Original Program - "Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo"

Original publisher's black paper wrappers with staple binding. Multicolored illustration on front cover shows two ballerina figures (concept art). No date, circa 1959. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Included are many advertisements for a variety of products and businesses. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and minimal bumping to bottom corners of fore-edge. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slightly bumped corners, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Based on the "active repertoire" listed herein, this program was likely for Season 1959-1960. Sergei J. Denham was the director at the time. The following are some of the contents. Black-and-white photographic illustrations of ballet dancers Nina Novak, George Zoritch, Nathalie Krassovska, Alan Howard, Irina Borowska, Tatiana Grantzeva, Eleanor D'Antuono, Irina Kovalska, Edmund Novak, Kenneth Gillespie, Paula Tennyson, Eugene Collins, Gwenn Barker, Meredith Baylis, Perry Brunson, June Wilson, Raven Wilkinson, Andrea Vodehnal, Howard Sayette, Ivan Boutnikoff, James Capp, Susan May, and Herb Kummel. "Who's Who" section with brief biographical information about some of the ballet dancers. Brief biographical section about the company staff and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo School. 1959-1960 active repertoire (ballets the company performs) with summaries for the following ballets: Ballad, Ballet Imperial, The Bluebird and the Enchanted Princess, Coppelia, Gaite Parisienne, Giselle, Graduation Ball, Grand Pas de Deux, Harlequinade, The Mute Wife, The Nutcracker, Pas de Deux Classique, Pas de Trois Classique, Raymonda, Slavonic Dances, Sombreros, Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, and Variations Classiques. Some of the advertised products or businesses: Herbert Levine, Capezio, Maurice Seymour, Germaine Monteil, Albert Weiss, Russian Tea Room in New York, and Harry Frechtel. 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. …