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1 No online items Processed by Processed by Linda Akatsu, Emma Kheradyar, William Landis, and Maria Lechuga, Guide completed by Adrian Turner, The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. MS-P026 1

2 Collection number: MS-P26 Special Collections and Archives The UCI Libraries University of California Irvine, California Processed by: Processed by Linda Akatsu, Emma Kheradyar, William Landis, and Maria Lechuga, Guide completed by Adrian Turner, Date Completed: 2002 Encoded by: Andre Ambrus 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Dance program and ephemera collection, Date (inclusive): Collection number: MS-P026 Extent: 10.3 linear feet (25 boxes and 5 oversize folders) Repository: University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives. Irvine, California Abstract: This collection comprises printed materials, primarily dance programs, documenting significant international dancers, dance companies, festivals, performances, and events. The bulk of this collection comprises materials on 20th century American and European ballet performers and companies, such as the American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Russes and related companies. The collection also contains dance programs documenting world and folk genres, and international dance styles, primarily Indian, Japanese, and Spanish. A small group of printed ephemera documents various dance festivals, dance companies, and individuals such as Isadora Duncan, George Balanchine, Mary Wigman, and others. Language: English. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives. Preferred Citation Dance Program and Ephemera Collection. MS-P26. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Acquisition Information This collection was created by UC Irvine Special Collections and Archives staff from a variety of performing arts collections in cases where the dance programs were tangential to the collection's focus, including the Eugene Loring Papers (MS-P02), Ruth Clark Lert Dance Library and Archive (MS-P09), and Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St. Denis (MS-P25). Sources and dates of acquisition are not known. Processing History Processed by Linda Akatsu, Emma Kheradyar, William Landis, and Maria Lechuga, Guide completed by Adrian Turner, Collection Scope and Content Summary This collection comprises printed materials, primarily dance programs, documenting significant international dancers, dance companies, festivals, performances, and events. The bulk of this collection comprises materials on 20th century MS-P026 2

3 American and European ballet performers and companies, such as the American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Russes and related companies (including Serge Diaghilev), Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet, Denishawn (including Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn), Martha Graham, New York City Ballet, Anna Pavlova, Royal Ballet, Russian Ballet, Sadler's Wells Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet. The collection also contains dance programs that document folk genres and international dance styles, primarily Indian, Japanese, and Spanish. A small group of printed ephemera documents various dance festivals, dance festivals, dance companies, and individuals, such as Isadora Duncan, George Balanchine, Mary Wigman, and others. Some programs contain biographical profiles of performers, numerous illustrations, and reproductions of photographs by significant artists, such as Léon Basket, André Derain, Nataliia Segeevna Goncharova, George Platt Lynes, and Pablo Picasso. The term "event program" is used to describe materials printed for particular performances with information concerning features of the performance, usually with the name of participants or performing arts organizations. Event programs often contain specific times, dates, cast, and ticket information. The term "souvenir program" is used to describe materials that were issued annually or seasonally, often lacking specific information about featured performances, times, dates, and performance cast. Arrangement This collection is organized into three series. Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, linear ft. Series 2. World dance programs, linear ft. Series 3. Dance ephemera, linear ft. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Graham, Martha--Archival resources. Pavlova, Anna, Archival resources. St. Denis, Ruth, Archival resources. Shawn, Ted, Archival resources. Duncan, Isadora, Archival resources. Balanchine, George--Archival resources. Wigman, Mary, Archival resources. American Ballet Theatre--Archival resources. Ballet russes--archival resources. Ballets russes--archival resources. Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil--Archival resources. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo--Archival resources. Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)--Archival resources. Bolshoi teatr SSSR. Balet--Archival resources. Denishawn School of Dancing--Archival resources. New York City Ballet--Archival resources. Royal Ballet--Archival resources. Sadlers Wells Ballet--Archival resources. San Francisco Ballet--Archival resources. Dancers--Archival resources. Ballet dancers--archival resources. Dance companies--archival resources. Ballet companies--archival resources. Ballet--Archival resources. Dance--Archival resources. Modern dance--archival resources. Folk dancing--archival resources. Genres and Forms of Material MS-P026 3

