Celebrating 75 Years of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Jerome Robbins Dance Division With New Exhibition Archive in Motion
July 01, 2019
July 01, 2019
NEW YORK, July 1 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release:
In 1944, a young music librarian named Genevieve Oswald at The New York Public Library argued that dance materials didn't fit well into the Music or Theatre archives, and should be collected separately and differently. What she created was one of the first archives devoted entirely to dance, originally called the Library's Dance Collection, and now known as the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. In the 75 . . .
In 1944, a young music librarian named Genevieve Oswald at The New York Public Library argued that dance materials didn't fit well into the Music or Theatre archives, and should be collected separately and differently. What she created was one of the first archives devoted entirely to dance, originally called the Library's Dance Collection, and now known as the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. In the 75 . . .