Festival of modern dance - Myra Kinch & group Music by Manuel Galea. – 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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This vintage poster of Festival of modern dance - Myra Kinch & group Music by Manuel Galea. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Festival of modern dance - Myra Kinch & group Music by Manuel Galea.
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Few dance posters from the period name their performers as plainly as this one, which puts Myra Kinch and her group at the center of a festival of modern dance, with music by Manuel Galea. Produced in 1938 under the Federal theater Project, a unit of the Works Progress Administration, it was one of many posters meant to draw audiences to live performances during the Depression. Modern dance in the 1930s broke from ballet's formal conventions, and California programs like this one were part of a wider movement in which dancers and composers developed new forms together. The silkscreen process gave the design flat, bold color suited to quick reading on city streets.
| 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--Performances. Galea Manuel--Performances. Theatrical productions--California--1930-1940. Dance--California--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,046 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 483_Festival_of_modern_danc_1938 |
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