Myra Kinch papers
- Title
- Myra Kinch papers, 1920-1970.
- Supplementary content
- Author
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 4 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number(S) *MGZMD 205 Box 4 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 3 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number(S) *MGZMD 205 Box 3 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 2 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number(S) *MGZMD 205 Box 2 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number(S) *MGZMD 205 Box 1 | Item locationOffsite |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 2 linear feet (4 boxes)
- Summary
- The Myra Kinch papers primarily consist of handwritten choreography notes for many of Kinch's dance compositions.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Scores.
- Call number
- (S) *MGZMD 205
- Source (note)
- Estate of Myra Kinch
- Biography (note)
- Noted choreographer and dancer, Myra Kinch (1904-1981) came to specialize in satirical dance pieces.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Author
- Kinch, Myra.
- Title
- Myra Kinch papers, 1920-1970.
- Biography
- Noted choreographer and dancer, Myra Kinch (1904-1981) came to specialize in satirical dance pieces. A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, she trained as a dancer with La Meri, Muriel Stuart, Eugenia Eduardova, and Vincenzo Celli. She also studied and performed in Germany during the 1920s. In the 1930s, Kinch returned to the United States to become director and choreographer of the West Coast Dance Project of the WPA Federal Theater Project. In 1948, Kinch was named head of the modern dance department at the Jacob's Pillow dance school and summer festival, where she remained for twenty five years. Kinch's work lampooned diverse subjects, as well as stereotypes of classical ballet. Among her most well known pieces were Bajour (which featured Ted Shawn), Tomb for Two, and A Waltz is a Waltz is a Waltz.
- Indexes
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Choreographers.
- Dancers.
- Added author
- Galea, Manuel.
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
- Research call number
- (S) *MGZMD 205