A misconception is that an unpublished manuscript by Isadora Duncan, entitled “Exercizes for the Dance,” contains no technique. For the first time, on 5/20, Lori Belilove makes the manuscript public and shows Duncan’s role as the “Mother of Modern Dance.'
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100 years ago this year, Jose Quintero and Ted Mann were born, and they went on to co-found Circle in the Square Theatre. On 5/13, we celebrate Circle in the Square Theatre's first decade with performances, reflections, and more! eventbrite.com/e/jose-quinter…

The deadline for the 2024 Dance Research Fellowship is quickly approaching! Details on how to apply here: nypl.org/dance-fellowsh…

A new exhibition at The Library for Performing Arts highlighting the theater photography of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg is now on view!

Plan your visit to 'Photo Call: The Theater Photos of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg' through Sept 28! on.nypl.org/4bu173k

Graham and Noguchi 'seemed to think in parallel ways. They shared an elastic sense of space and time, borrowed in part from their common interest in Japanese noh theater.' alice wrote about the partnership between Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi. frieze.com/article/frieze…

Our exhibition highlighting the theater photography of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg is open! Are you seeing it? Check out Photo Call: The Theater Photos of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg through 9/28! nypl.org/events/exhibit…

Attention playwrights or screenwriters who self-identifies as LGBTQ+: check out NYFA's Ryand Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award open application, worth $8,000. Deadline: June 18. nyfa.org/awards-grants/…

Gorgeous and inspiring – amazing example of how archival research can activate and deepen art and performance practice, for artists and dancers themselves

Musical theater lyricists, composer, bookwriters, & performers! Applications are open for our Across a Crowded Room program, a professional development session to meet other musical theater artists, and create a musical theater work. Deadline: May 25. nypl.org/node/719410

'The first time I heard it, I assumed The Blue Mask was ironic; the second time, I began to suspect that it was the least ironic album of all time.' pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

You may have heard the name Clara Bow recently on Taylor Swift's latest album, The Tortured Poets Department. So, who is Clara Bow? On 5/11, our Silent Clowns film series, screens two films with Bow: Get Your Man (1927) and The Pill Pounder (1923). eventbrite.com/e/silent-clown…

Inspired by Zoltan Kodaly’s music composition, Missa Brevis in Tempore Belli, which first premiered in a bombed-out church after WWII, José Limón created his own Missa Brevis dance. @limondance presents this and other works by Limón that celebrate the humanity, and more.

Every semester, the The New School's Jane Ira Bloom teaches a course on experimental music that uses the archives of the Library for the Performing Arts as source material for inspiration. Then, we host their final concert, with talkbacks with the students. eventbrite.com/e/shelf-life-n…

Sheldon Harnick was born 100 years ago on this day in 1924! Harnick, best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals like Fiddler on the Roof, joined the Library for the Performing Arts in 2014 for our sing along show and tell program on Fiddler.