{"value"=>"<p>As <span class=\"persname\">Agnes de Mille</span> writes in her book, <span class=\"title\">And Promenade Home,</span>Ballet Theatre “has given to the American theatre more artists in choreography, dance, musical composition, orchestration and conducting, costume and scene designing than any other theatrical institution in a like period.” Approximately 648 of these artists are represented in the collection's Artists Correspondence subseries (II.A.), as well as 761 in the Artists Contract subseries (II.B.). Among the most renowed are <span class=\"persname\">Alicia Alonso</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Frederick Ashton</span>, <span class=\"persname\">George Balanchine</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Irina Baronova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Alexandre Benois</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Irving Berlin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Eugene Berman</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Leonard Bernstein</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Adolf Bolm</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Benjamin Britten</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Erik Bruhn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Marc Chagall</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Aaron Copland</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Birgit Cullberg</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Salvador Dali</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Alexandra Danilova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Agnes de Mille</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Anton Dolin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">André Eglevsky</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Eliot Feld</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Michel Fokin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Margot Fonteyn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Frederic Franklin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Cynthia Gregory</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Robert Joffrey</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Nora Kaye</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Hugh Laing</span>, <span class=\"persname\">José Limón</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Eugene Loring</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Kenneth MacMillan</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Alicia Markova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Leonide Massine</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Darius Milhaud</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Mikhail Mordkin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Bronislava Nijinska</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Rudolf Nureyev</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ruth Page</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Roland Petit</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Tatiana Riabouchinska</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Vittorio Rieti</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jerome Robbins</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Richard Rodgers</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Schönberg</span>, <span class=\"persname\">William Schuman</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Isaac Stern</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Igor Stravinsky</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Maria Tallchief</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Tamara Toumanova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Antony Tudor</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Igor Youskevitch</span>.</p> <p>Correspondence with many respected writers, librettists, lighting designers, teachers, photographers, actors, and dancers from various other companies can also be found in this series. These include <span class=\"persname\">Martha Graham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Valerie Bettis</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Doris Humphrey</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ruth St. Denis</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ted Shawn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Edwin Denby</span>, <span class=\"persname\">John Martin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Merce Cunningham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Gene Kelly</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Tanaquil Leclercq</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Marie Rambert</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Cyril Beaumont</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ninette de Valois</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Fred Fehl</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Haskell</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Boris Kochno</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Koner</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Pearl Lang</span>, <span class=\"persname\">P. W. Manchester</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Carmelita Maracci</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jo Mielziner</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jack Mitchell</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jean Rosenthal</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Walter Terry</span>, among others.</p> <p>The files for <span class=\"persname\">Alicia Alonso</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Eugene Berman</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Erik Bruhn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Birgit Cullberg</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Agnes de Mille</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Anton Dolin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Nora Kaye</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Toni Lander</span>, <span class=\"persname\">David Lichine</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Eugene Loring</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Alicia Markova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Leonide Massine</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jerome Robbins</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Antony Tudor</span> are of particular note due to the extent of the correspondence.</p> <p>The Artists series (II.) also includes correspondence with various theatrical unions, primarily the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), concerning contractual negotiations, salary disputes, and the like, as well as draft board and immigration correspondence, and miscellaneous information about company dancers, auditions, and rules.</p>"}