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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...
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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...
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.
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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...
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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...
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Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff"

Date: 01 27 1965
Description: Eight members of the Wisconsin Ballet, including Mrs. David Johnson who is facing the camera, dance in the final scene of Verdi's comic opera "Falstaff" wh...
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...
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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".
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Choreographer Rehearsing U.W. Dancers

Date: 07 24 1962
Description: A candid portrait of New York City choreographer William Burdick with a pencil in his hand.
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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.
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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.
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Wisconsin Ballet Company Demonstrations

Date: 08 06 1964
Description: Mimi Pansley (?) of McFarland shown performing a sauté, a sample elevation in ballet. The demonstrations were to show how ballet is basic for all forms of ...
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Night Ballet

Date: 1957
Description: Two ballerinas looking out towards the audience are dancing on a stage, with a spotlight outlining them with light. The dancer on the right is holding an u...
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Madison YWCA Children's Fine Arts Program

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: Forty girls, ages 8-16, participate in Madison's first consolidated children's fine arts program sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. Ann Hoffman of the Y.W.C.A. staf...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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,...
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Wisconsin Ballet Company Demonstrations

Date: 08 06 1964
Description: Mimi Pansley (?), of McFarland, performing a temps levé in arabesque, an elevation from one foot into the air from the arabesque position, to show the simi...
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1940 Parkway Theatre

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

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