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Portrait of Elena Carter performing “Serenade”

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Title
Portrait of Elena Carter performing “Serenade”
Names
Swope, Martha (Photographer)
Collection

Dance

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976 - 1982 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Dance
Topics
Carter, Elena
African American women dancers
African American ballerinas
Ballerinas
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Balanchine, George. Serenade
Genres
Photographs
Portraits
Physical Description
Extent: 20 x 25 cm
Description
Elena Carter performs in “Serenade,” choreographed by George Balanchine with music by Peter Tchaikovsky.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15866849
NYPL Exhibition ID: SC 26.702.005
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7b13a730-f336-013e-7b0d-0242ac110003
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Item timeline of events

  • 1976: Created (Approximate)
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Elena Carter performing “Serenade”" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976 - 1982. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f3413ef0-f64a-013e-77c9-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Elena Carter performing “Serenade”" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 23, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f3413ef0-f64a-013e-77c9-0242ac110003

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1976 - 1982). Portrait of Elena Carter performing “Serenade” Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f3413ef0-f64a-013e-77c9-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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Portrait of Elena Carter performing “Serenade”