Found 3 collections related to Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil

Marc Platt (b. 1913) is a dancer, musical theater performer, and actor who danced with such ballet companies as the Ballets Russes du Col. W. de Basil and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and later performed in Broadway musicals. The Marc Platt papers (1918-1977) contain correspondence with production staff and acquaintances, reviews, photographs, posters, and programs that document Platt’s career. less

Opera and ballet impresario Fortune Gallo (1878-1970) was the manager of the San Carlo Opera Company and was the tour director of Colonel Wassily de Basil's Original Ballet Russe between 1940 and 1942. This collection documents Gallo's management of the Original Ballet Russe, and includes letters, legal documents, publicity materials, and newspaper clippings related to the company. less

The Original Ballet Russe was a ballet company created in 1938 that toured North America widely under the direction of Colonel Wassily de Basil. The Robert Pagent collection on Colonel de Basil's Original Ballet Russe primarily document a dancers' strike that took place in Havana, Cuba in 1941. Pagent, one of the dancers who participated in the strike, kept records of correspondence, clippings and photographs relating to the strike and to the dance company. less