Original Program - "Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith Present The Ballet Theatre, 1946-1947"

Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration (concept art) on front cover has a mostly turquoise color palette and shows a male dancer who has his arms outstretched, back turned, as a woman dancer appears to fly in the air holding a bolt of fabric. Color illustration on back cover shows a similar scene but with the two figures in different poses. No date, circa 1946. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (most in black-and-white), complete. Several color illustrations near center show ballet concept art and sketches. Many advertisements for various products and businesses included. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and slightly bumped corners. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, a few small wrinkles, and a vertical crease near fore-edge on front. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for the Ballet Theatre for Season 1946-1947. The following are some of the contents: introductory statement by Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith; ballet repertory with synopses (may be a partial list); and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of Igor Youskevitch, Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing, Alicia Alonso, John Kriza, Lucia Chase, Michael Kidd, Dimitri Romanoff, and Muriel Bentley, among others. Some of the advertised products or businesses in this program: Elizabeth Arden, Capehart, Corday, and Magnavox. Ballet Theatre was founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Robert Pleasant. Chase's and Pleasant's ballet company changed its name to American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in 1957 and is still active to this day.…