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Ballet companies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 287 Collections and/or Records:

Colorado Ballet Records

 Collection
Identifier: D012
Abstract

Colorado Ballet, located in Denver, Colorado is a regional dance company that was conceived as a ballet school founded in 1951, by Denver natives Freidann Parker and Lillian Covillo. To showcase their students, they established Colorado Concert Ballet in 1961.

Dates: 1961-2021

Colorado Concert Ballet in "The Nutcracker", 1961

 Item
Identifier: D022.07.0002.0007.00001
Abstract

This photograph depicts the 1961 production of "The Nutcracker" featuring Lillian Covillo dancing in the role of Nutcracker.

Dates: 1961

Container 3: Metropolitan Opera Poster, 1955

 File — Object D021.0003: Series D021.05 [Barcode: U186023286879]
Identifier: D021.05.0003
Abstract

This object is a framed poster from the Metropolitan Opera House production of "Aida" on January 1, 1955.

Dates: 1955

Cyrano de Bergerac, 1950

 Item
Identifier: D004.04.0044.0081.00001
Abstract

Souvenir program for the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac. Program presented as a students' guide to the motion picture.

Dates: 1950

Dance Theater-Berlin, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: D004.01.0002.00047
Abstract

Souvenir program for the Dance Theater-Berlin's performances on [1950?] in Berlin. Principal performers: Gisela Deege, Gert Reinholm, Svea Koeller, Harald Horn ; choreographer, Tatjana Gsovsky. Works performed include: Ballade -- Hamlet -- Orphee -- Souvenires -- Signals -- Pas de Deux Fron the ballet ''Don Juan de Zarissa.

Dates: circa 1950

Dance Theater-Berlin, 1955-1956

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Identifier: D004.01.0002.00048
Abstract

House program for the Dance Theater-Berlin's performances on 1955-1956 in New York. Principal performers: Gisela Deege, Gert Reinholm, Svea Koeller, Harald Horn ; choreographer, Tatjana Gsovsky. Presented by: The Community Concert Association. Works performed include: Labyrinth -- Ballade -- Hamlet -- Orphee -- Souvenires.

Dates: 1955-1956

Denver Civic Ballet Records

 Collection
Identifier: D053
Abstract

The Denver Civic Ballet was a semi-professional company consisting of local dancers that performed in Colorado from 1958 to 1979. This collection contains photographs, clippings, slides, programs, and other papers related to the Denver Civic Ballet.

Dates: 1959-1979

Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers, 1947

 Item
Identifier: D004.01.0002.00053
Abstract Souvenir program for the Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers' performances on 1947? on their ninth American tour in New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Principal performers: Dancers: S. Tavasieff, G. Soloduhin, M. Lechow ; Soloists: S. Slepoushkin, G. Doubrovsky, P. Marco, [and others] ; Director, Nicholas Kostrukoff. Presented by: Metropolitan Musical Bureau, Inc. Works performed include: Chorus: Blessed be the Lord -- Elegy -- God is with Us -- O Holy God ; Dances: Lezginka --...
Dates: 1947

Donetsk State and Ballet Theatre : 1989 Tour, 1989

 Item
Identifier: D004.01.0002.00039
Abstract Souvenir program for the Donetsk State and Ballet Theatre's performances on 1989 tour. Principal performers: Natalia Akhmarova, Nellie Beredina, Sergei Bondur, Alexander Boytsov, Vadim Pisarev, Peter Skirmantris ; artistic director, Vladimir Shumakin. Sponsors: Washington Performing Arts Society in association with the Howard Gilman Foundation and ICM Artists Limited. Works performed include: Giselle --Paquita -- Don Quixote -- Walpurgis Nacht -- Swan Lake -- Le Spectra de la Rose --...
Dates: 1989

Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Dance Group, circa 1938

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Identifier: D004.01.0002.00043
Abstract Souvenir program for the Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Dance Group's performances on 1938? in New York. Principal performers: Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, José Limon, George Bockman, Lee Sherman, William Bales, Sybil Shearer, Katharine Manning, Joan Levy, Beatrice Seckler, Hariette Anne Gray, Katharine Litz, Edith Orcutt, Eva Desca. Works performed include: To the Dance -- Variations on a Theme of Handel -- Kinetic Pantomime -- The Shakers -- Traditions -- Exhibition Piece --...
Dates: circa 1938