A brochure of a dance performance by Ted Shawn and his dancers. The show was presented at the Repertory Theater under the support of the Boston Circle of the Florence Crittenton League on the week of March 20, 1933. The brochure contains the program including descriptions of all of his dances for the show. The brochure contains ads as well, along with information of some of the members of the Boston Circle. Among the dancers who performed in Boston was a group of Springfield College students (other than Wilbur McCormick who was a member of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers and performed in many of the productions), including Clyde Shotzbarger (Class of 1933), Lyle Welser (Class of 1933), Clayton Shay (Class of 1933, Peter Pretka (Class of 1934), John Seeley (Class of 1934), and Francis Luoma (Class of 1935). All the men performed on the Tuesday Evening Performance, performing “Osage-Pawnee Dance of Greeting” and “Calvary.”. For biographical information on Ted Shawn, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/584. For biographical information on Lyle Welser, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/599.
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