| LC control no. | n 97859156 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Summers, Elaine, 1925-2014 |
| Variant(s) | Smithers, Lillian Elaine, 1925-2014 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Boston (Mass.) |
| Birth date | 1925-02-20 |
| Death date | 2014-12-27 |
| Place of birth | Perth (W.A.) |
| Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Multimedia (Art) |
| Affiliation | Kinetic Awareness Center Experimental Intermedia Foundation Elaine Summers Dance and Film Co. Judson Dance Theater |
| Profession or occupation | Dancers Choreographers Motion picture producers and directors |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection. |
| Found in | Koegler, H. Concise Oxford dict. of ballet, 1987 (Summers, Elaine; b. Perth, Australia, 2/20/1925; American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker; one of the founder members of the New York Judson Church dance movement; director of Experimental Intermedia Foundation) New York times (online), viewed Jan. 21, 2015 (in obituary published Jan. 15: Elaine Summers; b. Lillian Elaine Smithers, Feb. 20, 1925, Perth, Australia; reared in Boston; m. Carol Summers (div.), Davidson Gigliotti (div.); d. Dec. 27 [2014], Manhattan, aged 89; dancer, choreographer, and multimedia artist whose work sought to blend dance and film into a seamless whole) |
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