NYPL, 500 Years of Italian Dance

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Overview Genesis of a Tradition On Stage and in the Ballroom: Styles of Preromantic Ballet Development of Ballet Narrative Romanticism: The Taglioni Family Romanticism: Ballerinas and Danseurs Romanticism: Italian National Dance Virtuosity and Spectacle America Last Glories of the Italian School Cia Fornaroli Credits and Acknowledgments Bibliography-English Bibliography-Italian Article Pt.1 Article Pt.2 NYPL Digital Gallery Collection Guide

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts > Italian Dance

500 Years of Italian Dance

Treasures from the Cia Fornaroli Collection

Credits and Acknowledgments:

This exhibition was curated by Lynn Garafola, with Patrizia Veroli,

after a project conceived by José Sasportes and Patrizia Veroli.

500 Years of Italian Dance: Treasures from the Cia Fornaroli Collection was developed by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Jacqueline Z. Davis, Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director, and Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition was designed and installed by The Performing Arts Museum staff: Donald J. Vlack, Designer; Robert J. McGlynn, Graphics Designer; and René Ronda and Herbert Ruiz, Installers. Conservator: Grace Owen. Manager of Public Programs: Alan Pally. The on-line version of the exhibit was developed by the Research Libraries Web Unit. The curators are deeply grateful to the many staff members for their assistance and support, especially Michelle Potter, Curator, and Patricia Rader, Jerome Robbins Dance Division; and Fran Barulich, Music Division. They also wish to thank Francesca Falcone, Gloria Giordano, Madison Sowell, and Barbara Sparti for generously sharing their knowledge.

Material in this exhibition is from the archival collections of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Music Division, and Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. Additional material is from The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library; Alice C. Hudson, Chief.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman. Additional support for exhibitions has been provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg and the Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.

The on-line version of this exhibit can be found at www.nypl.org/research/lpa/italiandance. Please visit the Library’s Digital Gallery for additional images from the Cia Fornaroli Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. For information on services of The New York Public Library, please visit the Library’s web site at www.nypl.org.

Public Program:

Thursday, November 16, 2006, 6:00 PM

Goddesses and Fantasy Objects: Italian Ballerinas of the 19th Century

Lecture by Lynn Garafola

The lecture will be held at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center. Admission is free and first come, first served. Phone (212) 642-0142 for information about the Library's public programs.