Hedi Pope (1920-present) is a dancer, choreographer, and performer who founded the professional, modern dance company CODA (Contemporary Dancers of Alexandria). Born in Vienna, she studied the arts with Hedy Pfundmayr and Grete Wiesenthal performing at the Burgtheatre and in a film called Silhouette before coming to the U.S. in 1939. Here, she performed in a Broadway cabaret revue called 'From Vienna' sponsored by Irving Berlin and George Kaufman. In 1947 she began her own dance company, which would go on to become CODA, and last for 35 years.
The Hedi Pope and CODA collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, biographical information, videocassettes, a scrapbook, and two posters all relating to her work with the Contemporary Dancers of Alexandria (CODA).
Learn more from the finding aid, which can be found here: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/21853.
