The Keith L. Grove Photographs of Nevada Dance Theatre (1977-1991) consist of black and white photographic negatives and color slides of ballet performances and rehearsals of the Nevada Dance Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Also included is a Nevada Dance Theatre 20th anniversary souvenir program inscribed to Keith Grove from Vassili Sulich, featuring Grove's photographs.
The Keith L. Grove Photographs of Nevada Dance Theatre (1977-1991) consist of black and white photographic negatives and color slides of ballet performances and rehearsals of the Nevada Dance Theatre (NDT) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Also included is a Nevada Dance Theatre 20th anniversary souvenir program inscribed to Keith Grove from Vassili Sulich, featuring Grove's photographs. The images in the collection document shows such as The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Hansel and Gretel, Peter and the Wolf, Los Niños, and Isadora Remembered, as well as publicity photographs of dancer and NDT co-founder Vassili Sulich.
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Keith L. Grove was a former professor of photography at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He volunteered his time photographing performances and rehearsals of the Nevada Dance Theatre at UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre. A veteran of the United States Air Force and former photographer for the United States Forest Service, Grove passed away at the age of 91 on August 20, 2021 in Walsenburg, Colorado.
Sources:
Collection file. Keith L. Grove Photographs of Nevada Dance Theatre, 1977-1991. PH-00471. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dignity Memorial. "Keith Larue Grove." Accessed June 10, 2026. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/colorado-springs-co/keith-grove-10327299
Keith L. Grove Photographs of Nevada Dance Theatre, 1977-1991. PH-00471. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2026 by Svetlana Grove; accession number 2026-052.
In 2026, Landon Paljusaj accessioned and processed the collection, including rehousing the materials into archival folders and writing the description in ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Aaron Mayes, Visual Material Curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the arts in Las Vegas, Nevada.