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Images from the Chester Kessler Dance Photography Collection

Owning Institution: Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library

About this Collection

This collection contains a sample of images from Chester Kessler's body of work consisting of photographs of important local dancers and dance companies, The photographic materials feature such notables as George Balanchine, Ruth Beckford, Carlos Carvajal, Lew Christensen, Anna Halprin, and Welland Lathrop. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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256 items found in this collection

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Anna Halprin in Visions, circa 1960
Anna Halprin in Visions, circa 1960
Anna Halprin in Visions, circa 1960
Anna Halprin in Visions, circa 1960
Anna Halprin, John Graham, and A.A. Leath Halprin's Trunk Dance, 1959
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Anna Halprin, Lynn Palmer, A.A. Leath, and John Graham, 1962
Dance Spectrum performance of Wintermas, 1974
Dance Spectrum performance of Wintermas, 1974
Dance Spectrum performance of Wintermas, 1974
A dancer in Christensen's Caprice, 1961
Fiona Fuerstner, Michael Smuin, and other dancers in Balanchine's Symphony in C, ...
Gail Visentin, Ron Poindexter, and another dancer in Christensen's Lady of Shalott, ...
Jocelyn Vollmar and Fiona Fuerstner in Christensen's Lady of Shalott, 1958
Jocelyn Vollmar and Kent Sowell in Christensen's Esmeralda Pas de Deux, 1960
Jocelyn Vollmar and Kent Sowell in Christensen's Esmeralda Pas de Deux, 1960
Jocelyn Vollmar and Kent Sowell in Christensen's Esmeralda Pas de Deux, 1960
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