4 Dance programs. Ephemera. Occupations Dancers. Related Collections The following collections in Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine Libraries, also contain dance programs related to the creator of the collection: MS-P02, Eugene Loring Papers MS-P05, Mary Desti Collection on Isadora Duncan MS-P23, Donald McKayle Papers MS-P25, Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St. Denis MS-P28, Scrapbook on Cecil Sharp's English Folk Dance Society School MS-P29, Mildred Davenport Dance Programs and Dance School Materials MS-P33, Isadora Duncan Dance Programs and Ephemera MS-P09, Ruth Clark Lert Dance Library and Archive contains dance programs documenting West Coast dance companies and performers. MS-P03, John Dougherty Papers contains dance programs documenting both Dougherty's career and other dance companies and performers whose work he reviewed. Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, Physical Description: 8.2 linear ft. This series comprises dance programs documenting American and international ballet and modern dance performers and companies. This series is particularly strong in documenting Serge Diaghilev's original Ballets Russes ( ) and related companies, such as Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo ( ), Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo ( ), W. de Basil's Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo ( ), and Original Ballet Russe ( ). Many of these programs contain illustrations, designs, and photographs by significant artists. In particular, the Ballets Russes (Serge Diaghilev) souvenir programs are profusely illustrated with costume and scene designs by Léon Bakst, André Derain, Nataliia Sergeevna Goncharova, Pablo Picasso, and others. Photographs by George Platt Lynes can also be found on a number of New York City Ballet souvenir program covers. Other kinds of printed materials documenting individual performers and dance companies, such as clippings, journal issues, broadsides, brochures, exhibit catalogs, memorial service programs, calendars, and related ephemera, can be found in Series 3. This series is arranged by performer or dance company. Box 1 Ailey, Alvin. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and City Center Dance Theater, event and souvenir programs, and undated Box 1 Alonso, Alicia and Andre Eglevsky, event program, 1957 Box 1 Alonso, Alicia and Igor Youskevitch, event program, 1958 Box 1-2 American Ballet Theatre Box 1 Event programs, Physical Description: 5 folders. Box 1-2 Souvenir programs Box Box Physical Description: 4 folders. Box 2 American Concert Ballet Company, event program, 1964 MS-P026 4

5 Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, Box 2 American Dance, event program, Includes companies of and choreography by Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, José Limon, Merce Cunningham, Nina Fonaroff, Pearl Lang, Helen McGehee, and May O'Donnell. Box 2 American Dance Machine (Alpha Company), event program, 1978 Box 2 Atlanta Civic Ballet, event and souvenir programs, 1956 Box 2 Australian Ballet, annual report, event and souvenir programs, Physical Description: 4 folders. Box 3 Babilée, Jean, Les Ballets Jean Babilée,souvenir program, 1956 Box 3 Bal du Moulin Rouge, souvenir program, 1960 Box 3 Ballet Ballads, event program, Box 3 Ballet Company (Col. W. de Basil), souvenir program, 1939 Box 3 Ballet Intime, event program, 1951 Box 3 Ballet Nacional de Cuba, event program, 1978 Box 3 Ballet of the 20th Century, event and souvenir programs, Box 3 Ballet Polonaise, souvenir program, 1938 Box 3 Ballet Repertory Company, event program, 1980 Box 3-6 Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Note See also Ballets Russes and Original Ballet Russe. Box 3-5 Event programs Box Physical Description: 4 folders. Box Physical Description: 8 folders. Box FB-28 : 8 Oversize material, 1941 Box Physical Description: 6 folders. Box 5-6 Souvenir programs Box Box Box 6 Event and souvenir programs, undated Box 7 Ballet Russe Highlights (Leonid Massine), souvenir program, undated Box 7 Ballet Society, event and souvenir programs, Note See also New York City Ballet. Box 7 Ballet Sovietique, event and souvenir programs, Box 7 Ballet Suedois, souvenir programs, 1921 and undated Box 7 Ballet Theatre Box 7 Event programs, ca Box 7 Souvenir programs Box Ballet Variante, souvenir program, undated Ballet West, event and souvenir programs, and undated Ballets 1933 de Georges Balanchine, souvenir program, 1933 Ballets de Monte Carlo, event and souvenir programs, Ballets de Paris MS-P026 5

