Scope and arrangement
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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- Creator
- Ismailoff, Sergei
- Call number
- (S) *MGZMC-Res. 6
- Physical description
- 6 folders ca. 50 items
- Language
- In English and Russian; English Russian
- Preferred Citation
Sergei Ismailoff Papers, (S) *MGZMC-Res. 6, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Repository
- Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- Access to materials
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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.
Biographical/historical information
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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift. Gregory and Andree Ismailoff. Received: August, 1971.
Processing information
Processed by Marion Kahn.
Using the collection
Location
Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor