Original Program - "The Ballet Theatre; Fifteenth Season, 1953-1954"

Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows a semi-abstracted figure of a woman dancing. No date, circa 1953. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (most in black-and-white), complete. Included are many advertisements for various products and businesses. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, small occasional marks or stains, and slight wear to extremities. Covers are clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for the Ballet Theatre for its Fifteenth Season (Season 1953-1954). Ballet Theatre "presented under the direction of Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith by the Ballet Theatre Foundation, Blevins Davis, President." The following are some of the contents. Black-and-white photographic illustrations of ballet dancers Igor Youskevitch, Alicia Alonso, John Kriza, Melissa Hayden, Ruth Ann Koesun, Eric Braun, Lillian Lanese, Lupe Serrano, Liane Plane, Scott Douglas, Roy Fitzell, Barbara Lloyd, Job Sanders, Fernand Nault, Irma Grant, Catherine Horn, Helen Murielle, Christine Mayer, Vernon Wendorf, Rochelle Balzer, Margaret Wilson, Constance Garfield, Eugene Tanner, Leo Duggan, Nancy Unger, Sally Gura, Ivan Allen, Edward Monson, Alan Baker, Margaret Black, Ruth Fellows, and Deni Lamont. Some of the dancers are shown as single portraits; others only appear in group portraits. Ballet repertoire (ballets the company performs) with synopses (may be a partial list). Some of the products and businesses advertised: Trifari, Capezio, Coro, Coty, J. Berle, Germaine Monteil, Ivyan, Maidenform, and Vogue Jewelry Co. Brief information about Ballet Theatre and some of the dancers included. Ballet Theatre, a ballet company, was founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant. The company was renamed American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in 1957. ABT is still active to this day. …