6 Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, Event programs, and undated Souvenir programs, 1950 and undated Ballets Jazz de Montréal, souvenir program, undated Ballets Modernes de Paris, souvenir program, Ballets Russes (Serge Diaghilev). Note See also Ballet Russe and Original Ballet Russe. Event programs, ca Souvenir programs. Includes some special issues of the serial publication Comoedia Illustré concerning the ballet and opera season in Paris Box and undated. Physical Description: 7 folders. Box 10 Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo Box 10 Event programs, ca Box 10 Souvenir programs, Box Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo (Col. W. de Basil) Box 10 Event programs Box and undated. Physical Description: 3 folders. Box Souvenir programs Box Box Physical Description: 3 folders. Box 11 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, event program, 1977 Box 11 Ballets USA, event and souvenir programs, ca and undated Box FB-21 : 9 Oversize material, undated Box 11 Batsheva Dance Company, souvenir programs, 1968 and undated Box 11 Beatty, Talley. Talley Beatty and Company, event programs, Box 11 Beatty, Talley. Talley Beatty Dance Company, Pearl Lang and Dance Company, Donald McKayle Dance Company, event program, 1969 Box 11 Berlin Opera Ballet, event program, 1978 Box Bolshoi Ballet Box 11 Event programs, Box 12 Souvenir programs, Box 12 Boone, Agnes, event program, 1930 Box 12 California Ballet Company, event programs, Box 12 Camryn, Walter, event program, 1949 Box 12 Capitol Ballet Company (Washington, D.C.), event programs, 1966 Box 12 Collin, Janet. Janet Collin and her Company, souvenir program, undated MS-P026 6

7 Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, Box 12 Community Concert Service (cultural events booking agency), event programs, Box 12 Contemporary Dancers Company (San Francisco, CA), souvenir program, undated Box 12 Coronet Ballet Company (Los Angeles, CA), souvenir program, undated Box 12 Cunningham, Merce. Merce Cunningham and Dance Company, event programs, and undated Box 12 Dance Theater of Harlem, event programs, Box 12 Dancers Club (New York, NY), event program, 1932 Box 12 Dancin', event and souvenir programs, 1978 Box 12 Danilova, Alexandra, event and souvenir programs, 1954 Box 12 De Mille, Agnes. Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre Company, event programs, Box 12 Denishawn, includes Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, event and souvenir programs, and undated. Physical Description: 5 folders. Box FB-25 : 2 Oversize Denishawn School of Dancing prospectus, undated Draper, Paul, souvenir program, undated Dunham, Katherine, event and souvenir programs, 1943 and undated Enters, Angna, event program, ca Feld, Eliot. The Eliot Feld Ballet, event program, 1978 First Chamber Dance Quartet, event program, 1963 First Negro Classic Ballet, event programs, 1951 and undated Fonteyn, Margot with the Borovansky Ballet, souvenir program, 1957 Foster-King, Sandra (UC Irvine recital), event program, 1977 Frankel, Emily and Mark Ryder, event program, Genee, Adeline, event program, Gentry, Eva. Eva Gentry and Company, event programs, undated Georgi, Yvonne and Harald Kreutzberg, event and souvenir programs, 1931 and undated. Georgian State Dance Company, event and souvenir programs, 1960 Graham, Martha, event programs, Graham, Martha. Martha Graham and Dance Company Event programs, Souvenir programs, Gray, Harriette Ann. Harriette Ann Gray and Company, event program, 1954 Greene, Madelynne, event program, 1950 Harkness Ballet Event programs, Souvenir programs, Hartford Ballet, event program, 1975 Hawkins, Erick. Erick Hawkins Dance Company, event programs, Holm, Hanja, event program, 1937 Horton Dance Group, event program, ca Horton, Lester. Lester Horton Dancers, event programs, 1951 and undated Humphrey, Doris and Charles Weidman, event program, 1929 Box 14 Inyoka, Nyota, event program, undated Box 14 Jeanmaire, Renee Marcelle, souvenir program, 1924 Box 14 Joffrey Ballet Box 14 Event programs, Box 14 Souvenir programs, Box 14 Jooss, Kurt. Jooss Ballet, souvenir programs, and undated. Box 14 Kaitani, Yaoko. Yaoko Kaitani Ballet Groupe, event program, 1956 Box 14 Koner, Pauline, event program, 1964 MS-P026 7

