Plate 1. Photograph of Boston c. 1860. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 2. Dioclesian Lewis. Photo from the collection of the Lexington, Massachusetts Historical Society

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Plate 3. Light weights used by a woman wearing a dress reform garment. Drawing from Lewis' text, The New Gymnastics, published in 1862.

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Plate 4. Partnering exercises. Drawing from Lewis' text, The New Gymnastics, published in 1862.

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Plate 5. The Family School for Young Ladies. Photo from the collection of the Lexington, Massachusetts Historical Society

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Plate 6. A group of Lewis' “invalids,” or women who were weak and physically compromised from lack of exercise, getting fresh air. Photo from the collection of the Lexington, Massachusetts Historical Society

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Plate 7. Francesca Braggiotti dancing at Newport. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 8. Francesca Braggiotti with pupils at Newport. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 9. Francesca Braggiotti. Photograph by Maurice Goldberg. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 10. Photograph of Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis at Mariarden in the summer of 1922. Photograph by Nikolas Muray. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

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Plate 11. The studio barn at Mariarden. Collection of the Peterborough Historical Society.

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Plate 12. Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti at Mariarden. Collection of the Peterborough Historical Society.

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Plate 13. Dancers practicing at the reflecting pool. Collection of the Peterborough Historical Society.

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Plate 14. Ted Shawn and dancers at Mariarden, including Francesca Braggiotti. Photographer unknown. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

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Plate 15. Hans Weiner in Dance in the Clouds. Photograph by Maurice Seymour. Courtesy of Ron Seymour, www.ronseymour.com. MOMA Photographs: Expressional vol. 15 no. 727, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

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Plate 16. Hans Weiner and Ericka Thimey in Unison. Photograph by Maurice Seymour. Courtesy of Ron Seymour, www.ronseymour.com. MOMA Photographs: Expressional vol. 15 no. 727, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

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Plate 17. Jan Veen in class with Boston Conservatory students. Courtesy of the Boston Conservatory Dance Division.

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Plate 18. Jan Veen in class at the Boston Conservatory. Courtesy of the Boston Conservatory Dance Division.

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Plate 19. Miriam Winslow. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 20. United Shoe Machine Company headquarters in downtown Boston. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 21. Miriam Winslow. Courtesy of the Beverly Historical Society and Museum, Beverly, Massachusetts.

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Plate 22. Press photograph of Miriam Winslow's school showing the German influence in percussion. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 23. Press photograph of Miriam Winslow, 11 April 1934. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 24. Winslow's company in class at Hob and Nob Farm, New Hampshire. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 25. Winslow's company on tour in their limousine, 12 December 1937. From left to right: Barbara Benzaquin, June MacLaren, Mary Morse, Jacqueline McGrath, Christine Maynard, Margaret Hawley, Mary Campbell (pianist), and Miriam Winslow. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 26. Press photograph of Miriam Winslow's company in Largo, Vandamm Studio. Boston Public Library, Print Department. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

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Plate 27. Press photograph of Miriam Winslow's school; dancers rehearsing in the “Silver and Black” room. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 28. Foster Fitz-Simons. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

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Plate 29. Foster Fitz-Simons and Miriam Winslow. Photograph by Eleanor Powers. Courtesy of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Archives.

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Plate 30. Winslow and Fitz-Simons at Jacob's Pillow. Photograph by Eleanor Powers. Courtesy of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Archives.

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Plate 31. Miriam Winslow in Andean Impressions. Photograph by Maurice Blechman. Boston Public Library, Print Department.

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Plate 32. Foster Fitz-Simons and Miriam Winslow en route to South America. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

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Plate 33. Ginny Bullard and Claire Mallardi improvising at a meeting of the Dance Circle. Courtesy of Claire Mallardi.

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