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Guide to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Press Clipping Scrapbooks
MS.P.075
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Title: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo press clipping scrapbooks
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.075
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
(1 box)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1956-1957
Date (inclusive): 1947, 1956-1957
Abstract: This collection consists of two scrapbooks containing the press clippings of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's 1947 and 1956-1957
seasons. The clippings are mostly from American and Canadian newspapers and are in English and French.
Creator:
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head
of Special Collections and Archives.
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Press Clipping Scrapbooks. MS-P075. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California.
Purchased in 2005.
Processed by Zoe MacLeod, 2012.
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was a ballet company created in 1938 when the Ballet Russes separated into two groups. The
company, lead by Leonide Massine and Rene Blum, toured mainly around the U.S. until 1963.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of two scrapbooks containing the press clippings of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's 1947 and 1956-1957
seasons. The clippings are mostly from American and Canadian newspapers and are in English and French.
Of particular interest are the press clippings of the April 30, 1957 incident at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
when Sergei Denham, director of the Ballet Russe, brought down the curtain before Alexandra Danilova's final solo in
Gaite Parisienne in order to avoid paying overtime to the cast and crew. The scrapbook of the 1956-1957 season contains more than 110 clippings
about this incident.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. -- Archives
Ballet -- History -- Sources.
Ballet dancers.
Ballets russes -- History -- Sources.
Clippings -- 20th century.