Leslie, Caird Papers, (S) *MGZMD 106, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
The papers of Caird Leslie include personal and business correspondence, autobiographical writing, and notes on ballet technique, particularly as taught by Adolf Bolm.
Ballet dancer and teacher, Caird Leslie was born in Des Moines, Iowa ca. 1900 and died in New York City February 8,1970. He was raised in Seattle and returned there to teach at the Cornish School from 1935-1950. He had a longtime association with Adolf Bolm for whom he danced at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in “Petrouchka.” Caird Leslie founded the Ballet Center Studio in New York City.
The papers of Caird Leslie include personal and business correspondence, autobiographical writing, and notes on ballet technique, particularly as taught by Adolf Bolm.|||Description: Correspondence, contracts, and writings in English, French and German.
The Caird Leslie papers are arranged in eight series:
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The following items were received with the original gift but have been separated from the manuscript collection. The current location of these items (as of August 1995) is indicated.