Virginia Woods Dance Co., 1978

Photograph

Lacey Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2007-012.A317P

Description

Virginia Woods Dance Co., 1978. These eleven black and white contact print strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. Two separate film rolls were used in the creation of these images, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are duplicated. For the purposes of this description, these strips will be grouped according to which film roll they originally came from. Each of these groups will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images. The images in group "a" show a dance class taking place in a gymnasium. Image 8a shows appoximately ten people arranged in rows dancing. The person nearest to the camera is a woman with curly hair, glasses, and a striped shirt. She is clapping. Image 9a shows approximately fifteen people dancing. The person nearest to the camera is a man with glasses wearing a plaid button-up shirt. He is facing away from the camera. Image 10a shows approximtely 14 people dancing. The person nearest to the camera is a man in a button-up shirt and tennis shoes with four stripes on each side. The person nearest to the right-hand side of the image is a man with glasses wearing a vest. Image 11a is similar to the previous image, and the man in the shoes with four stripes is still nearest to the camera. The person nearest to the right-hand side of the image is a woman in a vest. Image 12a shows three couples who appear to be slow dancing. The man nearest to the camera is wearing plaid slacks and his shirt has the appearance of velvet. He is facing directly away from the camera. Image 13a shows the legs and feet of approximately six people. Image 14a shows a man and a woman practicing a dance near to a row of metal folding chairs. Three other people are visible in the image, but none of them are dancing. A man in glasses and a vest is seated near to the right-hand edge of the image frame. Image 15a is very similar to the previous image, but the couple dancing are standing closer together. Image 16a shows five people dancing, one of whom is a woman up on a stage. The woman on stage is Virginia Woods. Three of the people are facing away from the camera, and the woman on the far left is facing toward the left. Image 17a shows Ms. Woods up on the stage. She is looking toward the camera, has her left palm held out toward the camera and has her right hand on her hip. There is a cassette player, a box of cassette tapes and several speakers at the edge of the stage. Image 18a is similar to the previous images, but Ms. Woods has her torso oriented toward the back of the stage. Her left hand is on her hip and she is holding her right plam toward the camera. Image 19a is very similar to the previous image, but Ms. Woods is dropping her right hand (it is blurred) and she appears to be laughing. Image 20a shows many people arranged in rows modeling a dance routine. One man is standing forward from the group slightly. He has curly hair and has a sash-like garment around his waist (this garment may be a part of his shirt or pants). He has a wide stance and is reaching his left arm out to the side. To the left of this man is a woman wearing shirt which reads "OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY." Image 21a is very similar to the previous image, but the man standing forward from the group has his left hand on his hip and has his right leg crossed behind his left leg. Image 22a shows many of the dancers still arranged in rows, but they appear to be between routines. The person nearest to the right-hand side of the image is a man in glasses wearing a short-sleeved, button-up patterned shirt. Image 23a shows the group again practicing. The man with the sash-like garment at his waist is near the left-hand side of the image. He has his left hand on his hip and is reaching his right arm out toward the side. Image 24a is similar to the previous image. A woman to the right of the center of the image is wearing glasses and a plaid shirt. She is holding her right hand up to her mouth. Image 25a shows the group practicing a dance. All of the people in the image are facing toward the right-hand side of the image. A person with curly hair is partially visible at the right-hand side of the near foreground. Image 26a shows the group practicing a dance. The person nearest the camera is wearing a shirt with a sash-like portion at the waist. This person has their body oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame, and their head turned directly away from the camera. They are holding both hands up at face-level. Image 27a shows the group practicing. The person nearest to the camera is a woman wearing high-waisted pants and a short-sleeved top. There is a balding man wearing a blazer near to the right-hand edge of the image. Image 28a shows the group practicing. The image is focused on a woman in a knee-length dress with a v-shaped neckline. She has her left hand up near her face, and her right arm out