hurok basil (7 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Front cover has a small color illustration of two musicians and a ballerina standing atop a horse in a country landscape. No date, circa 1935. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, a few in color, complete. Advertisements for various products and businesses included. Pages are clean and intact overall but have light age toning, tiny closed tears at head of spine, and small occasional marks and stains. Covers are very clean and intact except for a bump and several tiny closed tears at head of spine, light to moderate age toning, several small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is a promotional program for Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, a ballet company, for an unknown season (c. 1935-1936). The following are some of the contents: "History of Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes" by Edwin Evans (brief article about de Basil's company); bound-in repertoire or repertory with synopses (may be a partial list of the company's ballets); "Who's Who" section with brief biographical information about some of the dancers; concept art; black-and-white illustrations of production stills; and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of Colonel W. de Basil, Rene Blum, Efrem Kurtz, Antal Dorati, S. Hurok, Leonide Massine, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, David Lichine, Alexandra Danilova, and Yurek Chabelevsky. Some of the advertised products and businesses: Florel Parfumeur, P. L. M. French Railway, Hotel Astoria, Prince Matchabelli, and Waldorf Astoria. Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo (not to be confused with one of its successors, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) was founded in 1931 by Wassily de Basil (commonly referred to as Colonel W. de Basil), Rene Blum, and Serge Denham. In 1934, de Basil and Blum parted ways. De Basil renamed his company Original Ballet Russe, and Blum and Leonide Massine went on to form their own company, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Original Ballet Russe remained in business until 1947 when it disbanded. Original Ballet Russe had a brief revival in 1951 but went out of business in 1952 due to financial reasons.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows a stylized depiction of a knight holding a sword and shield. No date, circa 1936. 9 1/2" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (most in black-and-white; several color illustrations in center), complete. Many advertisements for various products and businesses included. A thin vertical strip of paper is bound in before Alexandra Danilova's portrait illustration (this may have been where another page was or it may simply be a stub, in which case no pages are missing). Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear and wrinkling to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo (not to be confused with Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo) for Season 1936-1937 (4th American Season). The following are some of the contents: introductory statements for the current season and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of S. Hurok, Leonide Massine, Lubov Tchernicheva, David Lichine, Alexandra Danilova, Irina Baronova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova, Yurek Shabelevsky, Nina Verchinina, Tamara Grigorieva, Olga Morosova, Eugenie Delarova, Paul Petroff, and Roman Jasinsky. Some of the advertised products or businesses in this program: Capehart, Caron, French Railways, Coty, The Stevens hotel in Chicago, Koret, Helena Rubinstein, Pinaud, Padinox, Guerlain, and French Line. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo and the similarly named Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo were the successors to Serghei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was formed in 1931 by Wassily de Basil (commonly referred to as Colonel W. de Basil) and Rene Blum. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was renamed Original Ballet Russe after de Basil and Blum parted ways (Blum's company became the aforementioned Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo). Original Ballet Russe remained active until 1947. Notably, impresario Sol Hurok came to manage both de Basil's Original Ballet Russe and Blum's Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Illustration on front cover features a gilt rectangular background with black lettering. No date, circa 1946. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (mostly in black-and-white), complete. Included are many advertisements for a variety of products (mostly perfumes) and businesses. Pages are very clean and intact except for moderate age toning and slight wear to extremities. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and a few wrinkles. