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Performance Art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

A dancer in the woods, circa 1975

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 006.01.01.09.20
Scope and Contents

Contact sheets showing multiple images of a woman in all black dance wear posing in a wooded area.

Dates: circa 1975

Actors in laurel crowns, No.1, circa 1985

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: 006.03.08.7
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of three actors, two men and a woman, performing on a stage wearing black robes with sashes.

Dates: circa 1985

Actors in laurel crowns, No.2, circa 1985

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: 006.03.08.8
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of two actors performing on stage, wearing dark robes and sashes.

Dates: circa 1985

Actors in laurel crowns, No.3, circa 1985

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: 006.03.08.9
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of two actors on stage. One wears a black robe with a sash and a laurel crown. The other actor wears a toga with a head covering, while holding a staff covered in leaves.

Dates: circa 1985

Ain't Misbehavin', circa 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 013.01.01.6
Scope and Contents

Black and white portrait depicting five actors, two men and three women, in costume, all holding champagne glasses.

Dates: circa 1985

Ballet class, circa 1964

 Item
Identifier: 018.01.19
Scope and Contents

Depicts six young ballet dancers and their techer in a room with a checkered floor.

Dates: circa 1964

Black Nativity, 1987-88

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 013.01.01.6
Scope and Contents

Black and white portrait depicting three actors in costume, standing together on stage. A typed caption on the photo reads as follows:

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes. Directed and Choreographed by Lewis Whitlock III. [Three] Shepherds from Black Nativity. Pictured in photo: (left to right) Richard DuShaine, Dawn Bentley, and Bruce Thompson. Photo Credit: Connie Jerome.

Dates: 1987-88

Bobby Hickman , 1964

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 006.01.09.12
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of Bobby Hickman standing on a stage, wearing a large sash across his chest and a wreath of leaves around his head.

Dates: 1964

Bubbling Brown Sugar, circa 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 013.01.01.10
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of six actors in costume, standing together on a stage, smiling.

Dates: circa 1985

Come and See Tour, circa 1955

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: 006.02.07.2
Scope and Contents

Black and white picture of a girl and her instructor performing tap dance in a room at HQB. Typed note on the back reads as follows:

Come and See Tour. May 2nd. Tap Dancing Class at Hallie Q. Brown.

Dates: circa 1955