Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 12, Asian American Dancers (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
May 24, 2021
Asian American dance artists have appeared on U.S. stages since the nineteenth century. They have worked behind the scenes, sometimes anonymously, to train and inspire others and choreograph in ballet and modern dance as well as dance from their own heritages. Learn about ten of these artists from the twentieth century in the short biographies we've provided at the end of the volume.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 11, Dauntless Dancing Divas (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
March 25, 2021
In this volume, we bring you courageous and tenacious women dancers to color.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 10, A Valentine for Vaudeville (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
March 2, 2021
Our latest coloring book pays homage to vaudeville performers and their versatility, adaptability, and resilience—qualities we have all needed this past year.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 9, Let's Have a Ball (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
December 28, 2020
'Tis the season of balls and joyous gatherings, though we know that sadly isn't possible this year. May this volume of celebration images bring you some wistful joy and hope, and may it presage happier times in the future when we can all meet again in person.
Teaching Children About a 19th Century Influencer
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
December 15, 2020
Dance Division’s collections are open to all, and we have for years been especially focused on providing educational resources about dance. Like all cultural phenomena, dance reflects the society in which it is created, and learning about dance is a way into learning about the world we live in.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 8, Dance for the People (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
November 25, 2020
After a historic election this month and with Thanksgiving just around the corner as I write this, it seems only fitting that our latest coloring book celebrates dance for and of the people.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 7, Dancing Caricatures (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
October 22, 2020
For anyone needing some dark humor to get through the circumstances we find ourselves in this year, this volume is for you.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 6, Men Dancing (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
September 4, 2020
As we head into the school year—whatever form it may take—our thoughts turn to the boys and young men studying dance, who continue to face obstacles gaining acceptance for their pursuit of an art form we love. To celebrate their dedication, we're issuing our latest coloring book volume, of Men Dancing. Show your support for the men who dance!
New Dance Division Libguide on Systemic Racism, Protests, and Dance
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
August 18, 2020
Community-developed resources to help our community look at its past, assess and preserve the present, and plan for the future.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 5, Nature Dancing (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
August 3, 2020
Images of non-human dancers from the natural world abound in our digitized prints, from the horse ballets beginning in the late sixteenth century to caricatures, both satiric and sweet, of humanoid animals and plants. We hope the images selected for our latest coloring book will bring a smile to your face and a spring in your step as you color them.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 4, Women With Wings (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
June 19, 2020
For this edition of our coloring books we're bringing you more winged creatures,
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 3, Dance in Asia (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
June 1, 2020
We're closing out Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with volume 3 of our coloring books, celebrating that heritage by featuring dance in Asia.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 2 (#danceincolor)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
May 11, 2020
We hope just as dance inspired these and other artists to produce beautiful art, so too will your lives be brightened as you create your own versions of these masterpieces.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books! #danceincolor
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
April 22, 2020
Many of you have found coloring to be a creative and relaxing activity at this time, and what better inspiration than images of dance?
Isadora Duncan and Her Collaborators
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
May 1, 2017
Guest post by New York Public Library Short-Term Fellow Chantal Frankenbach, California State University, Sacramento
The American modern dancer Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) was one of the most acclaimed and influential artists of her time. Notorious for her romantic involvements with the likes of British theater critic Gordon Craig, German biologist Ernst Haeckel, and millionaire Paris Singer, Duncan also attracted artists and intellectuals as collaborators in her work as a dancer. These collaborations have a great deal to tell us of her wide-ranging ideas about the
Bugaku: Japanese Imperial Court Dance
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
April 6, 2017
For much of its history, bugaku remained an exclusive and privileged experience, performed only at the Japanese imperial court and, very rarely, as part of religious rituals at temples or shrines.
Macabre Imagery: Visual Representations of the Dance of Death
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
October 28, 2016
A new case exhibit on the third floor of the Library for the Performing Arts presents a small historical survey of the characteristic imagery and common features of visual representations of the dance of death.
The 50th Anniversary of 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering and Experiments in Art and Technology, Incorporated (E.A.T.)
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
October 26, 2016
In celebration of its anniversary, a current case exhibit on the third floor of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts highlights materials related to 9 Evenings.
100 Years (Or So) Ago in Dance: La Marseillaise
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
March 28, 2016
Isadora Duncan received a huge ovation for La Marseillaise. She was to repeat the performance again several weeks later, and a reviewer in the French theater journal La Rampe exclaimed breathlessly that "she lifted souls to the sublime and left them trembling with excitement."
100 Years (Or So) Ago in Dance: Florence Mills
by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
February 22, 2016
Florence Mills was famed for her birdlike voice as well as her spontaneous dancing during her numbers. She was one of the most popular entertainers of the early 1920s in New York, London, and Paris, and yet, perhaps because she died at age 32, her fame has not survived.
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