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Costume, Dance

Object number2014.51.7

Artist Kathryn Braun

Date1944-1945

MediumPaper/Paint/Cotton

Credit LineGift of Carol Braun Kunz

DescriptionTeapot dance costume.Dimensions18 x 15.625 x 0.5 in. (45.7 x 39.7 x 1.3 cm)
InscriptionsInside at top has handwritten in graphite "Carol / Braun".
Historical NotesThis costume was owned and worn by the donor, Carol Braun Kunz, who was born July 27, 1940. It was worn in a tap dance recital in 1944 or 1945 to the song "I'm a Little Tea Pot". According to the donor, "My parents enrolled me in tap dancing class whenever I was four years old. They wanted me to be around other children. There were only adults at home. The classes were given in a West View High School classroom. (West View High School, after the jointure that became the North Hills School District, was a Junior High and currently is an Elementary School). It was Bob Kite's Dance School, however, my teacher was Mary Jane Tachitoff. There was always a piano player present for our practice. The Recital, was in the West View High School Auditorium." The donor's mother, Kathryn Braun, painted the flowers on the costume. Part of a collection that documents the life of Carol Braun Kunz including dance costumes from when she was a child and took tap dance lessons at West View high school. Bob Kite ran the studio and Mary Jane Tachitoff was his assistant.

Previous owner Carol Braun Kunz (born 1940)

Related person Mary Jane Tachitoff

Related institution Bob Kite's Dance School

Related institution West View High School

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