Original Program - "Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Sergei Denham, Director"

Original publisher's multicolored (mostly dark purple-blue) paper wrappers with staple binding. Printed color photograph by Maria Martel on front cover shows a head shot of Nina Novak in costume for La Dame a La Licorne. One leaf about Alicia Alonso laid in front (unclear if originally part of the program). No date, circa 1956. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light toning, slightly bumped corners, and small occasional marks or stains. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight discoloration, slightly bumped corners, several small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is a promotional program for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, a ballet company, for an unknown season (c. 1956). The following are some of the contents: the company's repertoire or repertory with synopses (may be a partial list); "Who's Who" section with brief biographical information about some of the company's dancers; and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of Sergei J. Denham, Frederic Franklin, Nina Novak, Yvonne Chouteau, Irina Borowska, Alan Howard, Miguel Terekhov, Eugene Slavin, Deni Lamont, Kenneth Gillespie, Michel Katcharoff, and Ivan Boutnikoff. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (not to be confused with one of its predecessors, Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo) was founded in 1938 by Leonide Massine and Rene Blum. Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil had formerly led the Ballets Russes company but parted ways in 1934. Following this, de Basil and Blum went on to form their own companies, Original Ballet Russe and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, respectively. When Massine joined in 1938, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo was renamed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo remained in business until 1968.…