Collection of Dance-related Souvenir Programs and Ephemera

Description:

Collection of Dance-related Souvenir Programs and Ephemera, including Ballet Russe programs spanning 1916 to 1929, and vintage programs from Martha Graham, Roland Petit, Les Ballets Américains, Ballets Suédois (Léger cover),Pavlova, and the New York City Ballet.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Box 1: Prospectus from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, announcing the planned first visit of Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe to the United States and the subsequent souvenir program from that tour; Ballet Russes souvenir programs from 1921-1929 at various theaters including Théatre de l'Opera, Théatre Sarah-Bernhardt, Gaîté Lyrique, Alhambra Theater (London),and Théatre de Monte-Carlo.; Ballet Russe at Théatre des Champs-Elysée, 1913.
Box 2: Miscellaneous printed materials from various dance companies including Martha Graham souvenir programs from 1958-65, with a Martha Graham autographed cover (1963-4) and a program autographed by some members of the company (1965); Grande Ballet de Monte Carlo and Roland Petit programs c. 1940-50s; Concerts de Danse, N. Trouhanowa (1912),Pavlova ephemera.
Box 3: Miscellaneous printed materials from various dance companies including NYC Ballet souvenir books c. 1960s-90s; Les Ballets (1933),two Folies Bergère promotional programs, souvenir programs from Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Ballets Suédois (Léger cover),Les Ballets Americains featuring Ruth Page, Bently Stone, and José Limón; Beaux-Arts Ball program (1935),Ballets de Mme. Ida Rubenstein, Aphrodite presented by R. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest (1919),Nicholas Roerich Décors and Costumes for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Russian Operas, and the catalogue for the London venue of The Diaghilev Exhibition (originally at the Edinburgh Festival),1954.


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