Strike a Pose: Images of Dance from the JSMA’s Collections

Strike a Pose features images from the world of dance drawn from the JSMA’s collection of photography. Many of the works on view were acquired by what was then known as the University of Oregon Museum of Art after they were included in an exhibition of “Dance in Art” in 1963. Representing photographers and dancers active in the United States in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, the images capture a variety of styles of dance, including African, Indian, jazz, modern, and ballet.