A documentary short depicting attendees of the 13th annual Chicago Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade rallying against the American Nazi Party in Lincoln...
Outtakes from JoAnn Elam's Everyday People, featuring mail carrier Nancy Morgan as she delivers mail in the Logan Square/Palmer Square nei...
JoAnn Elam's unfinished project, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (filmed from 1979 to 1990), is based on her experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Serv...
Everyday People is based on Elam's experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago, the various people she met while ...
![Giselle (Act I) [1978, Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/14485_ca_object_representations_media_1392_small.jpg)
Giselle is a two-act romantic ballet that was first performed in Paris in 1841. Most 20th century versions are based on Marius Petipa...
![Romeo and Juliet [1972, Chicago, Hyde Park High School] - Romeo and Juliet [1973]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/36773_ca_object_representations_media_1393_small.jpg)
Ruth Page's version of "Romeo and Juliet" is set to Tchaikovsky's original score for it, with designs by André Delfau. &nb...
![Alice in Wonderland (Act II) [1977, Chicago, McCormick Place]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/5209_ca_object_representations_media_1356_small.jpg)
"Alice in Wonderland" is a ballet in 2 acts, based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 children's book. Originally choreographed by Michael C...
![La Fille Mal Gardée [1978, Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/62137_ca_object_representations_media_1357_small.jpg)
"La Fille Mal Gardée" is a comic ballet in two acts originally choreographed by Jean Dauberval in 1789. Several other versions hav...
![Façade [1975, Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/81310_ca_object_representations_media_1375_small.jpg)
"Façade" is a ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music composed by William Walton. Its one act of seven to ten divertisse...
![November Steps [1976, Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/73687_ca_object_representations_media_1360_small.jpg)
"November Steps" is a modern ballet choreographed by Minsa Craig. It was premiered at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in Italy i...
![Scat [1972, Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/92484_ca_object_representations_media_1374_small.jpg)
"Scat" is a dancework choreographed by Lois Bewley for the Chicago Ballet. It is set to music by Spike Jones (including "Cockta...
![The Art of the Dance lecture + Romeo and Juliet [1972, Chicago, South Shore High School]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/6799_ca_object_representations_media_1376_small.jpg)
Ruth Page's version of "Romeo and Juliet" is set to Tchaikovsky's original score for it, with designs by André Delfau. &nb...
![Chariots of Fire [1978, Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/47881_ca_object_representations_media_1381_small.jpg)
"Chariots of Fire" is a ballet version of the Ancient Greek myth about Phaedra, choreographed by Israeli choreographer Domy Reiter-Soffer...
![Alice in Wonderland (Act I) - Costume modeling [1974, Chicago, Beverly Arts Center]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/23069_ca_object_representations_media_1385_small.jpg)
"Alice in Wonderland" is a ballet in 2 acts, based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 children's book. Originally choreographed by Michael C...
![La Sylphide [1978, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/9/34536_ca_object_representations_media_996_small.jpg)
"La Sylphide" is a romantic ballet in two acts, originally choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. The Chicago Ballet performed a r...
![Moonscape [1976, Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/42850_ca_object_representations_media_1388_small.jpg)
"Moonscape" is a modern dancework choreographed by Jan Stockman Simonds, set to music by Michael Horvit and inspired by her husband's...