Larry Warren collection on Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton, 1903-2007 (original) (raw)

Collection Summary

Title Larry Warren collection on Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton, 1903-2007
Inclusive Dates 1903-2007
Bulk Dates 1967-1990
Call No. ML31.W365
Creator Warren, Larry, 1932-2009
Extent approximately 4,550 items
Extent 15 containers
Extent 9 linear feet
Language Collection material primarily in English, but it also includes significant printed material in Spanish and Hebrew.
Location Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021005
LCCN Permalink LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014572418
Summary This collection documents the research conducted by dancer, choreographer, and educator Larry Warren (1932-2009) while writing his biographies Lester Horton: Modern Dance Pioneer (1977) and Anna Sokolow: The Rebellious Spirit (1991). The clippings, correspondence, dance notation, interviews, notes, photographs, programs, scrapbooks, and writings collected or created by Warren reveal his process in capturing the lives of two major figures in twentieth-century modern dance and have the potential to shed new light on the lives and careers of these artists. The bulk of the collection is devoted to Warren's research on Sokolow, but there is also significant documentation on the movement technique Horton created and taught.