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for the Original Ballet Russe for Season 1946-1947. The following are some of the contents. Black-and-white photographic illustrations of ballet dancers Rosella Hightower, Olga Morosova, Tatiana Stepanova, Genevieve Moulin, Nina Stroganova, Sirene Adjemova, Roman Jasinsky, Vladimir Dokoudovsky, Oleg Tupine, Kenneth MacKenzie, George Skibine, Marian Ladre, Kiril Vassilkovsky, Margaret Banks, Tatiana Bechenova, Natalia Conlon, Marilia Franco, Lara Obidenna, Moussia Larkina, April Olrich, Carlotta Pereira, Rozsika Sabo, Marjorie Tallchief, Anna Miltonova, Alpheus Koon, Raul Celada, and Miguel Terekoff. Partial repertoire (ballets the company performs) with summaries for some of the ballets. Article ("Fashions from the Ballet") by Eleanor Lambert. Article ("Talking About Dancers") by Ann Barzel. Brief biographies of some of the dancers is a "Who's Who" section. Some of the advertised products or businesses: Elizabeth Arden, Charbert, Helena Rubinstein, Farnsworth Television & Radio Corporation, Parfums d'Artimon, Stradivari, Marie Earle, Chanel, Flexees, Leigh, Corday, Muse, Bemberg, Mutation Mink Breeders Association, Ciro, House of Gourinelli, Magnavox, and Seagram's. The Original Ballet Russe was founded in 1931 by Rene Blum and Wassily de Basil (also known as Colonel W. de Basil). This ballet company was one of the successors of Ballets Russes which had dissolved after Blum and de Basil had parted ways. De Basil then took ownership of the Original Ballet Russe and Blum went on to found his own company, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Impresario Sol Hurok managed both companies. The company was active until 1947 when it disbanded (there was a brief revival in 1951, but the company closed for the last time in 1952).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows a giant floral decoration over what appears to be a covered bed with buildings in the background and people in the foreground (concept art for Coque d'Or by Nathalie Gontcharova). No date, circa 1940. 9 1/2" x 12 1/4." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, a few in color, complete. Advertisements for various products and businesses included. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear to extremities. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and a few small wrinkles. A Very Good copy. This is a promotional program for Original Ballet Russe, a ballet company, for an unknown season (c. 1940-1941). The following are some of the contents: introductory statement about W. de Basil by Arnold L. Haskell, introductory statement about S. Hurok, repertoire or repertory with synopses (may be a partial list of the company's ballets); concept art; black-and-white illustrations of production stills; and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of W. de Basil, S. Hurok, Michel Fokine, David Lichine, Irina Baronova, Antal Dorati, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova, Nina Verchinina, Tamara Grigorieva, Olga Morosova, Tatiana Lipkovskaia, Sono Osato, Paul Petroff, Roman Jasinsky, Yura Lazovsky, Alexandra Denisova, Dimitri Rostoff, Michel Panaieff, and Igor Schwezoff. Some of the advertised products and businesses: Elizabeth Arden, School of American Ballet, and Dance Magazine. Original Ballet Russe traces its history back to Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, the latter of which was founded in 1931 by Wassily de Basil (commonly referred to as Colonel W. de Basil) and Rene Blum. De Basil and Blum eventually parted ways and went on to form their own respective companies, Original Ballet Russe (de Basil gave this final name to his company in 1939) and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Original Ballet Russe remained active until 1947 when it disbanded. In 1951, Original Ballet Russe had a brief revival but soon closed permanently in 1952 due to financial reasons.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows two stylized figures, a male dancer lifting a female dancer in a graceful pose. No date, circa 1937. 9 1/2" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (most in black-and-white; several color illustrations in center), complete. Many advertisements for various products and businesses included. Pages are very clean and intact except for glue residue on the Prince Matchabelli ad (this may have been the adhesive for a now-missing illustration, but it may also simply be a stain), occasional colored pencil inscriptions limited to margins, creases on a few of the portrait illustrations, and light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for several small wrinkles and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo (not to be confused with Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo) for Season 1937-1938 (5th American Season). The following are some of the contents: introductory statements for the current season; synopses of at least some of the company's ballets; brief biographical information about some of the company's staff and dancers; announcement for "Argentinita and her Spanish ballet"; and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of W. de Basil, S. Hurok, Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine, David Lichine, Lubov Tchernicheva, Alexandra Danilova, Irina Baronova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Paul Petroff, Yurek Shabelevsky, Roman Jasinsky, Tamara Grigorieva, Eugenie Delarova, and Olga Morosova. Some of the advertised products or businesses in this program: Flexees, Caron, Lanvin, Helena Rubinstein, Bellows & Company, Prince Matchabelli, French State Railways, and Pinaud. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo and the similarly named Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo were the successors to Serghei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was formed in 1931 by Wassily de Basil (commonly referred to as Colonel W. de Basil) and Rene Blum. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was renamed Original Ballet Russe after de Basil and Blum parted ways (Blum's company became the aforementioned Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo). Original Ballet Russe remained active until 1947. Notably, impresario Sol Hurok came to manage both de Basil's Original Ballet Russe and Blum's Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo.

