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Finding a Political Voice

Warsaw Ghetto (024.00.00)

Warsaw Ghetto
Kenneth Finch, costume designer. Costume design for Lester Horton’s work Warsaw Ghetto, 1949. Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)

Constantine Photos. Bella Lewitzky (left) and Sondra Orans in Lester Horton’s work Warsaw Ghetto, 1949. Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00)

Turmoil at Home and Cold War Protest

Lester Horton's The Mine (026.00.00)

Lester Horton's The Mine
Laurance T. Clark, photographer. Unidentified dancers in the “Women Waiting” section of Lester Horton’s work The Mine, 1935. Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)

John Brown Sees the Glory (028.00.00)

John Brown Sees the Glory
Daniel Kramer, photographer. Erick Hawkins in his work John Brown, ca. 1980s. Erick Hawkins Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
Photograph © Daniel Kramer. Courtesy of Daniel and Arline Kramer

Lincoln Kirstein's Memorial Day: Dances for Democracy in Crisis (029.00.00)

Lincoln Kirstein's Memorial Day: Dances for Democracy in Crisis
Rendering for set design of the “John Brown” section of Memorial Day: Dances for Democracy in Crisis, ca. 1930. Aaron Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)

Daniel Nagrin Landscape with Three Figures (030.00.00)

Daniel Nagrin Landscape with Three Figures
Genevieve Pitot, composer. Holograph music score for Daniel Nagrin’s work Landscape with Three Figures: 1859, 1943. Daniel Nagrin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00)

Lester Horton Addresses Racism in Chronicle (031.00.00)

Lester Horton Addresses Racism in Chronicle
Lester Horton, choreographer. Costume design sketch for his work Chronicle, 1937. Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)

Charles Wiedman's "Lynchtown" (032.00.00)

Charles Wiedman's "Lynchtown"
Barbara Morgan, photographer. “Lynchtown,” from Charles Weidman’s work Atavisms, 1938. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
© Barbara Morgan, The Barbara Morgan Archive

Daniel Nagrin's Not Me But Him (033.00.00)

Daniel Nagrin's Not Me But Him
Oleaga Photography. Daniel Nagrin in his work Not Me But Him, ca. 1965. Daniel Nagrin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)

Pearl Primus in The Negro Speaks of Rivers (034.00.00)

Pearl Primus in The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Barbara Morgan, photographer. Pearl Primus in her work The Negro Speaks of Rivers, 1944. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
© Barbara Morgan, The Barbara Morgan Archive

Horton Addresses Racism in Los Angeles (035.00.00)

Horton Addresses Racism in Los Angeles
Constantine Photos. Unidentified dancers in Lester Horton’s work The Park (later titled El Robozo), n.d. Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)

Yuriko Kikuchi in Shut Not Your Doors (036.00.00)

Yuriko Kikuchi in Shut Not Your Doors
Yuriko Kikuchi in her work Shut Not Your Doors, 1946. Courtesy of Yuriko and Susan Kikuchi. Victoria Phillips Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)

Donald McKayle's Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (037.00.00)

Donald McKayle's Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Johan Elbers, photographer. Elbert Watson, Melvin Jones, Michihiko Oka, and Ulysses Dove in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s production of Donald McKayle’s 1956 work Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder, introduced into the Ailey repertory in 1972, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00)

The Devil in Massachusetts (038.00.00)

The Devil in Massachusetts
Rehearsal of Mary Anthony’s 1952 work The Devil in Massachusetts, ca. 1951–1952. Copyprint. Courtesy of Mary Anthony. Victoria Phillips Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)

Jane Dudley's FBI File (048.01.00)

Jane Dudley's FBI File
Facsimile of first page of Jane Dudley’s FBI file. Victoria Phillips Collection Music Division, Library of Congress (048.01.00)

Domestic Projects for Export

Lew Christensen's Filling Stations (039.01.00)

Lew Christensen's Filling Station
George Platt Lynes, photographer. Detail graphic of Lew Christensen in his 1938 work Filling Station, choreographed for Ballet Caravan, n.d. Erick Hawkins Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
© Estate of George Platt Lynes

Oliver Smith's Set Design for Rodeo (040.00.00)

Oliver Smith's Set Design for Rodeo
Oliver Smith, set designer. Set design for Rodeo, choreographed by Agnes de Mille for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1942. Oliver Smith Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)

José Limón (041.00.00)

José Limón
Walter Strate Studio. José Limón and Betty Jones in Limón’s 1949 work The Moor’s Pavane, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)

Martha Graham Abroad (042.00.00)

Martha Graham Abroad
Poster of Martha Graham Dance Company’s performances in Japan, 1955. Ethel Winter and Charles Hyman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (042.00.00)

Graham's Appalachian Spring (043.00.00)

Graham's Appalachian Spring
Martha Graham and Stuart Hodes in Appalachian Spring, ca. 1955. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)

American Ballet Theater in Soviet Union (044.00.00)

American Ballet Theater in Soviet Union
A. Konkov, Fotokhronika TASS. Members of the American Ballet Theater take a curtain call after a performance in Moscow of David Lichine’s 1940 work Graduation Ball, 1960. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00)

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