The
National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, in the
Saratoga Spa State Park,
Saratoga, New York, was established in 1986 as a museum of
professional
dance. It contains
photographs,
videos,
artifacts,
costumes and
biographies. It is related to the
Saratoga Performing Arts Center and also provides dance
master classes through the Lewis A. Swyer School for the Performing Arts, part of the New York State
Summer School of the Arts.
The Mr. And Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame collection was provided to the Museum in 1987. It is the only museum in the United States dedicated to American professional dance.
The mission of the NMD is to cultivate, promote, foster and develop amongst its members and the community at large, the appreciation, understanding, taste and love of dance and its history, and to provide the means for popular instruction and enjoyment thereof; to collect, classify, preserve and protect records, articles and subjects of historic interest; to select, annually, one or more individuals, corporations, dance companies, associations or other institutions as honorees to be named in the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame.
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