Collection of Material about Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982

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Summary

Creators:
Nagrin, Daniel
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.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Language:
English.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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 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).

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Collection arranged chronologically.

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.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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