Posts from New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Invisible No More: Julian Work

Work was an African American composer and arranger working independently and for CBS Radio in New York City. Many of his arrangements are held in the CBS Collection of the Library of Performing Art's Music Division.

Remote Links: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Maryanne Amacher

This series of short videos will explore composer and sound artist Amacher’s work through conversations as a shared engagement across social time and distance.

Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 12, Asian American Dancers (#danceincolor)

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.

Doc Chat Episode Twenty-Four: Seeing Beethoven

In this episode, NYPL's Bob Kosovsky and Fredric Fehleisen of The Juilliard School discussed an early 19th-century portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven now owned by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Cabaret: An Animated Summary

As part of our preparation for the Harold Prince exhibition that opened last September, The New York Public Library digitized a large number of photographic negatives of production shots from several of Prince’s musicals. As a result it is possible to virtually reconstruct the staging of these original productions by arranging the hundreds of digitized photographs in the order of the show.

Josephine Baker: Entertainer and Activist

As one of the most admired performers of the 20th century, Josephine made full use of her celebrity status to bravely call attention to discriminatory racial practices in the United States and Europe.

Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 11, Dauntless Dancing Divas (#danceincolor)

In this volume, we bring you courageous and tenacious women dancers to color.

NYPL Researcher Spotlight (WFH edition): Diane Kiesel

Diane Kiesel is writing a book about the trials of Charlie Chaplin and researching with historical newspapers from home.

NYPL’s Betty L. Corwin: Fighting the Odds to Pursue the Dream of Preserving Live Theatre

Thanks to her dedication, vision, and masterful negotiating skills, Corwin not only became a full-time employee, but she created the world-renowned treasure trove known as the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, revolutionizing theatre history and research.

Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 10, A Valentine for Vaudeville (#danceincolor)

Our latest coloring book pays homage to vaudeville performers and their versatility, adaptability, and resilience—qualities we have all needed this past year.

NYPL's Genevieve Oswald: Fighting to Found the World’s Largest Dance Collection

Thanks to Oswald's visionary leadership, and unapologetic insistence that dance was a legitimate field of academic study, the Dance Division now houses the largest collection of dance materials anywhere in the world.

A Book List for Sally Banes

For more than three decades, the dancer, choreographer, and scholar influenced and inspired performers and artists alike with her prolific writings on dance.

New Gift from The Achelis and Bodman Foundation Enhances Access to Chamber Music Scores

The gift will enable us to transform the physical card catalogs of 25,000 chamber music scores to an online record on the OCLC system, making them just as easy to find as any bestselling novel or biography.

2021 Dance Research Fellowship Symposium Book List: Dance and Immigration

Joining us online for presentations and chat sessions with our research fellows on January 29th? Here are book titles related to their topics that you can check out from the Library.

Across a Crowded Room: 2020 Videos

Today, we present eight performances from our Across a Crowded Room initiative for the world to see. It was a difficult year in many respects, but the quality of the work created this year is among the best I have seen in the seven years of the program. Enjoy the 2020 Across A Crowded Room Playlist!

Rare Photos of Tito Guízar Invite Further Research

Guízar was one of the first to bring Mexican music to New York and later paved the way for Mexican performers in Hollywood.

A Staging of “Cave Man” in the Sonoma County Redwoods

The Music & Recorded Sound Division holds a fascinating photo album documenting the 1910 performance by members of the Bohemian Club of a musical drama about human cave dwellers.

Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 9, Let's Have a Ball (#danceincolor)

'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.

Walking In A Winter Movie Wonderland: Christmas Films for Adults

In these quarantine times, seeing a movie at home might be one of the safest celebration options. Season's greetings and happy home viewing!

Feliz Navidad & Joyeux Noël: Celebrate Christmas with World Music

Ring in the holidays with festive world music albums in Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, Greek and Vietnamese.