeth Duncan, diary notes on the 1920 season in Switzerland, clippings from European newspapers of the 1910s and 1920s, and original programs of the Duncan School perfomances.

Biographical/Historical Note

Modern dancer and teacher, b.1904-d.1995, who studied and performed as a disciple of Isadora and Elizabeth Duncan.

Controlled Access Terms

• Duncan, Anna, 1894-1980.
• Duncan, Augustin, 1873-1954.
• Duncan, Elizabeth, 1871-1948.
• Duncan, Margherita Sargent.
• Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966.
• Kooluris, Hortense Dolan.
• Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977.
• Elizabeth Duncan-Schule.
• Isadora Duncan Dancers.
• Dancers.