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Sara Mildred Strauss papers
- Title
- Sara Mildred Strauss papers, 1905-1977.
- Author
- Strauss, Sara Mildred, 1896-1979.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 169 Box 1 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 2 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 5 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 6 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 7 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 8 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 169 Box 9 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 4.5 linear feet (9 boxes)
- Summary
- The Sara Mildred Strauss Papers document the professional life of Sara Mildred Strauss (Newman) through correspondence, professional papers, drafts of her writings, drawings, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs of Strauss, her students, and some of the shows she choreographed.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Manuscripts for publication.
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
- Sketches.
- Biography (note)
- American dance teacher, choreographer, and author, Sara Mildred Strauss (1896-1979) was an influential, but somewhat forgotten physical fitness advocate whose long career also encompassed the spheres of concert and theatrical dance.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Call Number
- (S) *MGZMD 169
- OCLC
- NYPG06-A65
- Author
- Strauss, Sara Mildred, 1896-1979.
- Title
- Sara Mildred Strauss papers, 1905-1977.
- Biography
- American dance teacher, choreographer, and author, Sara Mildred Strauss (1896-1979) was an influential, but somewhat forgotten physical fitness advocate whose long career also encompassed the spheres of concert and theatrical dance. Strauss published her first treatise, The Dance and Life (1916) at a relatively young age, but she was still active in the field some fifty years later, publishing Here an Inch, There an Inch (1966), a much more mature work that encapsulates the experience of her many years of teaching. After extensive study, she developed the Strauss method of body building and dance technique early on, opening schools that developed the skills of dancers. By the mid-1930s, her technique was being taught by trained instructors at Strauss School of the Dance outposts throughout the United States and in several other countries. In addition to training dancers, many famous actors studied body movement and posture in her studios. After a short stay in Hollywood, Strauss returned to New York and joined the teaching staff of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she remained for about fifteen years.During the 1930s, Strauss also was particularly active as a dance presenter and choreographer. Her often experimental choreography was given in such serious concert venues, as New York's Guild Theatre and in 1932 she successfully collaborated with a group of dance professionals (which included Agnes De Mille) to lobby for the change of a bill that would allow dance performances to take place on Sundays in New York State (Strauss's own account of this incident can be found in box 2, folder 6). But Strauss's dance troupes, usually called the Sara Mildred Strauss Dancers or the Strauss Ballet also appeared frequently in vaudeville and Broadway revues, including Irving Berlin's As Thousand Cheer (1933) and Lew Brown's production of Calling All Stars (1934), featuring Ed Wynn. Strauss is also sometimes referred to by her married name, Sara Mildred Strauss Newman.
- Indexes
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Choreographers.Dance teachers.
- Added Author
- Strauss, Sara Mildred, 1896-1979. Here an inch, there an inch.Strauss School of the Dance.
- Research Call Number
- (S) *MGZMD 169