Sergei Ismailoff papers

id
5598
origination
Ismailoff, Sergei
date statement
1929-1947
key date
1929
identifier (local_mss)
19631
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMC-Res. 6
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b12176948
total components
6
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0
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component layout
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false
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false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:22 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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repository
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{"value"=>"Papers of the dancer and teacher, 1929-1947, including letters (from <span class=\"persname\">Bronislava Nijinska</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Marquis de Cuevas</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Denham</span>, et al.), contracts, biographical and legal information, and memorabilia."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Sergei Ismailoff papers, *MGZMC-Res. 6. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Ismailoff, Sergei", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Papers of the dancer and teacher, 1929-1947, including letters (from <span class=\"persname\">Bronislava Nijinska</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Marquis de Cuevas</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Denham</span>, et al.), contracts, biographical and legal information, and memorabilia.|||Language: English, Russian.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Gregory and Andree Ismailoff. Received: August, 1971.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1929
date_inclusive_end
1947
note
{"value"=>"<p>Papers of the dancer and teacher, born in 1912. Includes letters (from Nijinska, Marquis de Cuevas, Singaevsky, S. J. Denham), contracts, biographical notes, identity cards, and memorabilia</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
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keydate
1929
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{"value"=>"In English and Russian"}
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processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Marion Kahn.</p>"}
extent_statement
6 folders ca. 50 items
date_start
1929
date_end
1947

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