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Drawing

Costume for Caprice Venetienne

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Description: Design by Dazians for "Caprice Venetienne." The design is reproduced from a catalog of designs received by the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin.
Poster

Kehl's 100th Anniversary Poster

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Description: Promotional piece for the Kehl School of Dance 100th anniversary, showing three ballet dancers. The artwork was originally used by F.W. and Leo Kehl in ea...
Photograph

Ballet Couple

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Description: William F. Christensen, one of the famous Christensen brothers, and his professional pupil, Mignon Lee, in a ballet pose. The print is inscribed to "My fr...
Photograph

Learning to Dance

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Description: Virginia Lee Kehl, a third generation of the Kehl family involved in dance instruction in Madison, demonstrates a ballet "tendu" to a young dancer in costu...
Photograph

Young Ballerina

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Description: Young ballerina of the Kehl School of Dance poses in her dance costume which was hand-designed by Kehl seamstresses. Satin ribbons tied around the ankles a...
Photograph

Virginia Lee Kehl

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Description: Virginia Lee Kehl, 3rd gereration Kehl dancer in tutu. Inscribed "To grandapa from Virgina Lee".
Photograph

1940 Parkway Theatre

Date: 1940
Description: Wedding Scene annual recital with Virginia Lee Kehl. Train Bearers are JoJean and JoAnn Kehl.
Photograph

Sidell Sisters

Date: 1928
Description: The Sidell Sisters in the Apache dance scene from Ziegfield's production of Show Boat. The Sidell Sisters were former students of Leo Kehl.
Photograph

The Nutcracker Ballet

Date: 11 17 1950
Description: Elaine Tripalin, trained at the Kathryn Hubbard School, is shown dancing the role of the 'Sugar Plum Fairy' in 'The Nutcracker' ballet at the Masonic audit...
Photograph

The Nutcracker Ballet

Date: 11 17 1950
Description: Four young girls wearing polka-dot dresses and hats are shown on stage at the Masonic auditorium. They are dancing the roles of the dolls in the 'March of ...
Photograph

The Nutcracker Ballet

Date: 11 17 1950
Description: Susie Burns and Judy Berger dance the roles of the Russian dancers in 'Trepak' in 'The Nutcracker' on stage at the Masonic auditorium.
Photograph

Young Ballet Dancer

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Portrait of Becky Winzeler, age 7, in a ballet pose in front of a mirror. She is a pupil of the Kathryn Hubbard Dance Studio.
Photograph

Young Ballet Dancer

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Mary Ellen Richards, age 5, poses while tying her ballet slippers. She is a pupil at the Kehl School of Dance.
Photograph

Young Ballet Dancers

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Three ballet dancers, pupils of the Kathryn Hubbard Dance Studio, practice ballet positions at the bar. They are, from left: Susan Barth, Rebecca Drescher,...
Photograph

Young Ballet Dancer

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Portrait of Marsha Swenson, age 4, as she curtsies in a ballet costume. She is a student at the Katheryn Hubbard Dance Studio.
Photograph

West High School Ballet Dancers

Date: 02 20 1952
Description: Three ballet dancers from Madison West High School perform at a benefit show sponsored by the school's Parent Teacher Association. The dancers are, left to...
Photograph

Pierre Sidell as a Ballerina

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Description: Pierre Sidell poses in a ballet dancing costume and pointe shoes, standing en pointe. The photograph is inscribed, "To my Teacher Leo Kehl. Pierre Sidell".
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 110-115

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Description: I'll show you all the imported graces
and you shall see New Fontainebleau
Photograph

Ballerinas in a Wooded Glen

Date: 1958
Description: Girls of a visiting ballet company, in costume, posed in a rocky wooded glen along a stream.
Photograph

Tibor Zana and the Madison Ballet Company

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Tibor Zana, a refugee from Communist Hungary, is taking over the Kathryn Hubbard School of Dance and renaming it the Madison School of Ballet. He is also f...

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