MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aML31$b.H69
110 2 $aLester Horton Dance Theater.
245 00 $aLester Horton Dance Theater collection,$f1926-1996$g(bulk 1940-1959).
300 $a11,508 items (70 containers, 22 linear feet).
545 1 $aLester Horton and several partners founded the Dance Theater, a modern dance company, in Hollywood, Calif., in 1946. Throughout Horton's career, he combined dance and drama into a total theatrical experience. He was intimately involved in creating all aspects of a production: the costumes, sets, lighting, and music as well as the scenarios and choreography. His fascination with ethnic dance, human sensuality, and cultural history was expressed in a prodigious body of work with themes ranging from the classics to melodrama, social concerns to farce. Horton's "choreodramas" were built on a movement technique that is still taught and used in dance schools and companies. The Dance Theater closed its doors in 1960.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, writings, music, publicity and production materials, programs, teaching materials, business papers, scrapbooks, news clippings, publications, costume and set designs, photographs, drawings, and sound recordings documenting the workings of the Lester Horton Dance Theater and the personal and professional life of choreographer, dancer, and teacher Lester Horton.
520 8 $aIndividuals represented include Alvin Ailey, William Bowne, Merce Cunningham, Carmen De Lavallade, Frank Eng, Lelia Goldoni, Judith Hamilton, Michio Itō, Bella Lewitzky, Margaret Lloyd, Don Martin, Joyce Trisler, James Truitte, and Larry Warren.
541 $cPurchase;$d1995.
541 $cAcquisition;$aLarry Warren;$d1996.
544 $3Audio visual materials$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
540 $aCertain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
540 $aAccess Advisory: Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu005003
524 8 $aLester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
600 10 $aAiley, Alvin.
600 10 $aBowne, William.
600 10 $aCunningham, Merce.
600 10 $aDe Lavallade, Carmen,$d1931-
600 10 $aEng, Frank.
600 10 $aGoldoni, Lelia.
600 10 $aHamilton, Judith,$ccomposer.
600 10 $aHorton, Lester,$d1906-1953.
600 10 $aItō, Michio,$d1893-1961.
600 10 $aLewitzky, Bella.
600 10 $aLloyd, Margaret.
600 10 $aMartin, Don,$d1931-
600 10 $aPaz, Juan Carlos,$d1897-1972.
600 10 $aTrisler, Joyce,$d1934-1979.
600 10 $aTruitte, James.
600 10 $aWarren, Larry.
650 0 $aChoreography$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCostume design$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDance$xStage-setting and scenery$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDance$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDance companies$zUnited States.
650 0 $aModern dance$zUnited States.
700 1 $aHorton, Lester,$d1906-1953.$tLester Horton Dance Theater collection.$f1926-1996.
710 2 $aHorton (Lester) Collection (Library of Congress)
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bMusic Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu005003
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu005003.3