Exhibit

Philadelphia Dance Collection

Photographs from the Philadelphia Dance Collection at Temple University Libraries, spanning classical ballet, modern dance, and African American dance traditions.

42 photographs

Browse by Theme

Dance photographs organized by theme

African American Dance

3 photographs

Photographs documenting the vital contributions of African American dancers and the Philadelphia Dance Company to the …

American Dance

2 photographs

Dance works celebrating American themes and identity, including Agnes de Mille's Rodeo and patriotic imagery.

Classical Ballet

5 photographs

Classical ballet performances and rehearsals from the Pennsylvania Ballet, showcasing timeless works and technical …

Contemporary Dance

3 photographs

Modern and contemporary dance from the Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco), featuring African American and folk …

Performers

3 photographs

Portraits and performance shots of Philadelphia's talented dancers, celebrating individual artistry.

Productions

5 photographs

Performance photographs showcasing major dance productions from Philadelphia's leading companies.

Training & Rehearsal

2 photographs

Behind-the-scenes glimpses of dance training, rehearsals, and auditions, capturing the dedication and discipline of …

Collections as Data

Computational analysis of the dance photographs using CLIP machine vision

Philadelphia Dance Collection

42 photographs analyzed

42 photographs from the Philadelphia Dance Collection, classified by visual style using CLIP.

Portraits

42 photographs analyzed

Photographs sorted by face detection — images where faces are prominently visible versus those focused on full-body …

Visual Similarity

42 photographs analyzed

Photographs grouped by visual resemblance using CLIP image embeddings and cosine similarity.

Visual Tags

42 photographs analyzed

Distribution of machine-detected visual labels across the collection, grouped by analytical dimension.

Explore the source collection

These photographs are drawn from the Philadelphia Dance Collection at Temple University Libraries.