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Papers of the dancer and teacher, 1929-1947, including letters (from Bronislava Nijinska, Marquis de Cuevas, Sergei Denham, et al.), contracts, biographical and legal information, and memorabilia.|||Language: English, Russian.
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Sergei Ismailoff Papers, (S) *MGZMC-Res. 6, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Papers of the dancer and teacher, 1929-1947, including letters (from Bronislava Nijinska, Marquis de Cuevas, Sergei Denham, et al.), contracts, biographical and legal information, and memorabilia.
Serge Ismailoff, born in Russia in 1912, was educated at the University of Louvain, Belgium. As a member of an athletic group, he decided to become a dancer and studied under Olga Preobrajenska, Bronislava Nijinska, and Lubov Egorova. He made his professional debut in Paris and has performed with Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, Ballet International, and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. He has also appeared on Broadway and television. By 1960, he and his wife Anna Istomina ran dance studios in Great Neck and White Plains, New York.
Papers of the dancer and teacher, 1929-1947, including letters (from Bronislava Nijinska, Marquis de Cuevas, Sergei Denham, et al.), contracts, biographical and legal information, and memorabilia.|||Language: English, Russian.
Gift. Gregory and Andree Ismailoff. Received: August, 1971.
Processed by Marion Kahn.