American Ballet Theatre scrapbooks 1939-1966 [microform]

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306
origination
American Ballet Theatre
date statement
1983
key date
1983
identifier (local_mss)
19619
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*ZBD-164 [Microfilm]
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b10836847
total components
68
total series
0
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1
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(none)
component layout
Default Layout
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false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:52 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"Arranged in approximate chronological order. These scrapbooks include press clippings, reviews, magazine articles, programs, announcements, publicity materials, and tour itineraries."}
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{"value"=>"<p>American Ballet Theatre Scrapbooks, 1939-1966, *ZBD-164, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
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bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Ballet Theatre, an outgrowth of the Mordkin Ballet which started in 1937 as an outlet for the students from Mikhail Mordkin's school, was inaugarated with Richard Pleasant as director in the fall of 1939. Its stated goal was to have a company capable of performing ballets of all periods and styles. Among the dancers were Adolph Bolm, Patricia Bowman, Edward Caton, Leon Danielian, Vladimir Dokoudovsky, Anton Dolin, William Dollar, Viola Essen, Miriam Golden, Nana Gollner, Maria Karnilova, Nora Kaye, Andrée Howard, Hugh Laing, Annabelle Lyon, Donald Saddler, Nina Stroganova, and Yurek Shabalevski. Its first season opened January 11, 1940 at the Center Theatre and lasted four weeks. The repertory included Michel Fokine's <span class=\"title\">Les Sylphides</span>and <span class=\"title\">Carnaval,</span>Adolph Bolm's <span class=\"title\">Ballet Mécanique</span>and <span class=\"title\">Peter and the Wolf,</span>Mordkin's <span class=\"title\">Voices of Spring,</span>Antony Tudor's <span class=\"title\">Dark Elegies, Lilac Garden,</span>and <span class=\"title\">Judgement of Paris,</span>Agnes de Mille's <span class=\"title\">Black Ritual</span>(performed by the company's Negro Wing), Eugene Loring's <span class=\"title\">The Great American Goof,</span>and Bronislava Nijinska's <span class=\"title\">La Fille mal Gardée.</span>Audiences for ballet in the company's first years, even in major cities, were limited, so the goal of continuous performing had to be met with tours of one-night stands, initially under the management of Sol Hurok. In the spring of 1947, Ballet Theatre Foundation was established as a taxexempt, non-profit corporation for the purpose of supporting Ballet Theatre. After its 1957 tour of Europe and the Near East, the company changed its name to American Ballet Theatre. In its first 25 years, in addition to its annual New York City seasons, American Ballet Theatre had appeared in more than 350 cities in 44 countries throughout the world.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Arranged in approximate chronological order. <p>These scrapbooks include press clippings, reviews, magazine articles, programs, announcements, publicity materials, and tour itineraries.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchase. American Ballet Theatre.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>(use microfilm).</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1983
date_inclusive_end
1983
note
{"value"=>"<p>Clippings</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Includes chronological list of contents</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1983
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{"value"=>"English"}
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16 microfilm reels original materials, 68 volumes - located in basement
date_start
1983
date_end
1983

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