Collection of Material About Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982

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Finding Aid for the Collection of Material about Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982

Finding Aid for the Collection of 1335 1 Material about Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982 Finding Aid for the Collection of Material about Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982

Collection number: 1335

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division

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Descriptive Summary Title: Collection of Material about Daniel Nagrin, Date (inclusive): 1941-1982 Collection number: 1335 Creator: Nagrin, Daniel Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Daniel Nagrin (b.1917) was an American modern and theatrical dancer and choreographer. He performed in numerous dance productions, staged the dances for a jungle musical film, His majesty O'Keefe (Warner Brothers, 1954) and partnered Miriam Pandor in the dance numbers in Just for you (Paramount, 1952). In the 1960s, he co-directed the Tamiris-Nagrin Company and Workshop with his wife, Helen Tamiris. His solo repertory included Strange hero (1948), The fall (1978), and Jacaranda (1979). The collection consists of clippings, programs, and printed materials related to Nagrin's life and career. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Collection of Material about Daniel Nagrin (Collection 1335). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 2470323 Biography Nagrin was born May 22, 1917 in New York City; he received his early basic dance training and performance experience with the Experimental Dance Unit, under Bill Matons, with classes taught by Charles Weidman and the Dance Unit directed by Anna Sokolow; he also studied with Elizabeth Anderson-Ivantzova, Edward Caton, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, and Helen Tamiris; as an American modern and theatrical dancer and choreographer he performed in Façade--expositione

Finding Aid for the Collection of 1335 2 Material about Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982 Italiana (1938), Liberty song (1942), Up in Central Park (1945), Annie get your gun (1946), Inside USA (1948), Touch and go (1949), Bless you all (1950), Plain and fancy (1955); he staged the dances for a jungle musical film, His majesty O'Keefe (Warner Brothers, 1954) and partnered Miriam Pandor in the dance numbers in Just for you (Paramount, 1952); he co-directed the Tamiris-Nagrin Company and Workshop in the 1960s with his wife, Helen Tamiris; his solo repertory included Strange hero (1948), The fall (1978), and Jacaranda (1979). Scope and Content Collection consists of clippings, programs, and printed materials related to the life and career of dancer Daniel Nagrin. Includes a black and white poster of Daniel Nagrin (ca. 1980). Expanded Scope and Content Note Daniel Nagrin, American dancer and choreographer, was born in New York in 1917. He studied modern dance with Helen Tamiris, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm and others, and ballet with Elizabeth Anderson-Ivantzova and Edward Caton. He began performing in 1940, appearing in many Broadway musicals, among them Annie get your gun (1946) and Plain and fancy (1955) and as a soloist with many dance companies. He toured the U.S. with his program of solos, “Dance Portraits.” Nagrin married dancer Helen Tamiris, founding a dance company with her in 1960. The company disbanded in 1963, and the couple divorced in 1964. Nagrin continues to choreograph and perform. He has completed 2 full-length works, “Peloponnesian Wars” (1968) and “Ruminations” (1976), and performed “Jacaranda (a dance),” written for him by playwright Sam Shepard. The collection consists of clippings, programs, and other ephemera, and a dance poster. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Collection arranged chronologically. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Nagrin, Daniel. Male dancers--United States--Archival resources. Choreographers--United States--Archival resources.

Box 1, Folder 1 1941. Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 1, Folder 2 1942. Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 1, Folder 3 1947. Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 1, Folder 4 1949. Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 1, Folder 5 1951. Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 1, Folder 6 1952. Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 1, Folder 7 1953. Physical Description: 10 items.

Box 1, Folder 8 1954. Physical Description: 4 items.

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Box 1, Folder 9 1955. Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 1, Folder 10 1956. Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 1, Folder 11 1957. Physical Description: 6 items.

Box 1, Folder 12 1958. Physical Description: 10 items.

Box 1, Folder 13 1959. Physical Description: 17 items.

Box 1, Folder 14 1960. Physical Description: 19 items.

Box 1, Folder 15 1961. Physical Description: 12 items.

Box 1, Folder 16 1962. Physical Description: 7 items.

Box 1, Folder 17 1963. Physical Description: 9 items.

Box 1, Folder 18 1964. Physical Description: 8 items.

Box 1, Folder 19 1965. Physical Description: 15 items.

Box 1, Folder 20 1966. Physical Description: 18 items.

Box 1, Folder 21 1967. Physical Description: 14 items.

Box 1, Folder 22 1968. Physical Description: 20 items.

Box 1, Folder 23 1969. Physical Description: 22 items.

Box 1, Folder 24 1970. Physical Description: 10 items.

Box 1, Folder 25 1971. Physical Description: 10 items.

Box 1, Folder 26 1972. Physical Description: 35 items.

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Box 1, Folder 27 1973. Physical Description: 36 items.

Box 1, Folder 28 1974. Physical Description: 16 items.

Box 1, Folder 29 1975. Physical Description: 4 items.

Box 1, Folder 30 1976. Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 1, Folder 31 1977. Physical Description: 6 items.

Box 1, Folder 32 1978. Physical Description: 13 items.

Box 1, Folder 33 1979. Physical Description: 27 items.

Box 1, Folder 34 1980. Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 1, Folder 35 1981. Physical Description: 4 items.

Box 1, Folder 36 1982. Physical Description: 1 item.

Oversize Box 2 Black and white poster of Daniel Nagrin. n.p. n.d. (ca. 1980?). Physical Description: 24.2 × 40.8 cm.

Finding Aid for the Collection of 1335 5 Material about Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982