paperback. Condición: Good. Published by Nicolas Pub. Co., New York, [no date listed, circa 1935]. Paper covers, [84] pp (unnumbered). In good condition. Full Illustrated paper covers have a 1" tear to the top edge of the back cover and several other smaller nicks and tears and creasing along edges. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Staple bound. Interior pages are lightly aged but otherwise clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Souvenir program for the company's 1936-37 American tour. It was led by Colonel W. de Basil, who had acquired the rights to the Ballets Russes name after the original company's dissolution in 1929. Includes Synopses of the ballets (revised by Arnold L. Haskell, 1935, with some notes); essay entitled "History of Col. W. de Basil's Ballets russes" by Edwin Evans; Cover wrappers illustrated by Nathalie Gontcharoval. Also includes color illustrations for scenery by E. Lourie for "Choreartium", Scenery for "Sheherazade" by Leon Bakst and "Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur" (The Good-Humoured Ladies"), Scenery and Costumes by Jean Hugo for "Les Cent Baisers ("A Hundred Kisses"), Scenery and costumes by Nathalie Gontcharova for "Noces", "L'oiseau de feu" ("The fire bird") and "Contes de Fee", Curtain by Andre Derain for La Concurrence", Scenery and costumes by M. Larionow for "Soleil de nuit" ("Midnight sun") and Scenery and Costumes by Jena Lurcat for "Jardin Public". Also includes portraits of the company and cast, including, Leonide Massine, Lubov Tchernicheva, Bronislave Nijinska, Irina Baranova, David Lichine, Alexandra Danilova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Jurek Shabelevsky, Roland Guerard, and Tamara Toumanova. Advertisements throughout.Includes portraits of the company and cast.

Wraps. Condición: Good + overall. First edition. Profusely illustrated souvenir of the Ballet Russes first American tour, with b&w printed photographs of dancers including Massine, Danilova, Riabouchinska, Toumanova, Lichine, and Baronova, and scenery and costume printed color illustrations by Christian Berard, Andre Derain, Raoul Dufy and Joan Miro. Includes a printed insert, "Synopsis of Ballets", with brief descriptions of the following ballets: La Concurrence, Les Presage, Le Beau Danube, Scuola de Ballo, Beach, Le Lac des Cygnes, Petrouchka, Prince Igor and Le Tricorne. The loosely inserted program is entitled, "The Philadelphia Forum presents for the First Time in Philadelphia, Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, Director General, W. de Basil". It features Les Sylphides, Le Tricorne, and Le Beau Danube, names the individual dancers for this performance, and provides the story lines. Printed on rear wrapper: Artistic Director, Rene Blum; Maitre de Ballet, Leonide Massine; and Regisseur General, Serge Grigorieff. 4 x 5 1/2", [8] pp, staple bound; crudely opened, o/w very good + condition. Not found in World Cat. Large 4to, [40] pp. Bound with blue cord ribbon. Original publisher's glossy gold paper wrappers, title lettered in blue, with Derain drawing of 2 dancers at front wrapper. Wrappers rubbed, with a couple of creases; corners bumped; previous owner inscription in blue ink inside front wrapper; text and illustrations bright and clean. OCLC: 25907918 records 4 copies, at the University Nebraska/Lincoln, University Wisconsin/Madison, California Institute of the Arts, and the Metropolitan Museum.