8 Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, Box 14 Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen, souvenir program, 1984 Box 14 Kreutzberg, Harald, souvenir program, 1937 Box 14 Laguna Beach Civic Ballet Company, event programs, 1971 and undated Box 14 Leningrad Kirov Ballet, souvenir programs, Box 14 Lewitsky, Bella. Bella Lewitsky Dance Company, souvenir program, 1976 Box 14 Lido (Paris), souvenir program, 1955 Box 14 Limon, José. José Limon and Dance Company, event and souvenir programs, and undated London's Festival Ballet, souvenir program, Long Beach Summer School of Dance Concerts, event program, 1968 Loomis, Sarah and R. Clinton Rothwell, event program, undated Loring, Eugene, event programs, 1968 Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles State College, event programs, Lubovitch, Lar. Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, event program, 1979 Markova, Alicia and Anton Dolin, event and souvenir programs, and undated. Mata, Ruth. Ruth Mata and Eugene Hari and Company, souvenir programs, undated McBride, Patricia. Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous and Company, event program, 1978 Mission Ballet of Southern California, event program, 1981 Monterey Peninsula Civic Ballet Company, souvenir program, Mordkin, Mikhail. Mikhail Mordkin and his Russian Ballet and Mordkin Ballet, souvenir programs, ca Multigravitational Aerodance Group, event program, 1975 National Ballet of Canada Event programs, ca Souvenir programs, New Ballet Russe, souvenir program, 1938 New London Ballet, event and souvenir programs, 1975 New York City Ballet. Note See also Ballet Society. Event programs, and undated. Physical Description: 3 folders. Box FB-25 : 2 Oversize material, 1953 Box 16 Souvenir programs, and undated. Physical Description: 3 folders. Box 16 Nigodoff, Alexander. Alexander Nigodoff Ballet, event program, 1968 Box 16 Nikolais, Alwin,. Alwin Nikolais Dance Company and Dance Theatre, event programs, 1970 Box 16 Nureyev, Rudolf. Nureyev and Friends, event programs, Box 16 Oakland Ballet, event and souvenir programs, Box 16 Old Vic Company, event and souvenir programs, 1954 Box Original Ballet Russe. Note See also Ballet Russe and Ballets Russes. Box Event programs Box Box Physical Description: 5 folders. MS-P026 8

