- Artist/Maker:
- Sol Prom (born Solomon Fabricant)
- Bio:
- American, 1906-1989
- Title:
- Untitled (Dancing School)
- Portfolio/Series:
- Harlem Document, 1936-40
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions:
- 9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.1 × 20 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund
- Accession Number:
- 2008-105
- Copyright:
- © Estate of Sol Prom
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Mary Bruce opened a dancing school in Harlem in 1937. For fifty years she taught ballet and tap, giving free lessons to those who could not afford them. Her illustrious pupils included Katherine Dunham, Nat King Cole, Ruby Dee, and Marlon Brando.
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