Tina Ramírez Papers
Content Description
Tina Ramírez is a dancer and choreographer of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent. Ramírez founded the Ballet Hispanico dance company in 1970 and served as its artistic director for 39 years. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005. The contents of the collection were used by Ballet Hispanico for advertisement purposes and document her career as a dancer, dance educator, and artistic director as well as information on Ballet Hispanico itself. The materials include news clippings, notebooks, photos, slides, documents and videos. The collection also contains oversize photographs, videos and audio recordings in different formats.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Gift of Tina Ramírez. The collection was transferred directly from Ballet Hispanico at the request of Ramírez in 2009.
Restrictions Apply
Yes
Access Restrictions
Access to audio and moving image recordings is currently restricted due to format. The rest of the collection is open to researchers without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the donor.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1970-2009
- 1930-2009
Creator
- Ramírez, Tina (Person)
Extent
5 Cubic Feet
Metadata Rights Declarations
Inventory
Collection inventory is available upon request.
- Arts and Culture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Audio-visual materials Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ballet Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ballet Hispanico
- Ballet dancers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choreographers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choreography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hispanic American arts -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nonprofit organizations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Performing Arts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slides Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
