414 stories from The New York Public Library
Guest post by New York Public Library Short-Term Fellow Chantal Frankenbach, California State University, SacramentoThe American modern dancer Isadora Duncan (1877"1927) was one of the most …
Guest post by Jennifer Eberhardt, Special Collections, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) and Ted Shawn (1891-1972), founding figures in the histo…
Guest post by Jennifer Eberhardt, Special Collections, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) and Ted Shawn (1891-1972), founding figures in the histo…
Lou Reed. Photo: Julian Schnabel.The Library has just announced the acquisition of the Lou Reed Archive, and we're celebrating the life and legacy of this rock icon with a series of displays…
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division is pleased to belatedly announce that the final seven interviews documented with the Mertz Gilmore Foundation grant to record African dancers and choreog…
Does the story of a disaster-prone theatrical tour of the British provinces pack the same farcical punch when transposed to the States? Are the nuances of a right-to-die-fueled narrative los…
For my last blog post before retirement, I am pleased to feature the research and analysis of Emma Winter Zeig, volunteer and former intern, on one of the songs discovered for "Laughter, Agi…
This is a guest post by Jennifer Eberhardt, Special Collections,The New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsSeason's greetings from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at The New York P…
Guest post by Jennifer Eberhardt, Special Collections, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.This month marks the 50th anniversary of the performance series 9 Evenings: Theatre…
Scene from the stage production AmericanaDue to our unique existence as a research center of The New York Public Library and a constituent member of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, I…
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In the weeks leading up to Halloween we watch scary movies and we read scary stories but are we listening to enough scary music? Â No, probably not! Â So here are some suggestions to …
Federal Theatre Project. Image ID: TH-12102During my residency this summer in The New York Public Library's Short-Term Fellows program, Â I was able to immerse myself in more than forty bo…
Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson, 1902. Image ID: TH-03842The National Museum of African American History & Culture opens on September 24, 2016. The opening ceremonies will be broadcast …
Photograph by Myron Ehrenberg, October 25, 1945, "provided by [press representative] Ivan Black for Café Society." Â Jerome Robbins Dance Division
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Anahid Ajemian, Duke Ellington, and Dimitri Mitropoulos in a promotional photograph for the Music For Moderns series, spring 1957.
During the 1950s, the producer George Avakian, director…
With the release of the latest film starring Meryl Streep, many people are discovering Florence Foster Jenkins. Long known to many of those involved with music, Jenkins is generally viewed a…
A large group of photographers and dancers recently descended upon The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts early one morning for a one-of-a-kind photography event: #CamerasAndDan…
Title bar from Olive Wong's Original Draft for the Costume GuideÂ
Download: Costume Design Research Guide by Aileen Abercrombie
Anyone who has ever had the good fortune to visit the Lib…
George Avakian with Louis Armstrong during the recording of the album Satch Plays Fats, 1955.Photograph by Guy Gillette. Image ID: 5640626
George Avakian's lifelong friendship with Louis Ar…
For hip hop dancer Maria Fraguas Jover, researching at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is a transformative experience. She considers it a breakthrough that her dance orga…
The Dance Division has over forty-five original costume designs by artist and designer Boris Anisfeld. We are thrilled that we have been given permission to digitize the designs and include …
New York City Ballet rehearsal of "Dim Lustre" with Patricia McBride and Antony Tudor, choreography by Antony Tudor. Image ID: swope_1209509
As the new Oral History Assistant, I have observ…
On March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…
John Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651
A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern)…
A Second Home
Upon moving to New York City at age fourteen to complete my dance training at the School of American Ballet (SAB), I made a very important discovery. My new address, 70 Lincol…