to her side. Image 29a is similar to the previous image, but the woman in the knee-length dress has her body oriented toward the left-hand side of the image frame and her head turned toward the camera. Her left arm is out in front of her. Image 30a shows a woman with short hair reaching her left arm up in the air. She is wearing a top with two horizontal stripes crossing the chest. Image 32a shows a man and a woman standing with their bodies oriented toward eachother. Both are looking toward the right-hand side of the image frame, and they are grasping each other's hands. The man is wearing a shirt with a plaid-like pattern on it. A basketball hoop is just above the woman's head in the background. Image 33a shows a man and a woman holding hands and being spoken to by Virginia Woods. The man has thinning hair on top, and the woman has curly hair. Image 34a shows a different man and woman holding hands and being instructed by Ms. Woods. Ms. Woods is looking down toward the couple's feet. The man has curly hair and glasses, and is wearing a plaid shirt. Image 35a is similar to the previous image , but the photographer has moved slightly closer to the man and woman and Ms. Woods. Image 36a shows Ms. Woods instructing a different man and woman. The woman is facing away from the camera and is wearing a top with vertical stripes and a frill at the neckline. The man is wearing glasses and a plaid shirt, and he is bearded. Image 37a shows Ms. Wood instructing another man and woman. The woman is wearing a vertically striped top and is facing away from the camera. The man is wearing a shirt with two parellel stripes where the sleeves meet the torso portion of the shirt. The man's face is oriented toward the camera, but he is looking downward. Image 36a shows the same man and woman as in the previous image, but they have turned toward the right-hand side of the image frame. The woman also has her right arm raised up in front of her. Image 37a again shows the same man and woman taking instruction from Ms. Woods. The man and woman are stepping toward the right-hand side of the image frame. The images in group "b" show a dance class taking place in a gymnasium. These images appear to have been captured during the same dance class as seen in group "a." Image 44b shows many people in rows practicing a dance routine. All of the participants are facing away from the camera, have their left hands held up at head-level and their right arms held up in the air. Image 1b shows the dance class practicing. Nearest to the camera is a woman in a short-sleeved shirt with a frilled collar. Her body is oriented toward the right-hand edge of the image frame, and she is holding her left hand out in front of her. Image 2b is similar to the previous image, but the woman nearest to the camera is wearing a top with two parallel lines crossing the chest horizontally. Image 3b shows Virginia Woods up on the stage in front of the dance class participants. She is turning to look over her right shoulder while speaking to the class participants. Image 4b shows Ms. Woods still on the stage, but she is facing toward the camera and clapping. Image 5b shows Ms. Woods again on stage, but she has her left arm up in the air and her skirt is billowing out showing that she is turning or spinning. Image 6b shows Ms. Wood up on stage. She is facing away fromt the class participants and is clasping her hands in front of her chest. Image 7b is similar to the previous image, but Ms. Woods is reaching her left arm up into the air. Image 8b shows Ms. Woods in a similar position to that shown in image 7b, but the photographer has zoomed in or moved closer to her. Image 9b shows Ms. Woods turned toward the right-hand side of the image frame and lifting her left arm up into the air. Image 10b shows a man and a woman practicing a dance. Both are facing away from the camera, and both are crossing their left leg over their right. Image 11b is very similar to the previous image, but the woman is looking downward. Image 12b shows a young woman facing toward the left-hand side of the image frame with her hands clasped in front of her. She is blowing a bubble with chewing gum. Image 13b shows many class participants practicing a dance. All of them are facing away fromt he camera, and most of them have their hands up above their heads as if they are preparing to clap. Image 14b is similar to the previous image, but the class participants have turned toward the camera. The woman just to the right of the center of the image is smiling. Image 16b shows only the legs of approximately ten class participants. Images 17b through 19b are nearly identical to image 16b. Image 20b is very similar to image 12b.

Made/Created

Date made

1978 - 1978

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper/Photographic Emulsion

Lexicon

Search Terms

Performances, Education, Virginia Woods Dance Company, Dance instruction

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Width

1 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Virginia Woods