[Dance] Jamison, Judith. (b. 1943) & Morris, Mark. (b. 1956) & Baryshnikov, Mikhail. (b. 1948) & Vasiliev, Vladimir. (b. 1940) & Mitchell, Jack. (1925–2013) & Jones, Bill T. (b. 1952) & Dolin, Anton. (1904–1983) & Antonio. (1921–1996)
Signed title pages and other signed documents
Signed title pages cut from books on dance, all inscribed to Paul McMahon. In excellent condition. As follows:Olga Maynard, Judith Jamison: Aspects of a Dancer (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1982). 8 x 5 inches (20.6 x 13 cm). Jamison's inscription dated "2/18/[19]88."
Joan Acocella, Mark Morris (New York: HarperCollins, 1993). 10 x 6.25 inches (25.3 x 16.6 cm). Inscribed by Morris.
The Making of a Dance: Mikhail Baryshnikov and Carla Fracci in Medea: Choreographed by John Butler, photographed and edited by Thomas Victor (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976). Oblong format, 8.5 x 11.75 inches (21.6 x 27 cm). Inscribed by Baryshnikov only, in Latin script.
Cover (not title) of Vladimir Vasiliev, by Mira and Anna Kisselgoff, Dance Horizons Spotlight Series (Brooklyn, N.Y.: Dance Horizons, 1975). 9 & 7 inches (23 x 17.8 cm). Signed "Vladimir Vassiliev" (French spelling) in Latin script.
Jack Mitchell, Scene: USA (Cleveland-New York: The World Publishing Company, 1967). 11.5 x 8.5 inches (28.6 x 21.5 cm). Mitchell's inscription dated "1986."
Bill T. Jones, Last Night on Earth, with Peggy Gillespie (New York: Pantheon Books, 1995). Jones's inscription dated "10/04" (no year).
Half title (not title) of Joan Selby-Lowndes, The Blue Train: The Story of Anton Dolin (New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1958). Inscribed by Dolin.
Juan Gyenes, Antonio: El bailarin de España ([Madrid]: Taurus, [1964]). Inscribed in Spanish, "To Paul, Con gran simpatia / Antonio."
Judith Jamison, a pioneering Black dancer, is best known for her affiliation with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, first as a dancer (1965–1980), then as its artistic director (1989–2011). Mark Morris danced and choreographed in many genres and mixed them eclectically; in 2008 he was responsible for the world premiere of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet with its original happy ending (1935) at Bard College. Baryshnikov and Vasiliev are two of the great male Russian ballet dancers in the second half of the 20th century; the former emigrated to the U.S., while the latter stayed with the Bolshoi in Moscow. Photographer Jack Mitchell achieved particular recognition for his extensive documentation of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, but he was also a notable celebrity photographer. Cancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones is best known for his controversial 1996 performance piece Still/Here, a response to the AIDS epidemic, to which his personal and professional partner Arnie Zane had fallen victim in 1988. Anton Dolin, a British dancer and (later) choreographer, enjoyed the support of Serge Diaghilev, who also coined his "Russified" stage name (his actual name was Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay). Antonio (full name Antonio Ruiz Soler) was the greatest Spanish flamenco dancer of his time.
From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. (22103)
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