Helen McGehee and Umaña Collection of Dance Materials Span: 1940-1980 Bulk: 1940-1980 English collection 30 ft. 25 boxes Helen McGehee joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in the 1940s, became a leading dancer in 1954, and remained with the Company for more than thirty years. She created roles in many of Graham's works including Night Journey (1947); Clytemnestra (1958); Acrobats of God (1960); and Phaedra (1967). McGehee also took over many of Graham's original roles. In addition to her contributions as a dancer, McGehee designed costumes for Graham's One More Gaudy Night and Clytemnestra. Although principally known as a Graham dancer, McGehee also created her own body of choreographic work and her best-known choreographies include The Only Jealousy of Emer (1967); La Intrusia (1952); and El Retablo de Maese Pedro (1969). In 1950 McGehee married artist Umaña, whose work is represented in numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and Harvard University. Photographs, programs, lectures, clippings, costume designs, scrapbooks, correspondence, music, Editions Heracita, production elements, publicity materials, moving image inventory, financial papers, digital media, choreographic notes, awards and citations, artwork. Helen McGehee and Umaña Collection of Dance Materials, Music Division, Library of Congress McGehee Inclusive archives that detail the career of modern dancer and choreographer Helen McGehee, who also was a seminal dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company for more than thirty years. In addition, the collection contains materials relating to McGehee's husband, the artist Rafael Alfonso Umaña Mendes, known as Umaña. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Women in the Performing Arts Modern Dance Dance Cohan, Robert Graff, Ellen Graham, Martha Hodes, Stuart Kuch, Richard McDonald, Gene McGehee, Helen Neumann, Natanya Oboukoff, Anatole Payne, Carol Ross, Bertram Wagoner, Dan Winter, Ethel Wood, David Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress IHAS 090604 loc.natlib.scdb.200033844