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Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Illustration on front cover features a yellow background with two dancers and a bull in a desert landscape. No date, circa 1943. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (mostly in black-and-white), complete. Included are many advertisements for a variety of products (mostly perfumes) and businesses. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, tiny dampstain at bottom of last page, small chips in lower corner of fore-edge on first two leaves, and slight wear to extremities. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and a few wrinkles. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo for Season 1943-1944. 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, Nathalie Krassovska, Igor Youskevitch, Frederic Franklin, Ruthanna Boris, Dorothy Etheridge, Anna Istomina, Maria Tallchief, Anna Scarpova, Tatiana Grantzeva, Vida Brown, Tation Semenova, Nina Popova, Elena Kramarr, Ruth Riekman, and Yvonne Hill. Partial repertoire (ballets the company performs) with summaries for the following ballets: Giselle, The Swan Lake, Coppelia (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes), The Nutcracker, The Bluebird, Pas de Deux Classique, Les Sylphides, Carnaval, Scheherazade, Prince Igor, Le Beau Danube (The Beautiful Danube), The Elves, Saint Francis, Rouge et Noir (Red and Black), Serenade, Chopin Concerto, The Snow Maiden, Rodeo (The Courting at Burnt Ranch), The Red Poppy, Etude, The Cukold's Fair, Ancient Russia, and Ballet Class. Four color illustrations of set designs and costumes. Some of the advertised products or businesses: Elizabeth Arden, Rosemarie de Paris, Bemberg, Hartnell, Flexees, and Ciro. 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.
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