Festival of modern dance Myra Kinch & group. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Festival of modern dance Myra Kinch & group. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A silkscreen poster from 1938 advertises a festival of modern dance built around Myra Kinch and her company, a bright reminder that the Federal theater Project promoted live performance during the Depression. Its designers worked for the Works Progress Administration's poster division, which used inexpensive screen printing to announce concerts, plays and exhibitions across the country. In the 1930s, modern dance was pushing away from classical ballet toward movement rooted in expression and the body, and California's dancers took part in that shift. Posters like this one show how public arts programs helped carry those new forms to ordinary audiences.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Kinch Myra. Dance--California--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,741 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 484_Festival_of_modern_danc_1938 |
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