Original Program - "Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Season 1946-47"

Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Illustration on front cover features a red background with blue and white figures and lettering. No date, circa 1946. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (mostly in black-and-white), complete. One leaf with four color illustrations of costume designs laid in. Included are many advertisements for a variety of products (mostly perfumes) and businesses. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning 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 1946-1947. Sergei J. Denham was the director at the time. Included are many black-and-white photographic illustrations of noted ballet dancers such as Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin, Nathalie Krassovska, Leon Danielian, Ruthanna Boris, Maria Tallchief, Nicholas Magallanes, Marie-Jeanne, Pauline Goddard, Yvonne Chouteau, Gertrude Tyven, and Michel Katcharoff. Toward the center is a partial list of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's repertoire (list of ballets the company performs) with brief accompanying summaries. There are summaries for the following ballets: Raymonda, Night Shadow, Le Baiser de la Fee, Comedia Balletica, Concerto Barocco, Frankie and Johnny, Serenade, Danses Concertantes, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Ballet Imperial, Mozartiana, Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes), Scheherazade, The Snow Maiden, Chopin Concerto, Rodeo, Le Beau Danube, Gaite Parisienne, and The Bells. Toward the back are brief biographies for some of the company's dancers. Some of the advertised products or businesses in this program are Coty, 10 West, Elizabeth Arden, Esme, Germaine Monteil, Bien Jolie,Woodward & Lothrop, Revillon Freres, Melrose, Juilliard, Helena Rubinstein, and Charbert. 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. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was based in New York from 1944-1948. The company was active until 1968 when it became bankrupt.…