9 Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, Box 17 Souvenir programs, 1946 Pacific Dance Theater, event program, 1950 Page, Ruth. Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet and Ruth Page's International Ballet, event and souvenir programs, Page-Stone Ballet, souvenir program, ca Paris Opera Ballet, event and souvenir programs, 1956 and undated Pasadena Junior Ballet Theatre, event program, 1950 Pavlova, Anna, event and souvenir programs, and undated Box FB-21 : 11 Oversize material, 1921 and undated and FB-28 : 8 Pennsylvania Ballet, souvenir program, undated Petit, Roland. Roland Petit's Ballet Nationale de Marseille, event program, 1980 Philadelphia Ballet, event program, 1937 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, souvenir program, 1970 Polish Ballet, event program, 1958 Posin, Kathryn. Kathryn Posin Dance Company, event program, undated. Radio City Music Hall, event and souvenir programs, and undated Rambert Ballet, event programs, 1950 and undated Rogers, Rod. Rod Rogers Dance Company, event program, 1973 Rose, Virginia. Virginia Rose Concert Dancers, event program, 1967 Royal Ballet Event programs, and undated. -19 Souvenir programs Box Box 19 Royal Danish Ballet Box 19 Event programs, Box 19 Souvenir programs, Box 19 Royal Winnipeg Ballet, event and souvenir programs, Box 19 Rubinstein, Ida, event program, 1929 Box Russian Ballet Box 19 London season, event and souvenir programs, Saison Russe Event programs, Special issues of the serial publication Comoedia Illustré concerning the ballet and opera season in Paris, Sadler's Wells Ballet and Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet Event programs, Souvenir programs, Sakharff, Clotilde and Alexandre, event and souvenir programs, and undated San Diego Ballet Company, event programs, 1971 and undated San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Opera Ballet Event programs, and undated Souvenir programs, and undated Box FB-21 : 9 Oversize material, and undated San Francisco Russian Opera and Ballet Association, event program, 1945 Sanasardo Dance Company, event programs, 1977 MS-P026 9

10 Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, Schoop, Trudi. Trudi Schoop and Her Comic Ballet Event programs, and undated Souvenir programs, 1935 and undated Schottelius, Renate, souvenir program, ca Shabelevsky, Yurek, event program, 1939 Slavenska, Mia, Mia Slavenska's Ballet Variante, event and souvenir programs, Slavenska, Mia. Mia Slavenska, David Tihmar and Company and Slavenska-Franklin Ballet, event and souvenir programs, ca, Slavina and Her Company, event program, undated South Bay-Torrance Youth Ballet Company, event program, 1958 Stars of American Ballet (Bujones, Farrell, Martins, and Tcherkassky), event program, 1977 Stuttgart Ballet, souvenir programs, Sujata and Asoka, event and souvenir programs, and undated Sydney Dance Company, souvenir program, 1986 Taylor, June. June Taylor Dancers, souvenir program, undated Taylor, Peggy V., event programs, 1932 Taylor, Paul. Paul Taylor Company, event programs, 1966 and undated Tetley, Glen. Glen Tetley Dance Company, event programs, Theatre National de L'Opera, souvenir program, undated Theatre Under the Stars, souvenir program, ca University of California, Los Angeles, dance concerts, event programs, Box FB-28 : 8 Oversize material, 1969 University of Southern California, Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, event program, 1967 University of Utah, Repertory Dance Theatre, event programs, 1968 Vienna State Opera Ballet, event and souvenir programs, 1971 Weidman, Charles, event programs, 1933 and undated Wigman, Mary, event programs, Yuriko and Dance Company, event program, 1970 Zizi Jean Maire Revue, souvenir program, undated Series 2. World dance programs, Physical Description: 1.4 linear ft. This series comprises dance programs documenting international and world dance materials. Of particular interest are the published materials on a variety of Spanish dance companies and dancers. Materials are arranged by the countries with which particular performers, dance companies, festivals, performances, or events are affiliated. Africa Ballets Africains, 1958 and undated Kykunkor, undated Bulgaria, Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble, India Balasaraswati, undated Ram Gopal, Sarabhai, Mrinalini, Mrinalini Sarabhai and Her Company of Dancers and Musicians, undated Shan-Kar, Vday, Vday Shan-Kar and His Company of Hindu Dancers and Musicians, Rao, Shanta, Shanta Rao and Her Dancers of India, 1963 and undated. Indonesia Dancers of Bali, 1952 and undated Dja, Devi, Devi Dja and Her Bali Java Dancers of Indonesia, undated MS-P026 10

11 Series 2. World dance programs, International Folk Dance Festival, 1952 Israel, Inbal Dance Theatre, Japan Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians, Physical Description: 2 folders Box FB-28 : 8 Oversize material, 1956 Odori Festival of Japan, undated Odori Japanese Classical Dances, 1949 Takarazuka Dance Theatre, Mexico Ballet de la Ciudad de Mexico, undated Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, Box 23 Philippines, Bayanihan, Box FB-28 : 8 Oversize material, 1961 Box 23 Poland, Mazowsze, Box 23 Russia Box 23 Beryozka Dance Company, and undated Box 23 Moiseyev Dance Company, Box 23 Russian Festival of Music and Dance, 1959 Box 23 Samoa, Prince Su'a's Royal Samoan Choristers and Ceremonial Dancers, 1947 Box 23 South Pacific, Dean, Beth, Beth Dean and Company, undated Box 23 Spain Box 23 Amaya, Carmen, Carmen Amaya and Her Troupe, 1942 and undated Box 23 Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid, Box 23 Ballet Español Ana Maria, 1951 Box 23 Ballet Español Teresa and Luisillo, and undated. Box 23 Jose Greco and his Company of Spanish Dancers, Box 23 Iglesias, Roberto, Roberto Iglesias Ballet Español, Box 23 Maracci, Carmelita, 1949 Box 23 Miscellaneous, 1955 Box 23 Triana Spanish Dancers, 1951 Box 24 United States of America Box 24 Aman American International folk Ballet, 1975 Box 24 Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, souvenir program, 1953 Box 24 Ukraine, Ukranian Dance Company, Box 24 Yugoslavia Box 24 Frula-Yugoslav Folk Ensemble, 1968 Box 24 Yugoslav National Folk Ballet, ca Box FB-28 : 8 Oversize material, undated Series 3. Dance ephemera, Physical Description: 0.7 linear ft. This series contains various kinds of printed materials other than the dance program genres included in Series 1 and 2. Materials include clippings, journal issues, broadsides, brochures, exhibit catalogs, programs, calendars, and other ephemera. Box 24 American Dance Festival, programs, 1964 Box 24 Balanchine, George, memorial service program, 1983 Box 24 City Center Theater, New York, 40th anniversary programs, 1983 Box 24 Capezio Dance Award, programs, Box 24 Dance Spectrum 75, program, 1975 Box 24 De Valois, Ninette, memorial program, 1983 Box 24 Festival International de Danse de Cannes, program, 1987 Box 24 Festival International de Danse de Paris, program, and undated MS-P026 11

12 Series 3. Dance ephemera, Box 24 Holiday Mini Dance Festival, program, Includes Bella Lewitsky Dance Company, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and Aman Folk Ensemble. Box 24 Horst, Louis, memorial program, Includes José Limon and Dance Company, and Martha Graham and Dance Company. Box 24 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, programs, Box FB-28 : 8 Lin Pei-fen, article, undated Box 24 Metropolitan Opera, centennial gala program, 1984 Box 24 Miscellaneous, calendar, Includes portraits of Rudolf Nureyev, Violetta Elvin, Violette Verdy, and others. Box 24 New York City Ballet, article, undated Box 24 Pacific Western Regional Ballet Festival, programs, Box FB-21 : 10 Radio City Music Hall, New York, pictorial album, undated Box 24 Repetto, pictorial album, undated Box 25 Royal Academy of Dancing, England, program, 1959 Box 25 St. Denis, Ruth and Ruth St. Denis Concert Dancers, advertisements, articles, and reviews, undated Box FB-21 : 11 Oversize material, 1920 and undated and FB-28 : 8 Box 25 Villella, Edward, journal article, 1970 Box 25 Wigman, Mary, biographical articles and broadside, undated MS-P026 12