Kirov Ballet

Fact sheet and materials related to Russian ballet dancers Valery and Galina Panov. Valery and his wife Galina performed at the Kirov ballet in Leningrad until they applied for exit visas to Israel in 1972. They were expelled from the Kirov, imprisoned briefly, and allowed to leave Russia for Israel in 1974.

This box contains t-shirts from various international ballet companies including France Danse and The Kirov Ballet and (1) mousepad from Aspen Sante Fe Ballet.

This box contains souvenir and house programs from The Kirov Ballet, known as the Mariinsky Ballet in Russia, its predecessor Leningrad Kirov Ballet.

This box contains oversized souvenir and house programs from Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Grand Kabuki Theatre, Kirov Ballet, Markova-Dolin Ballet, Martha Grahahm, Murray Louis, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Tulsa Ballet Theatre.

This box contains the wood block and print for the cover of a souvenir program that featured the Leningrad Kirov Ballet performing ''The Sleeping Beauty''.

Informal photograph of Kirov Ballet star Natalia Makarova, who defected to the West in 1970, as she streches on board the Bolshoi Express train while on a trip through Russia; this is a publicity photograph for the PBS special ''St. Petersburg to Tashkent,'' part of the series ''Great Railway Journeys II.''

Photographs of Galina Mezentseva and Sergey Berezhnoy, principle dancers for the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, Russia, performing in ''Swan Lake.''

Photograph of the Leningrad Kirov Ballet Company ensemble performing in ''Swan Lake.''

Photographs of Russian ballet dancer Natalia Makarova performing in various dances.

Two photos on one page: Galina Mezentseva (left) and Sergey Berezhnoy (right), both of the Leningrad Kirov Ballet, perform in ''Swan Lake,'' which will be featured in a public television special.