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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Press Clipping
Scrapbooks
MS.P.075
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo press clipping scrapbooks
Creator:
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.075
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1947, 1956-1957
Date (bulk): 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.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
and French.
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. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
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 dancers -- History -- Sources.
Clippings -- 20th century.
Ballets russes -- History -- Sources.
Scrapbooks -- 20th century.
Ballet -- History -- Sources.
Danilova, Alexandra
Denham, Sergei
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo -- Archives