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All materials in the Anna Halprin Digital Archives comes from the Anna Halprin Papers at the Museum of Performance + Design. These materials are meant to be a sampling of items from the collection. All images in the Archive are low-resolution JPEG files meant for research use only. Please contact MP+D at info@mpdsf.org for more information or to set up an in-person appointment to view the materials. Resources referenced for this project include the Anna Halprin Papers, Anna Halprin's website www.annahalprin.org, and Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance by Janice Ross (University of California Press: 2007). Cataloging, digitization, and access supported …

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California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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The Christensen Family Digital Archive consists of images and documents chronicling the life and career of Lew Christensen and his brothers, Willam and Harold. Materials in this digital archive were curated from two collections at the Museum of Performance + Design: the Christensen-Caccialanza Papers and the Henrietta McDowell Memorial Photography Collection. The majority of the materials comes from Christensen-Caccialanza Papers, focusing primarily on Lew Christensen and his wife Gisella Caccialanza. The digital archive also includes materials related to Lew's brothers, Harold Christensen and Willam Christensen and their spouses, Ruby Asquith and Mignon Lee [Willam's first wife] respectively. For programs, scrapbooks, …

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The Museum of Performance & Design, Performing Arts Library's collection of images related to Chinese Theater in California ranges from 1883-2004, although the majority of the photographs document performers and productions from the 1920s to late 1940s. The photographs depict scenes from plays such as "Heavenly Kings" and "Princess Cheung Ping," staged at the Great China Theatre, Great Star Theatre, and other venues, shots of actors and actress such as Mei Lan-fang, Dai Ngow Lok, Ma Shi-tsang, Kwan Duk Hing, Sew Jow Lee, and Hall Fay Jing in costume, in the studio, or on stage portraying various characters such as …

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The Collection of San Francisco Bay Area Theater Images and Memorabilia includes photographs, program covers, seating charts, tickets and advertising cards related to theater buildings and performance spaces in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland from 1853 to the 1970s. The Collection contains many images and materials from theaters prior to 1923, images of theaters destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire, and many of the great performance spaces in Bay Area history including the Alcazar Theatre, Alexandria Theatre, California Theatre, Civic Auditorium, Columbia Theatre, Fischer's Theatre, Fox Theatre, Grand Opera House, Macdonough Theatre, Maguire's Opera House, Majestic Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, …

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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.

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This collection contains a sample of images from McDowell's body of work consisting of photographs of important local dancers and dance companies, with a strong emphasis on San Francisco Ballet as she spent nearly 20 years photographing the company. The photographic materials feature such notables as Lew Christensen, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn and several members of the San Francisco Ballet such as Carlos Carvajal, Robert Gladstein, Sally Bailey, Jocelyn Vollmar, and Michael Smuin.

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This collection contains a sample of images from Katherine Kahr's body of work consisting of photographs of various local dancers and dance companies, The collection includes photographs of notable choreographers and dancers such as Alonzo King, Tina Bernal, Richard Gibson. Eiko and Koma; ethnic dance groups such as Chaksam-Pa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company and Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Company; and dance companies such as Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Golden Gate Ballet, Palo Alto Ballet, Pacific Dance Center, Margaret Wingrove Dancers of San Jose, and Oakland Ballet.

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Preserving Bay Area Dance Legacies presents highlights from key San Francisco Bay-Area based dancers/choreographers whose papers are a part of the Elyse Eng Dance Collection at the Museum of Performance + Design. Dancer/choreographers represented in this exhibit include Carlos Carvajal, Gary Palmer, Welland Lathrop, and June Watanabe. This collection includes images featured in the exhibit pages for these choreographers as well as images digitized from these choreographer's collections throughout the project.

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This collection contains a sample of images photographed by Bob McLeod. The collection also includes some images photographed by his wife, Beth Witrogen McLeod. The body of work consists of photographs of important local and visiting dancers and dance companies, such as the San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Prominent dancers and choreographers featured include such notables as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Lew Christensen, Michael Smuin, and several prominent members of the San Francisco Ballet such as Joanna Berman, Evelyn Cisneros, Christopher Stowell in works by noted choreographers such as Christensen, Helgi Tomasson, George Balachine, Frederick Ashton, and Jerome Robbins.

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