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Black and white footage capturing crowds of Chicago Bears fans celebrating the team's historic win in the city's downtown area (the Loop). The last...

“Norman McLaren takes a look at the choreography of ballet, with cinema effects that are all that you would expect from this master of improvisatio...

“A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet origi...

A Castle Films Music Album. Two classic instrumental songs are depicted in different ways. An orchestra performance of Beethoven’s First Symphony i...

Ruth Page choreographed two versions of Bolero: The first version was called both "Bolero" and "Iberian Monotone." It premiered in Highland Park a...

Ruth Page choreographed two versions of Carmina Burana, both set to Carl Orff's original music.  The first version was premiered in Chicag...

This film represents a brief segment of the April 6, 1958 episode of The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS). It was billed as The Chicago Opera Ballet (17 danc...

This film represents a brief segment of the April 6, 1958 episode of The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS). It was billed as The Chicago Opera Ballet (17 danc...

This film appears to represent Ruth Page's demonstrations of various combinations in a dance studio.  The title listed above was on the fi...

Ruth Page choreographed two versions of Bolero: The first version was called both "Bolero" and "Iberian Monotone." It premiered in Highland Park a...

This film appears to be (part of) a telecast from the late 1940s/early 1950s. It includes two pas de deux: "The Bluebird" from "The Sleeping Beaut...

This is an episode of the program "Dance Stage" hosted by Ruth Page for National Educational Television (NET, est. 1963; formerly National Educatio...