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Original Program - "Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; American Tour 1942-1943"
Universal Art, Inc. (Owners), Fleischmann, Julius (President); Denham, Sergei (Vice President and Director); Libidins, David (Administrative Director); Massine, Leonide (Artistic Director); Yazvinsky, Jean (Regisseur General); Fittelberg, Gregor (Guest Conductor); Allers, Franz (Conductor)
Language: English
Published by General Program Corporation, New York
- Softcover
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 19.03
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Multicolored illustration on front cover shows concert art of a stage scene with a figure playing the horn and two anthropomorphic trees. No date, circa 1942. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-…and-white and color (most in black-and-white), complete. Included are many advertisements for a variety of products and businesses. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, occasional faint spots of discoloration, and a few small bumps and slight wear to extremities. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight rubbing, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo for the 1942-1943 American Tour. Sergei J. Denham was the director at the time. The following are some of the contents. Black-and-white photographic illustrations of ballet dancers Alexandra Danilova, Mia Slavenska, Nathalie Krassovska, Igor Youskevitch, Frederic Franklin, Roland Guerard, Lubov Rostova, George Zoritch, David Tihmar, and Milada Mladova. Black-and-white portrait illustrations of company staff (including Leonide Massine, Jean Yazvinsky, Franz Allers, and Gregor Fittelberg) and choreographers. Black-and-white illustrations showing performance stills and group photos. Partial ballet repertoire (ballets the company performs) with summaries. Four pages of color illustrations in center showing concept art. Some of the advertised products or businesses: Rosemarie, Columbia Concerts, Ciro, Sirocco, and Helena Rubinstein. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was founded in 1937 by Rene Blum and Leonide Massine. This ballet company was one of the successors of Ballets Russes which had dissolved after Blum and Wassily de Basil (also known as Colonel W. de Basil) had parted ways. The company was active until 1968 when it became bankrupt.
More images[THEATRE] S. HUROK PRESENTS BALLET RUSSE DE MONTE CARLO
Leonide Massine, Franze Allers, Jean Yazvinsky, Gregor Fittelberg
Published by General Program Corporation, New York City, 1942
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller50pp full color program for the 1942-1943 season of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, presented by S. Hurok. Cover of this version is the less common illustration by Boris Aronson. ~~Slight wear to corners; very good.
