Paul E. Curtis, Jr.

Name/Title

Paul E. Curtis, Jr.

Entry/Object ID

CUR042

Description

Full body portrait of Paul Curtis, Jr., wearing his ballet clothes and slippers. He is seated on a 1950s-style chair in this profile image. In 1954 he founded the Los Gatos Academy of Dance, an organization that later became the San Jose Dance Theater. His own training began when he was a student of Los Gatos legend Betty McClendon. Between them, they taught Los Gatos to dance. The 1927 Los Gatos Armory building on Lyndon Avenue eventually became Curtis's dance studio. CUR042

Collection

Curtis Family Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1955

Dimensions

Height

19.85 cm

Width

24.77 cm

Location

* Untyped Location

Curtis Family Collection

Copyright

Notes

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