Original Program - "S. Hurok, presents, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Leonide Massine, Artistic Director; Efrem Kurtz, Musical Director; Season 1938-1939"

Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration (possibly by Christian Berard) on front cover shows a man leaning forward, with one hand raised in the air and one leg slightly kicked back, and a serpentine figure in background (may be concept art for Beethoven's Seventh Symphony). No date, circa 1938. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, a few in color, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall but have light age toning and occasional marks and stains. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, 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 Season 1938-1939. The following are some of the contents: the company's repertoire or repertory with synopses (may be a partial list) and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of Leonide Massine, Serge Lifar, Boris Kochno, Efrem Kurtz, S. Hurok, Alexandra Danilova, Tamara Toumanova, Alicia Markova, Mia Slavenska, Nina Theilade, Igor Youskevitch, Frederic Franklin, Nathalie Krassovska, Michel Panaieff, Eugenie Delarova, Anna Scarpova, Lubov Roudenko, Jeanette Lauret, Marc Platoff, Roland Guerard, Marcel Fenchel, George Zoritch, Milada Mladova, Marina Franca, Lubov Rostova, Tatiana Flotat, Christian Berard, Henri Matisse, and Pavel Tchelitcheff. Some of the advertised products and businesses: Lentheric, Guerlain, Lanvin, Helena Rubinstein, Saks Fifth Avenue, Elizabeth Arden, Chicago's Blackstone hotel, New York's Reuben's Restaurant, New York's Russian Tea Room Restaurant, and French Line cruises. 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.…